Sameera Reddy

Acting

Sameera Reddy

Born 1982-09-08 · Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sameera Reddy (born December 14, 1978) is an Indian actress and prominent social media personality who has primarily worked in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu cinema. Born in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, to a Telugu father and a Mangalorean Konkani mother, she completed her education at Sydenham College. Reddy initially gained public attention after appearing in Pankaj Udhas's hit 1997 music video "Aur Aahista". She later made her feature film acting debut opposite Sohail Khan in the Hindi romantic action film *Maine Dil Tujhko Diya* (2002). Reddy quickly gained recognition in Bollywood for her glamorous screen presence and established herself through a string of commercially successful films and multi-starrers. Her notable Hindi film credits include Ram Gopal Varma's anthology *Darna Mana Hai* (2003), Sanjay Gupta's action thriller *Musafir* (2004), the hit comedy *Taxi No. 9211* (2006), and the Abbas-Mustan blockbuster thriller *Race* (2008). She was also part of successful comedies like *De Dana Dan* (2009) and the action thriller *Tezz* (2012). Simultaneously, Reddy forged a highly successful career in South Indian cinema. She achieved massive critical and commercial success with her Tamil debut portraying Meghna in Gautham Vasudev Menon's blockbuster romantic drama *Vaaranam Aayiram* (2008) opposite Suriya. She also delivered notable performances in the psychological thriller *Nadunisi Naaygal* (2011) and the action film *Vettai* (2012). In Telugu cinema, she starred in prominent commercial entertainers such as *Narasimhudu* (2005), *Jai Chiranjeeva* (2005) alongside Chiranjeevi, and *Ashok* (2006) with Jr. NTR. Following her marriage to entrepreneur Akshai Varde in 2014, Reddy took an extended sabbatical from mainstream acting. During this time, she successfully reinvented herself as a highly popular digital content creator and advocate for body positivity. After a decade-long hiatus, Reddy made a prominent acting comeback, shifting her focus toward author-backed and character-driven scripts. She headlined the horror-thriller *Chimni* (2025), breaking away from her earlier glamorous image. She further solidified her return to the big screen starring alongside Sanjay Dutt in the Hindi drama *Aakhri Sawal* (2026). She also appeared in the long-delayed Anees Bazmee thriller *Naam* (2024). Seamlessly balancing her enduring popularity as an influencer with her second innings in cinema, Reddy continues to engage audiences across digital and theatrical platforms.

Acting credits

Aakhri Sawal poster
1.0

Vicky, a brilliant but volatile scholar who ignites a national firestorm when he publicly accuses his legendary mentor, Professor Gopal Nadkarni, of institutional bias. What begins as a faculty dispute is quickly hijacked by a sensationalist news anchor and an ambitious political activist, turning a private disagreement into a televised "intellectual trial" watched by millions.

Aakhri Sawal

2026

Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum poster
5.9

A boy is adopted by his grandfather after his parents are murdered. He grows up to be an actor to honor a promise to his dying grandfather that he would perform in a play in his native village. The performance leads him to his parents' murderers.

Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum

2012

Vaaranam Aayiram poster
7.3

A son deals with the death of his father and examines how their relationship influences him through growing up, romance, tragedy and adventure.

Vaaranam Aayiram

2008

Vedi poster
5.0

Prabhakaran travels all the way from Tamil Nadu to Kolkata for a purpose. He takes up a job in a college and meets Aishwarya. He also comes across Paro in Kolkata and they end up falling head over heels in love with each other. Meanwhile, there is a group in the look out for Prabhakaran at the behest of Eswara Pandian and his son. The ensuing sequence of events results in Prabhakaran revealing his true face through a flashback and there begin the twists and turns, which also unravels a sibling story with underworld background.

Vedi

2011

No Entry poster
6.0

Kishan has always been faithful to his wife, Kaajal, who constantly suspects him of having affairs. Meanwhile, Kishan's friend Prem frequently cheats on his doting wife, Pooja, without getting caught, incurring the disapproval of Kishan and photographer Sunny. Tired of listening to his moralistic pals, Prem introduces Kishan to Bobby, an attractive escort.

No Entry

2005

Jai Chiranjeeva poster
6.2

Sathya lives with his large family which also includes his niece, Lavanya. When Lavanya is killed by gun dealer Pasupathi, Sathya travels to the USA to avenge her death.

