Shanvi Srivastava (born 8 December 1993) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in

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films and a few Telugu and

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films.

Early life

Srivastava was born on 8 December 1993, in

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, she did her schooling at Children College Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh and graduation at the Thakur College of Science and Commerce in

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and completed her

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degree in 2016. Srivastava has one elder brother and one elder sister, actress Vidisha Srivastava.

Career

Srivastava made her debut in 2012 in B. Jaya's '' Lovely'' while she was still studying. In her second Telugu film '' Adda'' she was seen as a fashion designing student and her performance was well received by critics.

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wrote, "In the lengthy role that she has, Shanvi gets all her expressions right". She was then signed by

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to play a brief role as

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's romantic interest in his Telugu political drama '' Rowdy''. In 2014, she made her Kannada debut with the horror comedy film ''Chandralekha'' and received positive reviews for her performance. In 2015, she won the South Indian International Movie Awards and was also nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada for

Masterpiece (2015 film) ''Masterpiece'' is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action film written and directed by Manju Mandavya. This film was released on 24 December 2015, starring Yash (actor), Yash and Shanvi Srivastava in the lead roles, it also features Suhasini Mani ...

directed by Manju Mandavya. She was also nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress Kannada and won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor in lead role (Female)- Kannada for the movie '' Tarak''. Srivastava made her international debut in the Chinese drama serie
夜天子
(''Ye Tian Zi'', The Dark Lord) in 2018, making the selection over the initial choice of

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. She learned Chinese for the role. In 2019, Srivastava had two releases - ''

Avane Srimannarayana ''Avane Srimannarayana'' (; ) is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language fantasy adventure comedy film directed and edited by Sachin B. Ravi in his directorial debut. Jointly produced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah and H.K.Prakash, the film features Rak ...

'' and '' Geetha'' which was her first Kannada voice dubbed film.

Media

Srivastava was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Women at No. 20 in 2019.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Srivastava, Shanvi Living people Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Indian film actresses Actresses from Uttar Pradesh 1992 births Actresses in Malayalam cinema