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Rashmika Mandanna
Mandanna in 2022
Born	(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 28) Virajpet, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	M. S. Ramaiah College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2016–present

Rashmika Mandanna (/rəʃmɪkɑː mənðənɑː/; born 5 April 1996) is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi films. She is a recipient of four SIIMA Awards and a Filmfare Award South. Her most commercially successful films include Kirik Party (2016), Anjani Putra (2017), Yajamana (2019), Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020), Bheeshma (2020), Pogaru (2021), Pushpa: The Rise (2021), Sita Ramam (2022) and Varisu (2023). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South for her performance in the Telugu romantic comedy Geetha Govindam (2018).

Early life and education

Rashmika Mandanna was born on 5 April 1996 in a Kodava family to Suman and Madan Mandanna in Virajpet, a town in Kodagu district of Karnataka. She completed her early schooling from Coorg Public School in Kodagu. She studied for a bachelor's degree in Psychology, Journalism and English Literature at the M. S. Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Bangalore.

Career

In 2016, Mandanna made her acting debut in Kirik Party, which went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of the year in Kannada. She won a SIIMA Award for the Best Debut Actress for the role. In 2017, she appeared in two Kannada films Anjani Putra and Chamak. She was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada at The 65th Filmfare Awards South for her role in the film Chamak. In 2018, she starred in Geetha Govindam opposite Vijay Deverakonda.

In 2020, Mandanna starred opposite Mahesh Babu in the Telugu film Sarileru Neekevvaru, which went on to become one of the highest-grossing Telugu films. In the same year she appeared in the film Bheeshma. In 2021, her first release was with the film Pogaru and later in Sulthan alongside Karthi . She then appeared in Pushpa: The Rise starring Allu Arjun. In 2022, Rashmika starred in Aadavallu Meeku Johaarlu. She then appeared in Sita Ramam and Goodbye. In 2023, she starred in her second Tamil film Varisu opposite Vijay which was also became one of the highest grossing Tamil films. In the same month, Mandanna made her debut in Hindi cinema in the spy thriller film, Mission Majnu opposite Sidharth Malhotra. The film received negative reviews from critics due to it’s overly nationalistic views. Deepanjana Pal criticised Mandanna’s character opining, ‘’Rashmika Mandanna's Nasreen is about as important to the plot as the third spare wheel of a two-wheeler.‘’

Mandanna will next appear in the Hindi language film, Animal opposite Ranbir Kapoor.

Personal life

Mandanna began dating her co-star Rakshit Shetty during making of Kirik Party, and the couple got engaged on 3 July 2017 in a private party at her hometown of Virajpet. The couple mutually broke off their engagement in September 2018, citing compatibility issues.

In the media

Mandanna was at the 24th position of Bangalore Times' 25 Most Desirable Women of 2016 and also appeared in the Bangalore Times' 30 Most Desirable women of 2017. In October 2021, she placed first in Forbes India's most influential stars on Instagram in South Cinema.

In November 2023, a deepfake of Mandanna was created and posted on the platform X with her face being morphed onto an Instagram video posted by a British-Indian woman named Zara Patel. Mandanna released a statement saying she was, " not only for me, but also for each one of us who today is vulnerable to so much harm because of how technology is being misused". The video has amassed millions of views across all social platforms and numerous voices of support from prominent figures in Indian cinema, including Amitabh Bachchan, have spoken out against the dangers of these deepfakes. As of 13 November 2023, there is no information on the creator of the deepfake, however, Delhi Police ''have communicated with Meta to obtain the URL ID associated with the account responsible for generating the video,'' and filed an First information report (FIR) in relation to the case.

Filmography

Music video

Awards and nominations

References

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External links

• Rashmika Mandanna at IMDb 
• Rashmika Mandanna on Twitter

• Biography
• India
• Films

• Media from Commons
• Data from Wikidata

• Living people
• Actresses in Kannada cinema
• Indian film actresses
• Kodava people
• People from Kodagu district
• Indian Hindus
• 21st-century Indian actresses
• South Indian International Movie Awards winners
• Zee Cine Awards Telugu winners
• 1996 births
• Actresses in Telugu cinema
• Actresses from Karnataka
• Actresses in Hindi cinema
• Actresses in Tamil cinema