Regena Cassandrra

Acting

Regena Cassandrra

Born 1988-12-13 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Regena Cassandrra (born Regina Cassandra) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil cinema alongside Hindi and Kannada productions. Born on December 13, 1990, in Madras (present-day Chennai), Tamil Nadu, she completed her schooling in Chennai and earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Psychology from Women's Christian College, Chennai, followed by a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from the University of Madras. Having started in the entertainment industry as a child anchor at the age of nine for the children's television channel Splash, she made her acting debut at age sixteen in the Tamil romantic comedy *Kanda Naal Mudhal* (2005). After completing her higher education and appearing in several acclaimed short films, she made her Kannada debut in K. M. Chaitanya's *Suryakaanti* (2010). She achieved an immediate commercial breakthrough in Telugu cinema with Tatineni Satya's *Siva Manasulo Sruthi* (*SMS*, 2012), which won her the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu. Cassandrra rapidly established herself as one of Telugu cinema's most popular and versatile leading ladies, headlining consecutive commercial hits including *Routine Love Story* (2012), Pandiraj's Tamil comedy *Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga* (2013), Maruthi's *Kotha Janta* (2014), *Ra Ra... Krishnayya* (2014), K. S. Ravindra's action blockbuster *Power* (2014) opposite Ravi Teja, and A. S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary's *Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham* (2014) alongside Sai Dharam Tej. She continued demonstrating her screen presence in high-profile projects such as Harish Shankar's *Subramanyam for Sale* (2015), *Rajathandhiram* (2015), the acclaimed romantic comedy *Jyo Achyutananda* (2016) which earned her a SIIMA Best Actress nomination, and Lokesh Kanagaraj's hyperlink thriller *Maanagaram* (2017). Known for fearlessly taking on complex and grey-shaded characters, she delivered standout performances in Prasanth Varma's psychological ensemble *Awe!* (2018), Venkat Ramji's mystery thriller *Evaru* (2019), and Selvaraghavan's horror drama *Nenjam Marappathillai* (2021). She made her Hindi film debut in Shelly Chopra Dhar's coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama *Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga* (2019) alongside Sonam Kapoor. Cassandrra garnered immense national and critical acclaim across digital streaming platforms, earning a Filmfare OTT Award nomination for her portrayal of Mridula Sarabhai in SonyLIV's biographical series *Rocket Boys* (2022–2023), headlining ZEE5's thriller series *Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke* (2023), and starring in Raj & DK's hit Amazon Prime Video black comedy thriller series *Farzi* (2023). Her filmography extends to the action thriller *Saakini Daakini* (2022), the Tamil comedy *Conjuring Kannappan* (2023), Magizh Thirumeni's action thriller *Vidaamuyarchi* (2025) alongside Ajith Kumar, Gopichand Malineni's Hindi action film *Jaat* (2025) opposite Sunny Deol, the fantasy horror *Mookuthi Amman 2* (2025), and the Telugu thriller drama *Mareechika* (2026).

Acting credits

Flashback poster
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

Flashback

2025

No artwork available
4.0

A father and his daughter are forced to make a stop at a remote village. Where are they going, and what is the secret behind the father's brooding?

Nirnayam

2013

Rajathandhiram poster
6.9

Three small-time criminals take up an offer to rob one of the biggest jewellery shops in the city. Will they be successful in their attempt, given that the store's owner, a ruthless man, is aware of the plan?

Rajathandhiram

2015

Vidaamuyarchi poster
6.1

While struggling with his broken marriage, Arjun is pulled into a desperate search for his wife, Kayal, when she goes missing during a road trip.

Vidaamuyarchi

2025

Soukhyam poster
3.3

Soukhyam is a 2015 Telugu romantic comedy film produced by V. Anand Prasad on Bhavya Creations banner and directed by A.S. Ravikumar Chowdary. Starring Gopichand, Regina Cassandra in the lead roles and music composed by Anup Rubens.

Soukhyam

2015

Jaat poster
6.3

A mysterious stranger journeys to a remote town controlled by a callous crime lord, with one violent mission — restoring justice to its people.

Jaat

2025

Ananthan Kaadu poster
4.0

This is a tale, which almost became a true story. It unfolds in the late Eighties and early Nineties, when the country was going through a dark phase both politically and socially a time when turmoil was writ all over the political scape of the nation.

