Sherin

Sherin Shringar, known by her stage name Sherin or Shirin is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu-language films. After making her debut in the Tamil film Thulluvadho Ilamai, she starred in films such as Whistle (2003). In 2019, Sherin participated in Bigg Boss 3 and emerged as the 3rd runner up.

Career Sherin won critical acclaim and box office success through her debut Tamil film, Kasthuri Raja's coming-of-age drama Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002). The actress won the Cinema Express Award for Most Popular Actress for her performance, while she later went on to star in the Telugu remake titled Juniors (2003).

Shringar made her debut as an actress in Kannada films through Police Dog (2002) before playing a lead role in Dhruva (2002), in which she starred alongside Darshan. She then appeared in supporting roles alongside senior actresses Ramya Krishnan in Jaya (2002) and Simran in Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi (2003), and also garnered attention for her negative role in the horror film Whistle (2003) and her role opposite debutant Sibi Sathyaraj in Student Number 1 (2003). Sherin later moved on to work on Telugu and Malayalam films, appearing in Krishna Vamsi's thriller drama Danger (2005). She notably appeared in an item song in Linguswamy's Bheema (2008) alongside Vikram and in R. Ananth Raju's Mast Maja Maadi (2008) alongside Upendra and eleven other actresses. She portrayed a role with negative shades in the Kannada film Yogi (2009). Other films including the Kannada film Sihigali and the Tamil film Poova Thalaiya, had delayed low-key releases in 2010. Sherin subsequently chose to take a career sabbatical in the late 2000s, and briefly took up a course in Art and Culture in Sydney.

She made a return to Kannada films through Om Prakash Rao's AK 56 (2012) alongside Siddhanth, which garnered a good commercial response. Her next release, the comedy drama Nanbenda (2015), saw her appear in a supporting role, where she was paired opposite comedian Santhanam. In 2019, she took part as a contestant in the Tamil reality television show, Bigg Boss Tamil 3.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Language Notes2002 Thulluvadho Ilamai Pooja Tamil Police Dog Rekha Kannada Dhruva Rashmi Jaya Preethi Tamil 2003 Juniors Pooja Telugu Student Number 1 Anjali Tamil Whistle Maaya (Naga) Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi Seetha 2005 Danger Radhika Reddy Telugu 2006 Moonnamathoral Raheel Malayalam 2007 Bhoopathi Isiri Kannada Urchagam Jency Tamil Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan Pooja Vasudevan Malayalam 2008 Bheemaa Rangamma Tamil Special appearancesMast Maja Maadi Herself Kannada 2009 Yogi Paddu 2010 Sihigali Jeevi 2011 Poova Thalaiya Eashwari Tamil 2012 AK 56 Sindhu Kannada 2015 Nanbenda Preethi Tamil 2024 Dhil Raja Arnanti

Television