Virginia Rodrigues (actress)

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Virginia Rodrigues
Born1977
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active2001–present

Virginia Rodrigues is an Indian actress, and author known for her works in Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada language films, theatre, and television. [1] [2]

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Early life

She was born and brought up in Mangalore, Karnataka, India to Catholic family of Vincent Rodrigues and Hilda Rodrigues. She pursued her B.A degree from St. Agnes College, Mangalore. [3]

Theatre

Virginia largely worked in the theatre for more than two decades. [3] [4] [5] She has been a member of Bangalore's Indian Ensemble and Mumbai's Mashaal theater groups. [6] She has been part of international projects called "Zapperdockel and the cock" directed by Wally and Paul Schmidt from Germany. She also modeled in various television commercials. [7]

Selected filmography

As actress
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2016 Marupadi PsychiatristMalayalamDebut
2017SamarpanamSarvajayaMalayalam [8]
2018The NotionDr. GeethaMalayalamShort
2019 Mahira Inspector MayaKannada [9]
2020A Requiem for JennyMrs. ParkerHindiShort
2020NityaMomKannadaShort
2023LooMalayalamShort
2024 Love, Sitara LathaHindi
Malayalam
[10]

Television

As actress
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2024Love at 5th FloorDr. UmaHindiMini Series [11]

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