Ramya Krishnan was born in a Tamil brahmin Iyer family in Madras (now Chennai) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She is the niece of Cho Ramaswamy, a comedian, actor, and outspoken politician. She had initial training in Bharathanatyam and Kuchipudi dance forms, and had given many stage performances.

Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970),^[1] is an Indian film actress. She has acted in over 200 films in five languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Ramya has won four Filmfare Awards, three Nandi Awards and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She is credited as Ramya Krishna in the Telugu and Kannada film industries.^[3]

She is known for playing Neelambari in Padayappa which also won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil. She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu for the 2009 dramedy Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam. Ramya's portrayal of Sivagami Devi in the Baahubali series (2015–17) received universal acclaim. While Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) is the sixth highest grossing Indian film, its sequel Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) is the second highest grossing Indian film of all time. Her performance in Baahubali: The Beginning also won her the Best Supporting Actress – Telugu at the 2016 Filmfare Awards and Best Supporting Actress at Nandi Awards by Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Early life[edit]

Ramya was born in Chennai to Krishnan and Maya.^[1][4] She is the niece of veteran Tamil comedian Cho Ramaswamy. She received initial training in Bharathanatyam, Western and Kuchipudi dance forms and has given many stage performances.^[5]

Film career[edit]

Ramya started her acting career in 1984 at the age of 14 in the Tamil film Vellai Manasu, opposite Y. G. Mahendra.

Ramya's first Telugu film was Bhale Mithrulu (1986). She achieved fame through Kasinadhuni Viswanath's Sutradharulu, released in 1989. She emerged as a leading actress in the Telugu industry alongside Soundarya, Meena, Roja and Nagma in the 1990s. As her breakthrough came from K. Raghavendra Rao directorial movies where she emerged as a commercial romantic diva of the season, due to successful movies such as Alludugaru (1990), Allari Mogudu (1992), Major Chandrakanth (1993) along with Mohan Babu and Allari Priyudu (1993) along with Rajasekhar. She played the role of a devoted wife of Sri Annamacharya, which was played by Nagarjuna in the film Annamayya (1997). She received a prestigious Nandi Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for her performance in Dasari Narayana Rao's film Kante Koothurne Kanu (1998). She played the lead role in the Hindi action comedy film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998) along with Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda. She played the lead role in the Tamil film Padayappa (1999) along with Rajinikanth. She also appeared in Hindi film Banarasi Babu in 1997 and acted in a viral web series Queen (2019). She had worked in Kannada films such as Gadibidi Ganda, Mangalyam Tantunanena, Neelambari, Raktha Kanneeru.

She was a judge in a dancing show on STAR Vijay: Jodi Number One, season 1, followed by season 5.

Her most recent films are Baahubali: The Beginning, where she played Sivagami, the Queen mother and Soggade Chinni Nayana, where she played the role of Satyabhama and she also played a very important role in Allari Naresh's movie Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu.^[6][7] She earned praise for her performance as Rajamatha Sivagami in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion.^[8]

Filmography[edit]

Personal life[edit]

She married Telugu film director Krishna Vamsi on 12 June 2003. They have a son.^[9]

Awards[edit]

Source^[10][11]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcMedia, Sampurn (16 September 2009). 'Actress Ramya Krishnan celebrates her birthday'. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 May 2016. Actress Ramya Krishnan celebrated her 39th birthday yesterday (Sep 15).
2. ^'Ramya Krishnan Husband & Marriage Date'. StarsFact.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
3. ^'Ramya Krishna joins Romantic for shoot in Goa'. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
4. ^'Ramya Krishnan's family'. Celebrity Kick. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
5. ^'Eternal beauty 'Nilambari' Ramya Krishnan celebrates her b'day'. Indiaglitz. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
6. ^'Ramya Krishna and Meena are paired with Mohan Babu in Mama Manchu, Alludu Kanchu'. tollywoodshow.com.
7. ^'Mohan Babu is all thrilled to work with Ramya Krishnan and Meena again, 23 years after the release of 'Allari Mogudu''. ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
8. ^Ramya Krishnan in Baahubali
9. ^'Heroines who fell for their directors'. The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
10. ^'Star-spangled show on cards'. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
11. ^'Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)'. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.

External links[edit]

• Ramya Krishnan on IMDb