Tanya Hope is an Indian actress and model who appears in

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, and

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films. Hope started modeling and became Miss India Kolkata 2015. She was a finalist of

Femina Miss India 2015 The 52nd edition of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant finale was held at Yash Raj Films Studios, Mumbai on March 28, 2015. The pageant was telecast on Colors TV and Zoom (TV channel). Twenty-one contestants competed during the pageant. Koyal Ra ...

. She debuted in 2016 with the Telugu film ''

Appatlo Okadundevadu ''Appatlo Okadundevadu'' () is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action crime film written and directed by Saagar K Chandra and produced by Aran Media Works. The film stars Nara Rohit, Sree Vishnu, and debutantes Tanya Hope and Sasha Singh, whi ...

''.

Early life

Tanya Hope was born and brought up in

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. Her father Ravi Puravankara is a businessman. She went to Sacred Heart Girls High School in

. She pursued her graduation in international relations at the

University of Westminster , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...

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. She attended modeling training in Pune, at Tiara Training Studios. In 2015, Hope won the FBB Femina Miss India Kolkata.

Career

After debuting in Telugu films with

in 2016, she played the role of A.C.P. Catherine in another Telugu movie '' Patel S. I. R.'' released in 2017 starring

Jagapati Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. ...

. Hope's first Tamil movie is

Thadam ''Thadam'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Magizh Thirumeni. Produced by Inder Kumar, the film stars Arun Vijay in a double role along with Vidya Pradeep , Tanya Hope, and Smruthi Venkat . The mus ...

, directed by

Magizh Thirumeni Magizh Thirumeni is an Indian film director who has worked Tamil language films. After working as an assistant to directors, Selvaraghavan and Gautham Vasudev Menon, he directed five films, including the action thrillers ''Thadaiyara Thaakka'' ...

. She is one of the three heroines along with

Vidya Pradeep Vidya Pradeep (born 13 April 1990) is an Indian actress and scientist. She is currently working as a scientist in the United States. Her films include ''Saivam'' (2014), ''Pasanga 2'' (2015), and '' Thadam'' (2019) Career After completing her ...

and Smruthi Venkat. She is playing Jessie in the Kannada film ''Home Minister'' starring

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and directed by Sujay k. Srihari. She stars in ''

Paper Boy ''Paper Boy'' is a 2018 Telugu language, Telugu-language romantic drama film written and produced by Sampath Nandi and directed by V. Jayashankarr. The leading actors are Santosh Sobhan, Riya Suman, and Tanya Hope. It was released on 31 August 20 ...

'' with Santosh Sobhan. Hope was one of the lead actresses in Darshan’s 51st film '' Yajamana''. She appeared in the film's hit song "Basanni" in the titular role.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Tanya Indian film actresses Female models from Bangalore Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses from Bangalore Actresses in Kannada cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Living people Alumni of the University of Westminster Year of birth missing (living people)