Samantha Ruth Prabhu (aka Samantha Akkineni) is an Indian film actress, who mainly works in Telugu and Tamil language cinemas. Talking about Samantha Akkineni age, she was born on Wednesday, 28 April 1987 to Joseph Prabhu and his wife Ninette in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. In 2010, Samantha made her acting debut by playing the lead role in Gautham Menon’s bilingual Movie “Ye Maaya Chesave”. She had done her debut along with Naga Chaitanya in Telugu and Tamil Languages. The film marks the first collaboration of Gautham Menon and AR Rahman. Sam impressed everyone with her acting and looks like “Jessie”. She has two elder brothers, Jonathan, David. Sam did her schooling at Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School and graduated with a degree in commerce at Stella Maris College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Since college, Sam has been involved in modelling and worked on a few assignments.
Samantha Akkineni Age
Samantha Akkineni Age is 34. She was born on 28 April 1987 which makes her 34 years of age in 2021.
Samantha Akkineni – Husband
After dating for seven years with her debut hero ‘Naga Chaitanya‘ they were engaged in a ceremony on 29 January 2017. The couple got married as per Hindu tradition customs on 6 October 2017 in Goa and then in Christian tradition on 7 October 2017.
Samantha Akkineni – Awards
She is a recipient of several awards including four Filmfare Awards, two Nandi Awards, four South Indian International Movie Awards, and three CineMAA Awards. Samantha Akkineni age is 34.
Samantha Akkineni – Early life
She was brought up in Pallavaram in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as the youngest child of the family to Prabhu and Ninette and two elder brothers Jonathan and David, whilst becoming fluent in the Tamil language. Despite her mixed regional background, she has cited herself as a Tamilian. As a part of her education, Samantha was schooled at Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School and then completed a degree in commerce at Stella Maris College, Chennai. Towards the end of her undergraduate degree, she became involved in modelling, notably working with Naidu Hall, through which she was first spotted by filmmaker Ravi Varman.
Samantha Akkineni – Illness
Samantha suffered from an extended period of illness in 2012. This saw her having to opt out of big film projects. She also took a two-month break from acting. She suffered from an immunity disorder and then had a further setback. This is because her body did not respond well to antibiotics. Samantha began dating actor Naga Chaitanya in 2010 and their engagement ceremony took place in Hyderabad in January 2017. Her marriage took place in Goa as per traditional Hindu customs on 6 October 2017. Then according to Christian customs on 7 October 2017, and became a member of the Akkineni family. Since then she has been using her married name, Samantha Akkineni.
Samantha Akkineni – Career
Samantha’s first release of 2016 was in the Tamil romantic drama film Bangalore Naatkal, where she made a guest appearance and reprised Nithya Menen’s small role from the film’s Malayalam original. She then portrayed the lead female role in Atlee’s Theri, and featured alongside Vijay for the second time in her career. Her performance received positive reviews, with a critic from DNA India stating “Samantha looks pretty as always” and that “she has done an incredible job in dubbing with a range of emotions in her numerous shades – doctor, lover, mother – and she shines”. Likewise, Behindwoods.com stated that Theri “could be one of Samantha’s best roles; she plays a doctor and has given out a soulful performance”. Samantha Akkineni age has never stopped her from achieving heights.
Samantha Akkineni – Films
The film went on to become of the most profitable Tamil films of all time, upon release, and ended a barren spell for the actress in Tamil cinema, by becoming her first commercially successful film in Tamil cinema since Kaththi. Samantha then worked for a second time with director Vikram Kumar and Suriya in the critically acclaimed fantasy film 24. Featuring as the love interest of the film’s lead character, Samantha won praise from critics for her small role in the film, with Sify.com stating that the actress “does well in the comedy scenes”. The film also performed well at the box office, with The Hindu stating she was “at the top of the film industry”, following her back-to-back commercial successes.
In 2018, she had a successful venture with Rangasthalam which went on to be the all-time Telugu Blockbuster. However only behind Baahubali 2: The Conclusion and Baahubali: The Beginning. The Tamil film Irumbu Thirai in which she starred opposite Vishal and the Telugu film Mahanati were successful at the box office. Each had a run of 100 days at the box office. Her performances in Rangasthalam and Mahanati got high appraisal. Mridula R from The News Minute noted her critically acclaimed film U-Turn as a curiosity generating script. It provides her with the ultimate screen presence since the story begins with her and she finds it ends. Unlike being shaking a leg in Anjaan, Brindavanam, Kaththi, Attarintiki Daredi. Moreover not being a glam doll or having out of scope performances overshadowed in Dookudu, S/O Satyamurthy, Brahmotsavam, Theri and Mersal.
Charity
Through her charitable trust, Samantha entered into an agreement in January 2015 to pay a third of the hospital bills. This would include one infant per week who required intensive care support at Andhra Hospitals. Under the arrangement, Samantha agreed to contribute towards a third of the bills. At the same time, Andhra Hospitals would also pay a third of the bill. The parents will pay the remaining bills. In November 2015, Samantha entered into a further agreement with Andhra Hospitals to sponsor vaccination. It would be for all infants below six months for rotaviral infections free of cost. Later in the month, the actress took part in an organ donation pledge at Madhapur. During the 2015 Chennai floods, Samantha was present in Hyderabad for the shoot of a film. She helped mobilise the Mana Madras Kosam initiative organised by the Telugu film industry.
A few Initiatives
Through the initiative, she participated in gathering relief materials at Ramanaidu Studios. She appealed to the Telugu-speaking public to help gather resources to send to Chennai. She later donated 30 lakh rupees for flood relief activities to take place in Pallavaram. It is the suburb in which the actress grew up. Samantha stood up for the cause of the Handloom people of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states. She did it by wearing them and making photoshoots for handloom made sarees and other items. Samantha is the to be brand Ambassador for Telangana Handlooms. She has started a store named Tweave along with handloom persons and a company named SV partners LLP a company into handlooms.
Conclusion
Being able to speak both Tamil and Telugu, Samantha has often been cast in bilingual films. She has juggled her commitments between the Tamil and Telugu film industries. She had a brief foray into Hindi cinema with the shelved Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau. Samantha has distanced herself from working on Hindi language films stating that she has no incentive to move to Bollywood. She believed that the audiences from South India would relate to her appearance more. Her popularity has led to the actress representing several brands on a pan-Indian scale.
She has often acted opposite the same actors more than once. Featuring in two or more films with Vijay, Suriya, Naga Chaitanya, Nani, Mahesh Babu and Jr NTR, a feat Samantha revealed she takes “pride in”. The actress has also regularly appreciated work by her contemporaries. She has particularly praised performances of Anushka Shetty, Nithya Menen and Sai Pallavi. You can also read about the Ten Tamil web series to binge-watch here.
