Rashmika Mandanna
Indian actress (born 1996)
Rashmika Mandanna (born 5 April 1996) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu and Hindi films. Her accolades include four SIIMA Awards and a Filmfare Award South. One of India's highest-paid actresses, she was featured in Forbes India's 2024 list of "30 Under 30".
After a brief modelling career in 2014, Mandanna made her acting debut with the Kannada romantic comedy Kirik Party (2016) and gained further commercial success with the action film Anjani Putra and the romantic drama Chamak (both 2017). She expanded into Telugu cinema in 2018 with the comedy drama Chalo and achieved her breakthrough with the romantic comedy Geetha Govindam, which earned her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – Telugu. She went on to star as the leading lady in the action comedies Sarileru Neekevvaru and Bheeshma (both 2020).
Further recognition came with the pan-India success of the Telugu action film Pushpa: The Rise (2021) and a supporting role in the period drama Sita Ramam (2022) earned her critical recognition. She went onto star in the Tamil film Varisu (2023) before venturing into Hindi cinema with two unremarkable releases. Her highest-grossing films include the action dramas Animal (2023), Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024), for which she won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress, and Chhaava (2025), all of which rank among the highest-grossing Indian films. While her roles in these films drew criticism as they were in androcentric films with underdeveloped female characters, she received critical acclaim for her performance as a woman in a dysfunctional relationship in The Girlfriend (2025).
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