Anu Emmanuel (; born 28 March 1996) is an Indian actress born in the United States who appears in

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films alongside a few

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films. She debuted as a heroine in the 2016 Malayalam film ''

Action Hero Biju ''Action Hero Biju'' is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language police procedural comedy film directed by Abrid Shine. The film stars Nivin Pauly, Anu Emmanuel, Saiju Kurup, Joju George, Alexander Prasanth , Kalabhavan Prajod, Rony David and Sohan S ...

''. She made her Telugu debut with ''

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'' (2016), and went on to act in other Telugu films, like ''

Kittu Unnadu Jagratha ''Kittu Unnadu Jagratha'' (English: Kittu is there, beware) is a 2017 Indian Telugu comedy thriller film written by Srikanth Vissa and directed by Vammsi Kreshna. It features Raj Tarun and Anu Emmanuel in the lead roles, along with Arbaaz Kh ...

'' (2017), ''

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'', and ''

Agnyaathavaasi ''Agnyaathavaasi'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Keerthy Suresh, Anu Emmanuel, and Aadhi Pinisetty. The film began its principal photography in A ...

'' (2018). Emmanuel has also worked in

films, making her debut with the suspense thriller ''

Thupparivaalan ''Thupparivaalan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Mysskin. The film is produced by Vishal, who also stars in the lead role with Prasanna. The film also features Vinay Rai, Anu Emmanuel, Simran ...

'' (2017).

Early life

Anu Emmanuel was born on 28 March 1996 to a

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Christian Catholic family in

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, United States. She is the daughter of Thankachan Emmanuel, a noted Malayalam film producer. Her family is settled in

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. She lived throughout the US and later moved to India to pursue acting. Malayali actress

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is her cousin.

Career

Emmanuel made her acting debut as lead in

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starrer ''

'', directed by

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. She made her Telugu debut with ''

'' opposite to Nani. The film went on become a hit at box-office. During that time she was announced as the female lead in ''

'', alongside actor Gopichand in the lead. In 2017, She made her Tamil debut with ''

'' alongside Vishal. In 2018, she paired opposite to

Pawan Kalyan Pawan Kalyan (born Konidela Kalyan Babu; 2 September is an Indian actor, filmmaker, and politician. His films are predominantly in Telugu cinema. Kalyan is the younger brother of actor-ex.politician Chiranjeevi, and made his debut in the 1996 ...

in ''

''. She played the lead role in ''

Shailaja Reddy Alludu ''Shailaja Reddy Alludu'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Maruthi, produced by S. Radha Krishna, Suryadevara Naga Vamsi, PDV Prasad under the banner of Sithara Entertainments. It stars Naga Chaita ...

'' along with

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and

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. She made a cameo appearance in ''

Geetha Govindam ''Geetha Govindam'' is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Parasuram. It is produced by Bunny Vas under GA2 Pictures. The film stars Vijay Devarakonda and Rashmika Mandanna, while Subbaraju, Rahul ...

''. She appeared in her second Tamil film ''

Namma Veetu Pillai ''Namma Veettu Pillai'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action comedy drama film written and directed by Pandiraj and produced by Kalanithi Maran under the banner Sun Pictures. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan and Aishwarya Rajesh, with a sup ...

'' opposite to

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which became successful at the box-office.

Filmography

References

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