• 4 May 1983
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Female
  • Indian

Trisha Krishnan

Biography

Trisha Krishnan was born on 4 May 1983, in Chennai. She belongs to the Palakkad Tamil Brahmin family. She completed her schooling at the Sacred Heart Matriculation School in Church Park, Chennai, and pursued a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) course at the Ethiraj College for Women (Chennai). She started modeling and appeared in several print and television commercials.[In 1999, she won the "Miss Salem" beauty pageant, and later the same year, the Miss Chennai contest. She had also won Miss India 2001 pageant's "Beautiful Smile" award. She also appeared in Falguni Pathak's music video Meri Chunar Udd Udd Jaye. She began her acting career in a minor supporting role as Simran's friend in the romantic drama Jodi in 1999. She acted with Vikram in Saamy's movie in 2003. In 2004, she debuted in Telugu cinema with M S Raju's romantic action film Varsham. Later he enacted the female lead opposite Vijay in the action comedy film Ghilli. She acted in many films with Vijay like Kurvi, Tirupaachi, and many others. In her second Telugu project, the romantic drama Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, she starred alongside Siddharth. She then starred alongside Mahesh Babu in the action thriller Athadu. She made her debut in Bollywood with the Priyadarshan film Khatta Meetha with Akshay Kumarin 2010. Then she appeared in Her releases in Yennai Arindhaal opposite Ajith Kumar, Thoongavanam with Kamal Haasan, and Bhooloham with Jayam Ravi in Tamil. She also acted in the horror film Aranmanai 2 (2017). She played a leading role in the Tamil romantic drama '96 opposite Vijay Sethupathi. She then starred in a brief role in Petta (2019), alongside superstar Rajinikanth. In 2022 in Mani Ratnam's film Ponniyin Selvan: I, in the role of the Chola princess, Kundavai, received high critical acclaim for her acting. She has received many best actress awards from Film fare and SIIMA awards shows. On 23 January 2015, Trisha became engaged to Varun Manian, a Chennai-based businessman.[103] In May 2015, she confirmed that the couple had ended their engagement. She is the brand ambassador of Scooty Pep+, for which she has replaced Preity Zinta. She is also the brand ambassador for Vivel Di Wills, a product by ITC Limited. In 2011, she replaced Asin in the Fairever fairness cream commercial. She was recently seen in Ponniyin Selvan 2 on April 28th,2023. The movie is crossing 200 crores at the box office on day 3. Trisha will be next seen with Vijay in Leo movie.

Filmography

Movie NameRelease Date
Khatta Meetha July 23, 2010