Samatha Akkineni is a popular Tollywood actress and model, who has worked in many Tamil and Telugu movies. Samantha was born in Chennai; she pursued her career in the modeling in the course of her teenage. Samantha belongs to a Telugu father and Malayali mother in Chennai suburb of Pallavaram, Tamil Nadu. Samantha completed her schooling from the St. Stephens Matriculation School in Pallavaram as well as Holy Angels Higher Secondary School in Chennai. Samantha graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Stella Maris College, Chennai.
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Seven years into the film industry, she is not only a brilliant actor but also a fashionista. Every now and then, she surprises us with her unique fashion statements.
Here are a few lesser-known facts about Samantha
Samantha was facing a monetary issue in her early life. Hence, in order to overcome it, she had to do numerous part-time jobs and she also got into modeling after some time. Popular cinematographer-director Ravi Varman noticed and introduced her to the film industry. She was the second Indian actress after Revathi to win both Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress and Filmfare Award for Telugu Actress in the same year. According to the reports, Sam was a brilliant student and used to top the class. She worked hard to score well in her academics. Samantha has also established an NGO i.e. “Pratyusha Support” for encouraging the health care facilities in specific regions. This NGO also provides treatment to the deprived children and females who are sick. The famous hospital like Liv-life is associating with the organization for carrying out this mission frontward. According to Samantha due to the lack of pocket money during her college days, she started modeling in her early days. The beautiful Tollywood actress was featured in the music video for World Classical Tamil Conference in the year 2010 in which she appeared alongside A.R. Rahman and Gautham Menon. We all call her Sam. However, a few people know that she has another name too. The actress is called Yashoda by her family and close pals. She looks fit and healthy that it is difficult to believe that Samantha has diabetes. Yes, she was diagnosed with the disease in 2013 and with her determination has overcome the disease. She might be a South Indian actress but her flavors are fairly diverse. Samantha enjoys grubbing on Sushi which is a Japanese food that is prepared by boiling the mixture of raw seafood and vegetables. This actress also loves to eat Dairy Milk chocolate bar. Paalakova is her favorite sweet dish. Samantha’s much-loved book is Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret. This book is based on the law of fascination which postulates that nature praises one’s temperament by offering things alike to his frame of mind. All over the world, there are more than 19 million copies of this book have been sold so far.also read: Rajamouli to cast Sanjay Dutt and Varun Dhawan in RRR