Pooja Hegde

Pooja Hegde ( born 13 October 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. She was the second runner-up at the 2010 I Am She–Miss Universe India pageant. She made her acting debut with the Tamil film ''Mugamoodi'' (2012) and had her first Telugu release in ''Oka Laila Kosam'' (2014). she established herself as one of the leading actresses in Telugu cinema. Hegde is a recipient of four SIIMA Awards.

Hegde won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her performance in ''Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo'' (2020) and ''Most Eligible Bachelor'' (2021). She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for ''Oka Laila Kosam'', ''Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo'' and ''Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava'' (2018). Her other commercially successful films include ''Duvvada Jagannadham'' (2017), ''Maharshi'' (2019), ''Gaddalakonda Ganesh'' (2019) and ''Housefull 4'' (2019). This was followed by a career setback as the 2022 films ''Radhe Shyam'', ''Beast'', ''Acharya and Cirkus'', and the 2023 film ''Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan'', were all poorly received. Provided by Wikipedia