Sunaina is an Indian actress and
model. She predominantly works in
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
movies as well as few
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
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S ...
,
Malayalam and
Kannada films. She made her film debut with Telugu film ''Kumar Vs Kumari'' (2005) and her Tamil debut ''
Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' (2008).
Career
Sunainaa's start to fame was by starring with
Nakul in ''
Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' (2008) which was her first Tamil début. Prior to that, she shot for a short scene in ''
Sivaji'' (2007), which did not make the final cut. She later starred in ''
Maasilamani
''Maasilamani'' is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language romance action comedy film directed by R. N. R. Manohar and distributed by Sun Pictures. It stars Nakul and Sunaina and in their second collaboration after ''Kadhalil Vizhunthen'', while Pawan, S ...
'' (2009),
Vamsam (2010) in which she appeared as a beautiful village girl and did very well, and continued with a performance oriented films where she secured her first Filmfare nomination for ''
Neerparavai
''Neerparavai'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Seenu Ramasamy and produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin. It stars Vishnu and Sunaina, and Nandita Das plays the older version of the latter's character. Saranya Ponva ...
'' (2012),in which she played Esther. Her performance was critically praised and she was nominated for the
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil.
After that she appeared in films like ''
Samar'' (2013), ''
Vanmam
''Vanmam'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Jai Krishna, a former assistant of Kamal Haasan. It stars Vijay Sethupathi, Kreshna and Sunaina. The film has music scored by S. Thaman and cinematography by Balabhara ...
'' (2014) and also gave a guest appearance opposite to
Vijay in ''
Theri'' (2016). She then appeared in ''
Nambiyaar
''Nambiyaar'' is a 2016 Tamil language comedy film written and directed by Ganeshaa in his directorial debut. It stars Srikanth and Sunaina in the lead roles alongside comedian Santhanam in the title character. Produced by Srikanth's home prod ...
'' (2016), ''
Kavalai Vendam
''Kavalai Vendam'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Deekay. The film stars Jiiva and Kajal Aggarwal, while Bobby Simha and Sunaina play supporting roles. The film, which is said to be an urban r ...
'' (2016), ''
Thondan'' (2017). In 2018, she acted in the drama film ''
Kaali'' starring
Vijay Antony and
Anjali. Next, the romantic thriller vampires web series
Viu original in ''
Nila Nila Odi Vaa
''Nila Nila Odi Vaa'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language horror romantic comedy web television series hosted on Viu, a video on demand digital distribution platform. It is directed by Nandhini JS and produced by Viu and Make Believe Productions ...
'' from 24 July to 5 September 2018 .
Brand and advertisement
Sunaina Launched Tea Trails in Anna Nagar, Chennai.
Filmography
Films
TV series
References
External links
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Living people
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Indian film actresses
Actresses from Nagpur
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
21st-century Indian actresses
1989 births