Keerthy Suresh

Playing Savitri in the biopic Mahanati (2018) won Keerthy Suresh the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. A second Filmfare Best Actress award came for Dasara (2023). Born on 17 October 1992, she belongs to a film family: her father is producer G. Suresh Kumar and her mother is actress Menaka. As a child she appeared in a few of her father's productions, including Pilots (2000), Achaneyanenikkishtam (2001) and Kuberan (2002). She then took a degree in fashion design at Pearl Academy in Chennai before returning to the screen. Her first lead was a dual role in Priyadarshan's Malayalam horror film Geethaanjali (2013), which brought her the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Malayalam. Her Tamil debut, Idhu Enna Maayam (2015), earned a second SIIMA debut award. Ring Master, Nenu Sailaja, Rajinimurugan, Remo, Sarkar and Sarkaru Vaari Paata followed, as her work spread across Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam cinema. In Kalki 2898 AD (2024) she was the AI vehicle Bujji. Her 2026 slate has her leading the Tamil film Dorothy, which arrived on Netflix on 23 October, and playing Bhavani opposite Radhika Apte in the Netflix series Akka. Ahead are the Tamil film Sathyavan Savithiri and the Telugu films January 12 Vidudala and Rowdy Janardhana.