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{{short description|Indian film actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
| image_size =200px
| name = Semmalar Annam
| birth_name = Semmalar Annam . K
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|20 August 1990}}
| birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| occupation = [[Film actor]]
| nationality = Indian
| years_active = 2009{{ndash}}present
| parents = A.V.karuppasamy<br />Boovathy
}}

'''Semmalar Annam''' is an Indian film actress who rose to fame with the critically acclaimed [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] drama film ''[[Ammani]]'' (2016) directed by [[Lakshmy Ramakrishnan]]. She has also directed and acted in more than fifteen short films during her studies at college. Semmalar is well known for her street plays performed at [[Coimbatore]] for many social and environmental causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/actor-semmalar-on-her-journey-in-cinema/article9270998.ece|title=Young and restless|first=Parshathy J.|last=Nath|date=26 October 2016|publisher=|accessdate=8 November 2016|via=The Hindu}}</ref>

==Life==
Semmalar Annam from [[Coimbatore]] is the eldest daughter of A.V.Karuppasamy and Boovathy and has an younger Brother Samaran.

==Education==
After her schooling at Krishnamal Higher Secondary School [[Coimbatore]], she joined for Visual Communication studies at [[PSG College of Arts and Science]] and later did her post graduation in Mass Communication and Journalism from [[PSG College of Arts and Science]], [[Coimbatore]],.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-right-angle/article4478529.ece|title=The right angle|first=Parshathy J.|last=Nath|date=5 March 2013|publisher=|accessdate=8 November 2016|via=The Hindu}}</ref> After her formal education, she underwent a course on acting and theater at the Stanislavsky Acting School, [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.konkanworld.com/moviereview/2693/young-and-restless|title=Konkanworld - Young and restless|work=konkanworld.com|accessdate=8 November 2016}}</ref> which helped her to step into the Tamil film industry.

==Career==
During her post-graduate studies in journalism and mass communication at [[PSG College of Arts and Science]], [[Coimbatore]] she performed several street-plays for environmental and social causes. Many of these street-plays were organized by her college professor CR Jayaprakash under the college Eco Club. These street plays were instrumental in bringing a lot of awareness and positive change to the society and reversing environmental damages caused to the
.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.covaipost.com/coimbatore/coimbatore-city-falls-in-love-with-street-plays/|title=Coimbatore city falls in love with street plays | Covaipost}}</ref>

Semmalar's debut film Malarmathi, about a sexually abused orphan won the best film and best director award at Legend 2010, a state-level short film festival organized by Department of Visual Communication, [[Sathyabama University]], Chennai.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-right-angle/article4480217.ece|title=The right angle|first=Parshathy J.|last=Nath|date=6 March 2013|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

In the film [[Ammani]], she plays the frustrated daughter-in-law of the main character: Salamma, a hard-working government hospital worker. Other than film, she has acted in several advertisements and documentaries.

==Filmography==
;As an actress
*''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role
!Director!! Notes
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Ammani]]'' || Amudha (Daughter in law)
|Lakshmi Ramakrishna
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Magalir Mattum (2017 film)|Magalir Mattum]]'' ||housewife in Prabhavathy's documentary
|Bramma
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Kurangu Bommai]]''
|
|Nithilan
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Street Lights]]''
|Malar, Mani's mother
|Shamdat
| Malayalam film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2019
|''[[Thambi (2019 film)|Thambi]]''
| Gunavathi
|
|
|-
|''Maadathy''
|Veni (Mother of Maadathy)
|Leena Manimekalai
|
|-
|''[[Sillu Karupatti]]''
| Aishwarya
|Halitha Shameem
| ''Turtles'' segment
|-
|2021
|''[[Mmmmm]]''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jeshi|first=K.|date=2021-01-23|title=Semmalar Annam on playing a tribal woman in an upcoming Malayalam film|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/actor-semmalar-annam-on-playing-a-tribal-woman-in-an-upcoming-malayalam-film/article33645586.ece|access-date=2021-01-25|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|
|[[Vijeesh Mani]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2020
|''[[Ponmagal Vandhal]]''
| Kid's mother
|Frederick
|
|-
|[[Vadham (Web series)]]
|
|Venkatesh Babu
|
|-
|}
;As Director
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Notes
|-
|2019
|''First Rain''
|Belgaum International Short Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.savbisff.com/|access-date=2021-01-12|website=savbisff|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2010 || ''Malarmathi'' || Legend 2010 award in [[Sathyabama University]]<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|-
| 2010 || ''Konangal Widow Marriage'' || Best Film award by Sumariyadhai Panbaattu Kalagam
|-
|}

==Awards==
2012 Winner of a reality show at [[Kalaignar TV]] and she received a car as present. The award was presented to the person who could prove his/her skills in several art forms like Dancing, Acting and Singling.<ref>http://kungumam.co.in/ThArticalinnerdetail.aspx?id=3514&id1=84&issue=20161101</ref>

==References==
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