Samantha Ruth Prabhu Profile, Age, Family, Husband, Biography & More

Samantha Ruth Prabhu born on April 28, 1987, is an Indian actress who mainly works in Telugu and Tamil films. One of the highest paid South Indian actresses, she has received several accolades including four Filmfare Awards South and six South Indian International Movie Awards. She has established herself as one of the leading actresses in Telugu and Tamil cinema.

After a brief stint as a model, while pursuing a business degree, Samantha made her acting debut in the Telugu romance film Ye Maaya Chesave (2010), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She became the second actress to win both the Filmfare Best Actress – Tamil and Best Actress – Telugu awards in the same year, for her performances in the 2012 films Neethaane En Ponvasantham and Eega, respectively.

Over the following years, she played the lead role in top grossing androcentric films such as Dookudu (2011), Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2012), Attarintiki Daredi (2013), Kaththi (2014), Theri (2016), 24 (2016), Mersal (2017) and Rangasthalam (2018). Her performance in A Aa (2016) earned Samantha her fourth Filmfare Award, and she received further accolades for her performances in Mahanati (2018), Super Deluxe (2019) and Majili (2019), and the thriller series Amazon Prime Video The Family Man (2021), the latter of which won her the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series.

Apart from acting, Samantha hosted the talk show Sam Jam in 2020. She is the founder of Pratyusha Support and Saaki World. She was married to actor Naga Chaitanya from 2017 to 2021.

Samantha suffered a long period of illness in 2012, which forced her to withdraw from major film projects and take a two-month break. She suffered from an immunity disorder, then experienced another setback after her body did not respond well to antibiotics.

She started dating actor Naga Chaitanya in 2010 after appearing in the movie Ye Maaya Chesave. The couple got engaged in a ceremony in Hyderabad on January 29, 2017. She was married in Goa according to traditional Hindu customs on October 6, 2017, then according to Christian customs on October 7, 2017, and became a member of the family Akkineni. She then started using her married name, Samantha Akkineni. On July 31, 2021, she removed her surname “Akkineni” from her social media handles, which led to speculation of her split from Naga Chaitanya. Later, on October 2, 2021, they announced their separation and eventual divorce.

On September 28, 2020, Samantha became the founder of women’s clothing brand Saaki World.

She ranked 17th and 34th in The Times Most Desirable Women in 2019 and 2020 respectively. In March 2022, according to a Times of India report, Samantha became the second highest paid South Indian actress after Nayanthara.

After June 2022, Samantha was suddenly inactive on social media which sparked several rumors about her health and there were rumors that she was suffering from a relapse of a rare skin disorder. However, his team dismissed all the rumours. On October 29, 2022, she announced that she had been diagnosed with dermatomyositis.