Keerthy Suresh

Keerthy Suresh
Keerthy in 2023
Born (1992-10-17) 17 October 1992 (age 32)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
EducationPearl Academy
OccupationActress
Years active
  • 2000–2005 (child artist);
  • 2013–present
Parents

Keerthy Suresh (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She is a recipient of various accolades including one National Film Award, five SIIMA Awards and two Filmfare Awards South. Keerthy was placed in Forbes India's 30 Under 30 list of 2021.[1]

Keerthy Suresh is the daughter of film producer G. Suresh Kumar and actress Menaka.[2] She began her career as a child actress in the early 2000s and returned to films after studying fashion design. She had her first lead role in the 2013 Malayalam film Geethaanjali, for which she won SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Malayalam.[3]

After winning SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Tamil for Idhu Enna Maayam (2015), Keerthy went on to star in successful films such as Ring Master (2014), Nenu Sailaja (2016), Rajinimurugan (2016), Remo (2016), Bairavaa (2017), Nenu Local (2017), Sarkar (2018), Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (2018). Keerthy's portrayal of Savitri in the Telugu film Mahanati (2018) earned her the Filmfare Award and National Film Award. Keerthy established herself as a leading actress with her performances in Penguin (2020), Rang De (2021) and Dasara (2023), of which the latter brought her a second Filmfare Award.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference KSFI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Menaka was treated like a queen". 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. ^ "3rd SIIMA Awards 2015: And the SIIMA Awards go to, check the winners list". The Times of India. 16 September 2014. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.