Sriya Reddy

Sriya Reddy (born 3 April 1978) is an Indian actress, television presenter and video jockey who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu cinema. Born to former Indian test cricketer Bharath Reddy, Sriya worked as a successful video jockey at SS Music before pursuing an acting career in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.

Following her debut in Samurai (2002), she appeared in nearly a dozen Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, with Black (2004), Thimiru (2006) and Kanchivaram (2008) and Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (2023) being her best known productions.

Early life Sriya was born into a Telugu family to Bharath Reddy, an Indian cricketer. She did her schooling at Good Shepherd School and went on to study at Ethiraj College Chennai. When she was a child, cricketers Ravi Shastri and Sandeep Patil visited their home and complimented her good voice. During school, she received modelling offers, but had to decline them, since her father wanted her to finish her education first. When she was offered an audition for the leading music channel Southern Spice Music, she was able to convince her father that she would both study and be a VJ. carrying a "thoroughly de-glamourized look" in the film, totally contrary to her real-life look, with director Renjith, on his decision to cast her for the role, citing that she had a "very Dravidian face". Sriya considered this film as her highest point of career for having acted alongside Malayalam actor Mammootty.

In 2005, she had a single release, the Malayalam action film Bharathchandran I.P.S., which was very successful at the box office. She appeared in a pivotal role in Priyadarshan's art film Kanchivaram, which, too, became highly acclaimed and was honoured with the National Film Award, while Sriya received nominations for the Filmfare Award and the Vijay Award. After completing shooting for the film, she got married and stopped acting.

Eight years later, she made a comeback with a film titled Andaava Kaanom by director Vadivel, in which she will portray an angry village woman Shanthi.

Personal life Sriya married actor-producer Vikram Krishna on 9 March 2008 at Park Sheraton hotel in Chennai. Vikram Krishna is the son of veteran film producer G. K. Reddy and brother of actor Vishal Krishna and had starred in a couple of Tamil films, before turning full-time film producer, primarily producing films featuring his brother Vishal in the lead role under his GK Films Corporation. Sriya since has been co-producing films with her husband. The couple have a daughter, Amalia.

Filmography Film

Television