Amala Akkineni

Amala Akkineni
Akkineni in 2010
Born
Amala Mukherjee

(1967-09-12) 12 September 1967 (age 57)
Kharagpur Airforce Base Kalaikunda, West Bengal, India
Alma materKalakshetra, Chennai
Occupations
  • Director of Annapurna College of Film and Media
  • Actress
  • animal welfare
  • environmental activist
Years active1986–1993
2012–present
Spouse
(m. 1992)
ChildrenAkhil Akkineni (b. 1994)

Amala Akkineni (née Mukherjee) (born 12 September 1967[1]) is an Indian actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, and activist.[2] She has predominantly worked in Tamil films, in addition to Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada-language films. She was a leading actress in the Tamil film industry from 1986 to 1992 and has appeared in many blockbusters in Tamil and other languages. She has won two Filmfare Awards South, namely Best Actress – Malayalam for the 1991 film Ulladakkam[3] and Best Supporting Actress – Telugu for the 2012 film Life Is Beautiful.[4] Amala is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,[5] a non-government organisation (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights in India.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Akkineni Nagarjuna rings in 56th birthday in Thailand". The Indian Express. 29 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. ^ S.B.VIJAYA MARY (5 January 2011). "Amala for a fit mind, body". The Hindu.
  3. ^ "39th Annual Filmfare Malayalam Best Film Actress : santosh : Free Dow…". Archive.is. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. ^ Sangeetha Devi Dundoo (July 2015). "Amala Akkineni : Behind the glamour of cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Blue Cross of Hyderabad – The Team". Blue Cross of Hyderabad. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  6. ^ S.B. Vijaya Mary (22 June 2012). "'I treasure my quiet time': Amala Akkineni". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  7. ^ T.Lalith Singh (22 April 2015). "Respect saniation [sic] workers, Amala Akkineni tells people". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2015.