Jai Chiranjeeva

2005

Race poster
6.1

Action-thriller about two brothers, Ranvir and Rajiv, whose rivalry in the world of horse racing turns into a deadly game of betrayal, greed, and revenge, investigated by Inspector Robert D'Costa.

Race

2008

Maine Dil Tujhko Diya poster
5.2

Ayesha is the elder daughter of rich business tycoon Mr. Verma, an overprotective father who's kept his two daughters away from modern influences. Ayesha goes to college and comes in contact with Ajay, the leader of a group called Aryans, responsible for handling the security at the college. Ajay's soft-spoken nature and humble, down-to-earth attitude soon make Ayesha his most ardent admirer.

Maine Dil Tujhko Diya

2002

De Dana Dan poster
5.7

Two down on their luck men try to kidnap a wealthy businesswoman's dog to demand a hefty ransom from her. But things go haywire when the dog goes missing.

De Dana Dan

2009

Tezz poster
4.1

To avenge his past, Aakash Rana plants bomb in a train endangering lives of 500 passengers.

Tezz

2012

Taxi No. 9211 poster
6.3

A taxi driver and a businessman create havoc in each other's lives after a chance meeting.

Taxi No. 9211

2006

Aakrosh poster
7.0

The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, closed community.

Aakrosh

2010

Ashok poster
4.9

A short-tempered man falls in love with a woman, who is also pursued by a gangster that wants to marry her. As the man sets out to take on the mighty mob, his estranged family gets drawn into the fight.

Ashok

2006

Kaalpurush poster
8.5

A man struggles with his memories of his powerful father.

Kaalpurush

2005

Varadanayaka poster
5.7

No one has entered a biography for him.

Varadanayaka

2013

Naksha poster
4.1

20 years after the death of an archaeologist, Kapil Malhotra, his younger son, Vicky attempts to uncover his father's mission with the help of an ancient map.

Naksha

2006

Plan poster
4.8

To pay off their gambling debt, four best friends kidnap an organized crime figure having mistaken him for a wealthy businessman.

Plan

2004

Nadunisi Naaygal poster
5.4

Having suffered sexual abuse as a child, Veera grows into a psycho obsessed with sex and kills for pleasure.

Nadunisi Naaygal

2011

Red Alert: The War Within poster
4.4

While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forced to join them. He is anxious to collect his dues and return home to his wife, Uma; daughter, Chinna; and son, Mohan, but Velu keeps on putting it off. Narasimha gets to know and sympathize with members of this band, and befriends Lakshmi, who was gang-raped by several policemen. He is then asked to prove his loyalty by killing an informant/plainclothes police inspector - which he does - and even accompanies the band on an assault on a school, resulting in the death of some children. Traumatized after this incident, he decides to flee - and it is this decision that will not only estrange him from his family but also force him to be on the run from the band as well as the police.

Red Alert: The War Within

2010

One Two Three poster
5.1

Laxminarayan lives a poor lifestyle in Mumbai along with his widowed mother, Kanta, who wants him to be a successful gangster like Batlabhai, and would like him to kill a few people, make enough money, then get married to Khujli's daughter, Meena. In order to fulfill his mother's wish, Laxminarayan accepts a contract to kill D'Mello Yadav, a Pondi-based gangster, who has stolen a diamond from Batl

One Two Three

2008

Darna Mana Hai poster
6.1

Stranded in an abandoned building, six friends relate scary stories while a crazed killer lurks in the forest.

Darna Mana Hai

2003

The Voyeurs poster
6.0

When a Kolkata surveillance specialist and his roommate install a small camera in the home of their beautiful neighbor, they somehow become terror suspects in director Buddhadeb Dasgupta's cutting commentary on CCTV society.

The Voyeurs

2007

Asal poster
4.3

The film revolves around the feud between the three brothers over property; two brothers, from their father's first wife on one side with their avarice for all the wealth with the righteous third, from his father's second marriage, trying to stop the family from breaking down. The feud that exists as an undercurrent in the presence of their father and turns ugly and personal after he passes away. It grows bigger with the two brothers joining in to elbow out the third but he graciously steps aside, only wanting to keep cordial relations. But, the two brothers are just not able to handle the huge wealth and the responsibility that it brings. Their wealth attracts trouble and it is up to the third to come back and save his brothers, against others who strive for the wealth while the crux of the plot revolves around if wealth does disintegrate the family.

Asal

2010

Migration poster
5.7

One of a four-film series on the AIDS epidemic in India, this film examines the virus as Indian society's great class leveler, following its transmission through interweaving stories that link urban and rural India.

Migration

2008