Sunaina

Sunaina Yella (or Sunainaa) is an Indian actress and model. She has been predominantly working in Tamil movies as well as few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her film debut with Telugu film Kumar Vs Kumari (2005) and her Tamil debut was Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2008).^[1][2][3]

Sunaina
Sunaina in 2013
Born	Sunaina Yella (1989-04-17) April 17, 1989 (age 35) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Hemaakshi
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2005–present

Career

Sunaina's rise to fame was by starring with Nakul in Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2008) which was her Tamil début film. Prior to that, she shot for a short scene in Sivaji (2007), which did not make the final cut. She later starred in Maasilamani (2009), Vamsam (2010) in which she appeared as a beautiful village girl and did very well, and continued with a performance oriented films where she secured her first Filmfare nomination for Neerparavai (2012). Her performance was critically praised and she was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil.

After that she appeared in films like Samar (2013), Vanmam (2014) and also gave a guest appearance opposite Vijay in Theri (2016). She then appeared in Nambiyaar (2016), Kavalai Vendam (2016), Thondan (2017). In 2018, she acted in the drama film Kaali starring Vijay Antony and Anjali. Next, she appeared in Nila Nila Odi Vaa, Viu original romantic thriller vampire web series from 24 July to 5 September 2018.^[4] She has also done Sillu Karupatti (2019), and comedian Yogi Babu’s film titled Trip (2021). Sunainaa plays the female lead in the action film Laththi (2022) marking her second association with Vishal after Samar.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2005	Kumar Vs Kumari	Sudha	Telugu	Debut Telugu film
2006	Something Special	Mahi
	10th Class	Sandhya
	Best Friends	Kavya	Malayalam	Debut Malayalam film
2007	Missing	Kavya	Telugu
2008	Gange Baare Thunge Baare	Ganga	Kannada	Debut Kannada film
	Kadhalil Vizhunthen	Meera	Tamil	Debut Tamil film
2009	Maasilamani	Divya Ramanathan
2010	Yaathumagi	Anna Lakshmi
	Vamsam	Malar Kodi
2012	Pandi Oliperukki Nilayam	Valar Mathi
	Thiruthani	Sugeesha
	Neerparavai	Esther		Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2013	Samar	Roopa
2014	Vanmam	Vadhana
2016	Theri	Bride		Cameo Appearance
	Nambiar	Saroja Devi
	Kavalai Vendam	Deepa
2017	Thondan	Bagalamugi
	Pelliki Mundu Prema Katha	Anu	Telugu
2018	Kaali	Poo Mayilu (Parvathy)	Tamil
2019	Enai Noki Paayum Thota	Mythili
	Sillu Karupatti	Amudhini
2021	Trip	Lidi (Paapi)
	Raja Raja Chora	Vidya	Telugu
2022	Estate	Reba	Tamil
	Laththi	Kavitha
2023	Regina	Regina
2024	Rocket Driver	Kamala

Web Series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Network	Notes	Ref.
2018	Nila Nila Odi Vaa	Nila	Tamil	Viu	Web Debut	[4]
2019	High Priestess	Radhika	Telugu	ZEE5	Appears in the episode "Friends"	[5]
	Fingertip	Rekha	Tamil		Season 1; Appears under segment "Greed".	[6][7]
2020	Chadarangam	Kranthi	Telugu			[8]
2022	Meet Cute	Kiran		SonyLIV	Appears under segment "Ex-Girlfriend"	[9]
2024	Inspector Rishi	Kathryn "Kathy"	Tamil	Amazon Prime Video

References

1. "Sunaina and Nakul join hands for third time". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
2. "Sunaina changes her name to Anusha". The Times of India. 15 January 2017.
3. "Actress Sunaina undergoes a name change, to be called Anusha". desimartini.com. 1 May 2014.
4. "Ashwin and Sunainaa's web series, Nila Nila Odi Vaa, to be about vampires". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
5. "Sunainaa's next is a web series with Amala Akkineni". Cinema Express. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
6. "Akshara Haasan's 'Fingertip' to portray how social media affects lives". The Week. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
7. "Fingertip web series Review: An eerie reminder of the destructive power of apps". Cinema Express. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
8. "'Chadarangam' review: Zee5 series is yet another misfire inspired by NTR's life". The News Minute. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
9. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (25 November 2022). "'Meet Cute' Telugu anthology review: A mixed bag, with two standout stories and other cheerful but generic ones". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

External links

• Sunaina at IMDb