Ananthan Kaadu

2026

No artwork available
NR

Contract killer Rohit comes to Bangalore to kill a girl, but in a twist of fate, he is given charge of an industrialist"s business, and falls in love with his daughter

Suryakanthi

2010

No artwork available
NR

showbiz drama

The Wives Of Bollywood

Nakshatram poster
2.9

A young boy is made to realise that the police form the backbone of society and every cop is akin to Lord Hanuman the protector. He then makes up his mind about becoming a cop when he grows up.​

Nakshatram

2017

Kallapart poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kallapart

Silukkuvarupatti Singam poster
4.8

A constable who prefers to mind his own business gets into a situation where he has to hide from a most-wanted gangster.

Silukkuvarupatti Singam

2018

Mareechika poster
NR

Follows Venkata Laxmi, a village girl who claims Sanju has been murdered, and introduces Mareechika, a US-returned woman, into his life, leading to shifting relationships and a murder investigation.

Mareechika

2026

Shankara poster
3.0

Shankar (Nara Rohit) lives in a hostel to pursue his education. Circumstances force him into a rivalry with a police officer (John Vijay) who sabotages Shankar's life and labels him as a drug addict. How Shankar solves the problem is the crux of the story. (Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License)

Shankara

2016

Ra Ra Krishnayya poster
5.6

Kittu / Krishna is a cab driver who saves his money with the cab owner. When the owner refuses to return his money back, Kittu kidnaps owner’s daughter Nandu. Nandu who is fed up with her father’s unilateral decision about her marriage is happy with the kidnapping. They fall in love with each other in the process. When they were about to accept the ransom money, she gets kidnapped by another kidnapper. The rest of the story is all about who kidnapped her and the kidnapper’s connection with Kittu

Ra Ra Krishnayya

2014

Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh poster
7.1

A dramatization of the life story of C. Sankaran Nair, the lawyer who fought for the truth behind the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh

2025

Saakini Daakini poster
5.4

Two trainee female police officers find themselves in an endless race against time after they witness a kidnapping and decide to use their knowledge.

Saakini Daakini

2022

Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen poster
2.7

A lackadaisical youngster falls in love with a girl from whom he’d gotten separated at a younger age. He goes through a slew of unexpected hurdles to win her love.

Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen

2017

Maanagaram poster
7.4

Upon moving to Chennai, four lives get intertwined as they strive to achieve success in the city. However, when a vicious gangster threatens them, the group must work together to defeat him.

Maanagaram

2017

1945 poster
5.3

Set in Burma in the year 1945, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose plans to launch the INA to fight the British. This is also the time when Adi comes back to Burma to take care of his family business. Upon his arrival, he gets engaged to a British Tasildar’s daughter. Just as he is set to get married, the atrocities of the British keep growing and Adi is forced to fight the British.

1945

2022

Mr. Chandramouli poster
4.2

Raghav, a professional boxer, finds himself in a fix when an unexpected turn of events gets him tangled in a battle between his passion, family and the love of his life.

Mr. Chandramouli

2018

Evaru poster
7.1

When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark tale filled with unexpected surprises.

Evaru

2019

Awe! poster
7.1

‘Awe’ charts the journey of a motley of characters that have nothing to do with each other but are yet connected by a single, fragile string. Who are these people and what about their lives connect them to each other is what the film is all about.

Awe!

2018

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3.0

Taking a leaf from Hindu mythology, it revolves around Mareecha, Ravanan's brother and Idumban. Mareecha and Idumban both love Mandakini. But Mandakini loves Mareecha. Hence Mareecha and Idumban often cross swords with each other. Mareecha in the guise of a deer to attract Sita is killed by Lord Rama and according to a curse turns into a rock. Years later, cut to the present day, he is freed from this curse, when Sita, a young woman falls on this rock. Mareecha takes it upon himself to protect Sita at all times. Sita works as a secretary to Rajaram, an estate owner. When she realizes that Rajaram's relatives were milking him of his wealth, she tightens the purse strings, thereby earning their wrath. And in order to kill her, the relatives hire Pandi, who butchers goats for a living.

Panchamirtham

2008