Suruthi Periyasamy (born 24 November 1995) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in

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language films. She made her debut in the reality television show ''

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'' appearing as an contestant. In 2022, she signed her first film alongside actor

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in the film ''Nandhan''.

Early life

Suruthi was born on 24 November 1995 in

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, India to a middle class working family. During an interview she said "My grandfather and father are of the same age. My mom was married to him as a gesture of gratitude as he helped my grandpa by providing financial support during the tough times. My father had five children from his first married most of whom were older than my mother. I was an unwanted child for my father. He would always lock us away in a room. I was 11 when my father died but I didn't shed any tears instead I was happy. I felt relieved that my mom and I are finally going to have an independent and happy life." Suruthi completed her secondary school education at Holy Angel's school in

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, she later attended

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university and graduated with a bachelor's degree in

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Career

Suruthi started her career as an pageant model appearing in various different model shoots around Chennai. In 2019, she auditioned for Femina Miss India 2019 and was later selected as the state finalist representing Tamil Nadu. The following year, she auditioned in

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as an model where she placed 18 put of 20 models. In 2021, she made her television debut in the reality show ''

'' which aired on Star Vijay and where she was seen participating as an contestant, however she later got evicted from the show on day 35. In 2022, she returned to the spin-off version of ''

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'' titled as ''

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'' and participating as an contestant once again. Later that year, Suruthi was offered her first debut film offer by director Era Saravanan to play the lead female role in his film ''Nandhan'' starring alongside actor

. She later agreed to the film and was cast as the lead female. In 2023, Suruthi was offered a role to play a

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role in the film ''Vaazhvu Thodangumidam Neethanae'' which once again she was starred as the main character, she accepted the offer and is currently filming for the film.

Filmography

Films

* ''All films are in Tamil unless otherwise noted''.

Television

Music video

References

External links

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