1. Samantha Akkineni
Samantha Akkineni ( Ruth Prabhu; born on 28 April 1987) is an Indian actress who has established a career in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She is a recipient of several awards, including four Filmfare Awards, two Nandi Awards, four South Indian International Movie Awards, and three CineMAA Awards. While pursuing a degree in commerce, Akkineni worked part-time on modeling assignments. She soon received offers for film roles and made her acting debut in Gautham Menon's critically acclaimed Telugu romance film, Ye Maaya Chesave (2010), which fetched her the Filmfare.
Award for Best Debut Actress and a Nandi Award. Samantha then became the second actress ever to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress in the same year for her performances in Neethaane En's films Ponvasantham (2012) and Eega (2012). Since then, she has primarily opted to appear in the leading female role in hero-centric Telugu and Tamil films, earning box office success with films including Dookudu (2011), the family dramas Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2012) and Attarintiki Daredi (2013), and AR Murugadoss's Tamil action film, Kaththi (2014). Her work in the film A Aa (2016) also won positive reviews and won Samantha her fourth Filmfare Award, while her following films Theri (2016), 24 (2016), Mersal (2017), Rangasthalam (2018), and Mahanati (2018) also were commercially successful. She won further critical acclaim for her roles in 2019 releases, Super Deluxe, Majili, Oh! Baby and for her only 2020 film, Jaanu.
2. Rakul Preet Singh
Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films. She has received three Filmfare Awards South nominations and is a recipient of a SIIMA Award. She started her career as a model while in college, during which she also made her acting debut in the Kannada film Gilli (2009). In 2011 she participated in the Femina Miss India pageant. She was placed fifth and won five pageant titles, including People's Choice Miss Indiatimes, Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face, Femina Miss Talented, Femina Miss Beautiful Smile, and Femina Miss Beautiful Eyes.
She subsequently opted to become a full-time actress, making her Telugu debut in Keratam the same year and her Tamil debut in Thadaiyara Thaakka the following year. In 2014 she also completed her Hindi debut in Yaariyan, in which her performance was better received. She was part of commercially successful films like Venkatadri Express (2013), Current Theega (2014), Rough (2014), Loukyam (2014), Pandaga Chesko (2015), Kick 2 (2015), Sarrainodu (2016), Nannaku Prematho (2016), Dhruva (2016), Rarandoi Veduka Chudham (2017), Spyder (2017), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017) and De De Pyaar De (2019). In 2017, she was appointed the brand ambassador for Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao program by Telangana State Government.
3. Tamannaah
Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu and Tamil films. In addition to acting, she also participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products. In 2005, she made her acting debut at 15 in the Hindi film Chand Sa Roshan Chehra. She appeared in the Abhijeet Sawant album song "Lafzon main" from the album Aapka Abhijeet, released in 2005, before working in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema. In the same year, Tamannaah made her Telugu film debut in Sri, and the following year she appeared in her first Tamil movie, Kedi. In 2007, she starred in two college-life-based drama films, Happy Days in Telugu and Kalloori in Tamil.
Her projects include the reasonably successful Tamil films Ayan (2009), Paiyaa (2010), Siruthai (2011), Veeram (2014), Dharma Durai (2016), Devi (2016), Sketch (2018), and her Telugu films include 100% Love (2011), Oosaravelli (2011), Racha (2012), Thadaka (2013), Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Bengal Tiger (2015), Oopiri (2016), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), F2: Fun and Frustration (2019), and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019). She thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in
Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in South Indian cinema. She has acted in nearly 65 films in three languages. She received the "Dayawati Modi" Award in 2017. She also received an honorary doctorate from CIAC, in association with KEISEI International University, South Korea, for her contributions to Indian cinema.
4. Rashmika Mandanna
Rashmika Mandanna (born 5 April 1996) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu and Kannada language films. She has received a Filmfare Award and a South Indian International Movie Awards. Rashmika made her acting debut with the 2016 Kannada film Kirik Party. Later she made her Telugu debut with Chalo in 2018. In the same year, she starred in the rom-com film Geetha Govindam, which has become one of the highest profit earners in Telugu cinema, which earned her wide recognition. Her third Telugu venture was the big budget.
Film Devadas. It marked her third consecutive successful film in the same year in Telugu cinema. She starred in commercially successful films such as Kirik Party (2016), Anjani Putra (2017), Chamak (2017), Chalo (2018), Geetha Govindam (2018), Yajamana (2019), Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020), Bheeshma (2020), Pogaru (2021) and Sulthan (2021).
5. Kajal Aggarwal
Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian actress and model. She has established a career in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films and has been nominated for four Filmfare Awards South. Aggarwal made her acting debut with the 2004 Hindi film Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... and had her first Telugu film release in 2007, Lakshmi Kalyanam. In the same year, she starred in the box office hit Chandamama, which earned her recognition. The 2009 historical fiction Telugu film Magadheera marked a turning point in her career, earning critical acclaim. It ranks among the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time and fetched her Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies, including Filmfare.
She subsequently starred in Telugu films such as Darling (2010), Brindavanam (2010), Mr.Perfect (2011), Businessman (2012), Naayak (2013), Baadshah (2013), Govindudu Andarivadele (2014), Temper (2015), and Khaidi No. 150 (2017). Kajal also played the female lead in the high-profile Tamil projects Naan MahaanAlla (2010), Maattrraan (2012), Thuppakki (2012), Jilla (2014), Vivegam (2017) and Mersal (2017). She made a comeback to Hindi cinema with Singham (2011), which was a hit, while another film, Special 26 (2013), was also a box office success. In 2020, a wax figure of Aggarwal was put on display at Madame Tussauds Singapore, making it the first actress from South Indian cinema.
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