Samantha Akkineni Net Worth 2021: Age | Movies | WebSeries | Bio

Who is Samantha Akkineni?

She is an Indian Actress who belongs to the Tamil and Telugu film industries in the Southern State of India. She has achieved several awards throughout her acting career including four Filmfare Awards South, two Nandi Awards, four South Indian International Movie Awards and three The CineMAA Awards.

As a leading actress, her first movie was Ye Maaya Chesave in 2010. Telugu language Romantic drama movie which was directed by Indian film director and screenwriter Gautham Vasudev Menon. The movie led her to Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Debut.

Early Life

She was born on 28th April 1987 in Chennai, the capital of Indian state Tamil Nadu. Her father Prabhu Telugu and her mother Ninette belongs to the Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. 

She studied at Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, a Private Convent School located in Chennai. After school studies, she completed her degree in, commerce at Stella Maris College, Chennai. During this period of her life, she got a chance to Modelling  & gradually she met with Indian cinematographer and filmmaker Ravi Varman.

Career

Her Tamil language romantic movie in 2010 in the Baana Kaathadi directed by Badri Venkatesh. She performs the character of a student of the National Institute of Fashion Technology.

After that, she featured in the big-budget movie Dookudu in 2012 opposite Telugu actor Mahesh Babu. Indian English language daily newspaper The Times of India has written that she Looks very beautiful in the movie and has done a great job.

In the same year, she also performs in the Tamil fantasy action movie Naan Ee. The movie becomes a huge commercial success at the box office. 

Next year in 2013 she got an opportunity to work with one of India’s most famous directors Mani Ratnam. Her first movie direction was Kadal which was a Tamil language drama movie. 

In the same year, she also Performs in another project including the Telugu language multicast movie Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. In this movie, she worked opposite Telugu Actors Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu. The movie also becomes hugely successful at the box office.

Her Last movie of 2013 was the Telugu language action movie Ramayya Vasthavayya which was directed by Indian screenwriter Harish Shankar.

In 2016 she performs the Tamil romantic drama movie Bangalore Naatkal which was directed by Telugu film director Bommarillu Bhaskar. She made a guest appearance in the movie. After that, she performs in a Tamil language action thriller movie which was directed by Arun Kumar. The movie becomes the most profitable Tamil film of all time at the time of its release.

After that, she worked as a lead actress in the Tamil language action thriller movie Mersal. In the movie, she performs opposite Tamil Actor Vijay. The movie becomes the highest-grossing Tamil movie of 2017.

She made her television debut in 2020 by hosting an episode of the Telugu language reality television series Bigg Boss 4 as a part of a special episode. In 2021 she performed in the second season of the Hindi web series The Family Man which is going to release on 4th June 2021. Directed & produced by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K the lead star cast of the movie is Hindi language actor Manoj Bajpayee who performs the character of Srikant Tiwari.

Personal Life

She married Telugu actor Naga Chaitanya in Goa in traditional Hindu customs on 6th October 2017 & then by Christian customs on 7th October 2017. 

Car Collection

BMW 730 LD of $ 83,650 (Rs 62.01 Lacs).

Jaguar XF of $ 71,800 (Rs 53.23 Lacs).

Toyota Innova Crysta of $ 22,000 (Rs 16.31 lacs).

Social Media Portfolio

She has 8.8 million followers on Twitter & on Instagram, she has 17.3 million as of June 2021.