Sameera Reddy was born in a Telugu family on December 14, 1978. She has two sisters Megna, a supermodel, and Sushma, a VJ, model, and actress, and lives in Mumbai with her parents and sisters. Originally, she belongs to a small town named Rajamundry in the South Indian State of Andhra Pradesh.
Being influenced by siblings’ success, she was very fond of acting and her father always preferred her to act in Telugu films. She stepped in to the world of entertainment by appearing in Pankaj Udhas' video Aashita. She then concentrated on modeling and offered assignments including Lissome.
Career in Movies
Then she made her Bollywood debut Maine Dil Tujhko Diya opposite Sohail Khan, which a debut film for Sohail too. She played the role of a shy and introvert girl whose overprotective father keeps her distanced from the outside world for the fear of losing her but h0er world is thrown upside down when she befriends and falls in love with a guy in her college. Though the movie does not fare well at box office, but she was successful in creating sensation and pronouncing her entry into the industry.
She then appeared in controversial blockbuster Musafir, where she played a rape victim who takes revenge to Kaalpurush. Another remarkable art house film Memories in the Mist brought her fame for her roles as a middle-class housewife and a prostitute. This movie even won India's highest award, the National Award and has received critical acclaim on the festival circuit. In all her roles, she was able to prove herself as a versatile actress.
She gathered much success in Telugu film industry as well as she has always prioritizedTelugu movies. Her debut Telugu movie was Narasimhudu, wherein she played the role of a Phalgat Milk Papa. She has also acted with megastar Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna in Jai Chiranjeeva.
Sameera was credited with having two independent films at the Toronto Film Festival 2007. Migration, a short film directed by the legendary Mira Nair wherein she plays the role of a housewife affected with the disease and The Voyeurs, her second film with Buddhadeb Das Gupta.
She is also the first Indian actress to have her own video game, Sameera the Street Fighter. This mobile video game can be downloaded and is made available for all fans in India.
Sameera is a symbol of fashion, sex, and beauty and has graced the covers of many magazines and is the subject of many documentaries including the BBC's Spice Trade.
