Actor · Telugu cinema
Anu Emmanuel
Anu Emmanuel movies: 10 Telugu films on file, 2016–2025. Earliest on file: Majnu (2016). Latest release: The Girlfriend (7 November 2025).
- Films on file
- 10 (10 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2016–2025
- Born
- 28 March 1997 · March birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Geetha Govindam, Naa Peru Surya, Agnyaathavaasi
- Record
- Q22957833 on Wikidata
Anu Emmanuel (born 28 March 1997) is an American-born actress who works mainly in Telugu films, as well as in Tamil and Malayalam. After a childhood role in Swapna Sanchari (2011), she made her film debut as a lead in the Malayalam film Action Hero Biju (2016), entered Telugu cinema the same year with Majnu, and has since worked opposite stars such as Pawan Kalyan and Allu Arjun. She has received a Producers Guild Film Award.
Early life
Anu Emmanuel was born in the United States to Malayali parents from Kottayam, Kerala, and grew up in Garland, Texas. She graduated from Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland in 2015 and began a psychology degree, but left after a year and moved to India to pursue acting.
Malayalam beginnings
Her first screen appearance was as a child in Swapna Sanchari, starring Jayaram and produced by her father. She then played the female lead in Abrid Shine’s Action Hero Biju, opposite Nivin Pauly.
Telugu debut
She made her Telugu debut opposite Nani in Majnu (2016), a box office hit that brought her a SIIMA nomination for Best Female Debut – Telugu. Around the same time she was announced as the female lead in Oxygen, with Gopichand. In 2017 she made her Tamil debut in Thupparivaalan, alongside Vishal.
Leading lady
In 2018 she was paired with Pawan Kalyan in Agnyaathavaasi and with Allu Arjun in Naa Peru Surya. She played the lead in Shailaja Reddy Alludu alongside Naga Chaitanya and Ramya Krishna, and made a cameo in Geetha Govindam. Her second Tamil film, Namma Veetu Pillai (2019), opposite Sivakarthikeyan, was a box office success.
Recent films
In 2021 she appeared in Alludu Adhurs with Bellamkonda Sreenivas and Maha Samudram with Sharwanand. She played the lead opposite Allu Sirish in Urvasivo Rakshasivo (2022) and appeared opposite Ravi Teja in Ravanasura. She returned to Tamil cinema in 2023 as the female lead opposite Karthi in Japan.
Career on file
Anu Emmanuel appears in 10 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2016 to 2025. The earliest of them is Majnu (2016), and the most recent release is The Girlfriend (2025). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Geetha Govindam (2018), Naa Peru Surya (2018) and Agnyaathavaasi (2018). Other recent releases on file are Urvasivo Rakshasivo (2022), Mahasamudram (2021) and Sailaja Reddy Alludu (2018).
Rashmika Mandanna, Jagapati Babu and Rao Ramesh are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing two films with Anu Emmanuel. Music on three of them is by Gopi Sundar. GA2 Pictures produced two of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 10 different directors, 9 music directors and 32 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 8 of them; they average 149 minutes, and the longest is Naa Peru Surya at 163 minutes. Five of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (7) and 2020s (3). 2018 is the busiest single year, with four films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.