Actor and producer · Telugu cinema
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Samantha Ruth Prabhu movies: 30 Telugu films on file (30 as actor, 2 as producer), 2010–2026. Earliest on file: Ye Maaya Chesave (2010). Latest release: Maa Inti Bangaaram (19 June 2026).
- Films on file
- 30 (30 as actor, 2 as producer)
- Years on file
- 2010–2026
- Born
- 27 April 1987 · April birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Eega, Pushpa: The Rise, Mahanati
- Record
- Q3520314 on Wikidata
Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian actress who works mainly in Telugu and Tamil cinema, and more recently as a producer. Her honours include four Filmfare Awards South, two Nandi Awards and a Filmfare OTT Award. Her Telugu films range from star vehicles such as Dookudu, Attarintiki Daredi and Rangasthalam to films built around her, such as Oh! Baby and Maa Inti Bangaaram.
She was born on 28 April 1987 in Chennai, according to Wikipedia, citing The Hindu. Wikidata gives 27 April 1987, citing a film database. She grew up in Pallavaram and studied commerce at Stella Maris College, modelling before she entered films.
Career
Her first film was Gautham Vasudev Menon’s Telugu romance Ye Maaya Chesave (2010), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South and a Nandi Special Jury Award. She played opposite Mahesh Babu in Dookudu (2011) and appeared in Brindavanam (2010). In 2012 she starred in S. S. Rajamouli’s Eega and in Menon’s Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu, made alongside the Tamil Neethaane En Ponvasantham. That year she won both the Filmfare Best Actress – Telugu (Eega) and Best Actress – Tamil (Neethaane En Ponvasantham) awards.
From 2013 she led a run of big-budget Telugu films: Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, Jabardasth and Attarintiki Daredi (2013), and a dual role in the Akkineni family film Manam (2014). She also worked in Tamil hits such as Kaththi and Theri. In 2016 Brahmotsavam failed, but Trivikram Srinivas’s A Aa, in which she played Anasuya Ramalingam, brought her second Filmfare Best Actress – Telugu award. She was also in Janatha Garage that year.
In 2018 she appeared in Rangasthalam and Nag Ashwin’s Mahanati, and led the thriller U Turn. Oh! Baby (2019), a remake of the South Korean Miss Granny, grossed ₹40 crore according to Wikipedia; that year she also starred in Majili, and in 2020 in Jaanu, a remake of the Tamil ’96. Her role in the second season of Prime Video’s The Family Man (2021) won the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series.
Yashoda (2022) was a commercial success; Shaakuntalam and Kushi (both 2023) were not. In 2025 she launched Tralala Moving Pictures and produced Subham, in which she also made a cameo. In Maa Inti Bangaaram (2026) she played Swarna, a housewife with a violent past; Filmfare reported that it became the highest-grossing female-led Telugu film.
Awards
- Filmfare Awards South: Best Female Debut – South (Ye Maaya Chesave), Best Actress – Telugu (Eega, A Aa) and Best Actress – Tamil (Neethaane En Ponvasantham) (Filmfare winners list).
- Nandi Awards: Special Jury Award for Ye Maaya Chesave and Best Actress for Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (Wikipedia winners list).
- SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Attarintiki Daredi and Oh! Baby (list), plus Best Actress (Critics) for Manam.
- Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for The Family Man season 2.
The full record is on Wikipedia’s awards page for Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
Upcoming projects
No upcoming Telugu film is on our records at the moment. Wikipedia lists her next project as the Hindi series Rakt Brahmand. New films are added to upcoming Telugu movies as they are recorded.
Where to watch her films
- Maa Inti Bangaaram: JioHotstar, from 17 July 2026 (OTT details)
- Subham: Disney+ Hotstar, from June 2025, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Kushi: Netflix, from 1 October 2023, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Yashoda: Prime Video, from 9 December 2022, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Majili: Prime Video, from 10 May 2019, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Rangasthalam: Prime Video, from 12 May 2018, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Mahanati: Prime Video, from the platform’s own catalogue (OTT details)
- Eega, Attarintiki Daredi and Ramayya Vasthavayya: Aha, from Aha’s listings (Eega, Attarintiki Daredi, Ramayya Vasthavayya)
Catalogues change; check the platform before you plan to watch.
Personal life
She married actor Naga Chaitanya in Goa in October 2017 (NDTV); the couple announced their separation in October 2021 (NDTV). She married director Raj Nidimoru on 1 December 2025 at the Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore (The Indian Express). She founded the charitable trust Pratyusha Support in 2012.
Sources: Wikipedia and the references it cites (linked above), Wikidata, and Tollywood Desk’s film, release and OTT records.
Career on file
Samantha Ruth Prabhu has 30 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2010 to 2026: 30 films as actor and two films as producer. The earliest of them is Ye Maaya Chesave (2010), and the most recent release is Maa Inti Bangaaram (2026). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Eega (2012), Pushpa: The Rise (2021) and Mahanati (2018). Other recent releases on file are Subham (2025), Kushi (2023) and Yashoda (2022).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing eight films with Samantha Ruth Prabhu, followed by Prakash Raj (7) and Naga Chaitanya (5). Among directors, Trivikram Srinivas and B.V. Nandini Reddy each cast Samantha Ruth Prabhu in three films, more than any other director; next are Sukumar (2) and Shiva Nirvana (2). Devi Sri Prasad and S. Thaman each scored six of them, more than any other music director; next are Mickey J. Meyer (5) and Anoop Rubens (2). Across these films the credits on file name 22 different directors, 17 music directors and 82 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 29 of them; they average 156 minutes, and the longest is Pushpa: The Rise at 179 minutes. 15 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (24) and 2020s (6).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.