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Lakshmi Manchu
Manchu at Filmfare Awards South, 2012
Born	Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna (1977-10-08) 8 October 1977 (age 47) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Oklahoma City University
Occupations	Actress Film producer Television presenter
Spouse	Andy Srinivasan ​(m. 2006)​
Children	1
Father	Mohan Babu
Relatives	Vishnu Manchu (brother) Manchu Manoj (half brother)
Website	lakshmimanchu.com

Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna (born 8 October 1977) is an Indian actress, film producer, and television presenter who works in Telugu cinema and worked in American television. The daughter of senior actor Mohan Babu, Manchu holds a bachelor's degree in theatre from Oklahoma City University. She has garnered two Filmfare Awards South and two Nandi Awards.

Manchu made her acting debut with the American television series Las Vegas, where she played the minor role of Sarasvati Kumar, the love interest of James Lesure. She then appeared in one episode of each of the following series: Desperate Housewives, Late Nights with my Lover, and Mystery ER. She has also appeared in commercials for Toyota, AARP, and Chevrolet.

In 2006, she directed, produced, and acted in Perfect Lives, a short film that was showcased at the Wilshire Fine Arts Theater as part of the La Femme Film Festival in Los Angeles. She made her theatre debut as Miss Trunchbull in the adaptation of Roald Dahl's Matilda, directed by Taher Ali Baig, in 2016.

Early life and family

Lakshmi Manchu is the only daughter of actor Mohan Babu and Vidya Devi. She has a younger brother, Vishnu Manchu, and a younger paternal half-brother, Manoj Manchu. She was born in Chennai.

Manchu married Andy Srinivasan, an IT professional from Chennai, in 2006. The couple has a daughter born through surrogacy. They settled in Hyderabad for a few years before moving to Mumbai.

Career

Having started her career at the age of 4, Manchu has been in 20 feature films in India and a few minor television roles in the U.S. She co-owns Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures along with her family members, a production company that has produced fifty-six feature films to date.

In December 2011, she was signed on to portray a supporting role in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Kadal after a successful audition. Portraying the role of Celina, a poor village woman, she expected this film to be her breakthrough but hardly got offers in Tamil after the film's release.

Filmography

Film

Acting roles

Producer

Television

Acting roles

As a host or judge

Awards and nominations

References

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External links

• Official website
• Lakshmi Manchu at IMDb
• Lakshmi Manchu on Twitter

v t e Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nandi Awards
1981–1990	Prabha (1981) Annapurna (1982) K. Sakuntala (1983) Sarada (1984) Nirmalamma (1985) Sowcar Janaki (1986) Radhika (1987) Kalpana (1988) Jayasudha (1989) Malashri (1990)
1991–2000	Gautami (1991) Jayachitra (1992) Urmila Matondkar (1993) Roja (1994) Vaishnavi (1995) Ranjitha (1996) Jhansi (1997) Vasuki Anand (1998) Radhika (1999) Jhansi (2000)
2001–2010	Suhasini (2001) Bhanupriya (2002) Talluri Rameswari (2003) Satya Krishnan (2004) Bhanupriya (2005) Eeswari (2006) Sowcar Janaki (2007) Raksha (2008) Ramya Krishna (2009) Pragathi (2010)
2011–present	Sujatha Reddy (2011) Shyamala Devi (2012) Nadhiya (2013) Lakshmi Manchu (2014) Ramya Krishna (2015) Jayasudha (2016)
Category

• Living people
• Indian film actresses
• Indian women television presenters
• Indian television presenters
• Television personalities from Andhra Pradesh
• Actresses in Telugu cinema
• Actresses in Telugu television
• Actresses in Malayalam cinema
• 21st-century Indian actresses
• Oklahoma City University alumni
• Indian emigrants to the United States
• Nandi Award winners
• Indian women film producers
• Film producers from Andhra Pradesh
• People from Chittoor district
• Actresses in Tamil cinema
• Filmfare Awards South winners
• Businesspeople from Andhra Pradesh
• 1977 births
• South Indian International Movie Awards winners