Anjali Rao (actress)

Anjali Rao is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films, ad films, Shortfilms and television serials. After making her debut as a supporting actress, she has been seen in lead roles in films including Vanmam (2014) and Baby (2015).

Anjali Rao
Born	Punjab, India
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2013–present
Notable work	AYM Simbu sister

Career

Anjali Rao was born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. As her father was an army Officer she travelled across the northern part of India and studied in army schools during her childhood. Her father was later transferred to Chennai. She consequently finished her schooling in Kendriya Vidyala Meenambakkam and followed that up with a BBA and MBA at Vels University in Chennai. During her time in college, Anjali Rao became involved in modelling and worked on commercials which gave her an entry into the film industry. Anjali Rao began her career playing supporting roles in films, notably appearing in the Nithya Menen-starrer Malini 22 Palayamkottai (2014), as Vijay Sethupathi's pair in the village drama Vanmam (2014) and as a ghost in the horror film Baby (2015). She later worked with Gautham Vasudev Menon in Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016), featuring as Silambarasan's sister.^[1]

Anjali then worked on Priyadarshan's social drama Sometimes (2017) amongst an ensemble cast, and was picked after impressing producer A. L. Vijay during their work together in commercials. She also featured in the low budget experimental films Kanna Pinna by Thiya and Peechankai.^[2][3]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language
2013	Soodhu Kavvum	Kesavan's colleague	Tamil
	Pizza II: Villa	Aarthi's friend	Tamil
	Kochadaiiyaan	Deepika Padukone Facials	Tamil
2014	Malini 22 Palayamkottai	Jency	Tamil
2015	Vanmam	Hema	Tamil
	Baby	Anne	Tamil
2016	Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada	Maythrei Muralidharan	Tamil
	Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo	Maythrei Muralidhar	Telugu
2017	Kanna Pinna		Tamil
	Peechankai	Abhirami	Tamil
2018	Sometimes	Sheela	Tamil
	Annanukku Jai	Veni	Tamil
	Sei	Janaki	Tamil
2022	Pothanur Thabal Nilayam	Mirthula	Tamil
	Yugi	Netra	Tamil
	Adrishyam	Netra	Malayalam

Television and webseries

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel	Notes
2016–2017	Keratalu	Swetha	Telugu	Gemini TV	Best Debut Actress at Gemini Awards
2016	Sahayathrika	Asha Kurian	Malayalam	Surya TV
2017–2018	Mahalakshmi	Anjali	Tamil	Sun TV
2017–2018	Thalayanai Pookal	Vethavalli	Tamil	Zee Tamil	Replaced Nisha Krishnan
2017–2018	Ruthugeetham	Prashanti	Telugu	ETV
2018	Alarm	Malini	Tamil Telugu Malayalam	Zee 5	Webseries
2018–2020	Swathi Nakshatram Chothi	Veda	Malayalam	Zee Keralam	Replaced by Archana Suseelan
2018–2019	Lakshmi Stores	Raji	Tamil	Sun TV
2019	Boeing Boeing	Herself as Contestant	Malayalam	Zee Keralam	Reality Game show episode winner
2019	Thamara Thumbi	Arundhathi / Vasundhara	Malayalam	Surya TV
2019	Vandhaal Mahalakshmi	Anchor	Tamil	Sun Life	Game Show
2020	Kanmani	Ammu	Tamil	Sun TV
2021	Hamsageetham	Tara	Telugu	Gemini TV	Replaced by Susmitha
2021–2023	Mrs. Hitler	Maya	Malayalam	Zee Keralam
2021	Swarna Palace	Swarna	Telugu	Zee Telugu
2021	Anantham	Lalitha	Tamil	Zee5	Webseries
2023	Anuraga Ganam Pole	Anjali ( Giri's friend)	Malayalam	Zee Keralam	guest appearance
2024- present	Ninaithen Vandhai	Manohari	Tamil	Zee Tamil
2024	Sundari Season 2	Sundari	Malayalam	Surya TV

References

1. UR, Arya (25 March 2019). "Anjali Rao: I wanted to play Veda, as she wasn't all about shedding tears". The Times of India.
2. "I never wanted to be a heroine!: Anjali Rao". Deccan Chronicle. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
3. "No similarity with Aamir's PK". indiatimes.com. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.