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Anu Emmanuel

Anu Emmanuel
Anu Emmanuel at Shailaja Reddy Alludu interview.png
Anu Emmanuel at Shailaja Reddy Alludu interview
Born
Anu Emmanuel

(1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 23)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active2016-present

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Anu Emmanuel is an American actress of Indian origin who mainly appears in South Indian films. She made her debut as a heroine in the 2016 Malayalam film Action Hero Biju. She made her Telugu debut with Majnu (2016), and went on to act in other Telugu films, like Kittu Unnadu Jagratha (2017), Oxygen, and Agnyaathavaasi (2018). Emmanuel has also worked in Tamil films, making her debut with the suspense thriller Thupparivaalan (2017).

Early Life

Anu Emmanuel was born to an Malayali-Indian family in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Anu is the daughter of Thankachan Emmanuel who works as a producer in the Malayalam film industry and Nimmy Emmanuel. After completing her schooling in Kerala, Anu moved to back to the U.S. to pursue further studies. Anu has one older brother. Her family is settled in Dallas, Texas. Indian film actress and model, Reba Monica John, is her cousin.

Career

Emmanuel was born in the US and lived most of her childhood in Dallas, Texas. She acted in Swapna Sanchari while she was attending school in India. Upon completion of the film, she went back to US to finish her high school. While in high school, Anu knew she wanted to pursue something in the artistic field. She made her acting debut as lead in Nivin Pauly starrer Action Hero Biju which was directed by Abrid Shine. She made her Telugu debut with Majnu opposite to Nani. The film went on become a hit at box-office. During that time she was announced as the female lead in Oxygen, alongside actor Gopichand in the lead. In 2017, She made her Tamil debut with Thupparivaalan alongside Vishal. In 2018, She paired opposite to Pawan Kalyan in Agnyaathavaasi. She played lead roles in Naa Peru Surya along with Allu Arjun and Shailaja Reddy Alludu along with Naga Chaitanya and Ramya Krishna. She made a cameo appearance in Geetha Govindam. She appeared in her second Tamil film Namma Veetu Pillai opposite to Sivakarthikeyan which became successful at the box-office.

Filmography

Year Title Role(s) Language Notes Ref.
2011 Swapna Sanchari Ashwathy Malayalam Malayalam Debut
2016 Action Hero Biju Benitta Debut as lead actress
Majnu Kiranmayi Telugu Telugu Debut
2017 Kittu Unnadu Jagratha Janaki
Thupparivaalan Mallika Tamil Tamil Debut
Oxygen Geetha Telugu
2018 Agnyaathavaasi Suryakantham
Naa Peru Surya Varsha
Geetha Govindam Herself Cameo appearance
Shailaja Reddy Alludu Anu Reddy
2019 Namma Veetu Pillai Maangani Tamil

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