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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shamili
| image =
| caption = shamlee
| birth_name = Shamili
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|07|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2021/07/21/shamili-s-birthday-celebration-with-shalini-and-richard.html|work=Manorama Online|language=ml|title=ശ്യാമിലിയുടെ പിറന്നാൾ ആഘോഷിച്ച് ശാലിനിയും സഹോദരനും}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[Women's Christian College, Chennai]]
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| height =
| weight =
| years_active = 1989—2000 (child artist) 2009—2018 (Actress)
| parents = Babu Alice
| relatives = {{ubl|[[Shalini]] (sister)|[[Richard Rishi]] (brother)|[[Ajith Kumar]] (brother-in-law)}}
}}
'''Shamili''', also known as '''Baby Shamili''', (born 10 July 1987), is an [[India]]n actress who has worked in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]], [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] films. Her roles include the [[Mental retardation|mentally challenged]] child Anjali in the 1990 film ''[[Anjali (1990 film)|Anjali]]'', for which she won the [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist]], and a child trapped inside a bore-well in the film ''[[Malootty]]'', which won a [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist]]. She has also won the [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Female)]] for her performance in her Kannada debut [[Mathe Haditu Kogile]].

==Early life==
Shamili is from a family of actors, being the younger sister of actor [[Richard Rishi]] and actress [[Shalini Kumar|Shalini]]. She was born to Babu and Alice. Her father migrated to [[Madras]] with an ambition of becoming an actor and the family settled there. Later he fulfilled his ambition through his children.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/143728?page=0,1 |title=ശാലിനിയുടെ കഥ, ശ്യാംലിയുടേയും...!|access-date=2017-09-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307153750/http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/143728?page=0,1 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Career==
Shamili started acting at the age of two in [[Tamil Cinema]]. Her breakthrough in Tamil came with [[Mani Ratnam]]'s ''[[Anjali (1990 film)|Anjali]]'', in which she portrayed a [[mentally challenged]] child, which earned her the [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 October 1992 |title=Chinnathambi bags six awards |page=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19921030&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref><ref name="38thaward">{{Cite web |date=1991 |title=38th National Film Festival |url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/79_38thNfacatalogue.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114060316/https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/79_38thNfacatalogue.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2018 |access-date=2 September 2020 |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref> In 1990, she acted in [[Bharathan]]'s ''[[Malootty]]'', a film based on [[Jessica McClure]]. Her performance won her critical appreciation and the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist]].<ref>[http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm "Kerala State Film Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119014326/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |date=19 November 2009 }}</ref> She also acted as a teenager in Fazil's ''[[Harikrishnans]]'' as [[Mammooty]] and [[Mohanlal]]'s sibling. In Kannada she has acted with actors [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Ambareesh]], [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]], [[Shruti (actress)|Shruti]], [[Srinath]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]], Meghna, [[Vinaya Prasad]], [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]], [[Sathyapriya]], [[Bhavya]], [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] and [[Abhijith]]. In Kannada, she acted in ''Dakshayini'' (1993), ''[[Kadambari]]'' (1993), ''[[Karulina Kudi]]'' (1995), ''Bhairavi'' (1991), ''Chinna Nee Naguthiru'' (1993), ''[[Bhuvaneshwari]]'' (1994), ''[[Mathe Haditu Kogile]]'' (1990), ''[[Hoovu Hannu]]'' (1993) and ''Jagadeshwari'' (1998).

She played her first female lead role in Anand Ranga's directorial debut ''[[Oye! (film)|Oye!]]'' (2009) alongside [[Siddharth (actor)|Siddarth]], though the film's mixed response at the box office prompted her to embark on another sabbatical.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baby Shamili debuts opposite Siddharth |url=http://www.indiablitz.com/channels/telugu/article/41391.html |work=IndiaGlitz|date=10 September 2018 |access-date=2008-10-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/47994.html|title=Shamili debuts as heroine|publisher=indiaglitz.com|access-date=2009-07-04}}</ref> Between 2010 and 2015, Shamili studied and worked in [[Singapore]], and later returned to Chennai to work on the production of ''Veera Shivaji'' alongside [[Vikram Prabhu]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/veera-sivaji-starring-vikram-prabhu-and-shamlee-is-shooting-a-song-in-pondicherry.html |title=Veera Sivaji starring Vikram Prabhu and Shamlee is shooting a song in Pondicherry |publisher=Behindwoods |date=2015-10-03 |access-date=2015-11-17}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===As child artist===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Movie !! Role !! Language !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1989 || ''[[Rajanadai]]'' || Shamu || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
| ''Magadu'' || ||Telugu ||
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1990 || ''[[Anjali (1990 film)|Anjali]]'' || Anjali || Tamil || {{won}} - [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist]] [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist]]
|-
| ''[[Malootty]]'' || Malootty || Malayalam || {{won}} - [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari]]'' || Bujji || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Mathe Haditu Kogile]]'' || Pallavi|| [[Kannada language|Kannada]] || {{won}} - [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Female)|Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Artist]]
|-
| ''[[Durga (1990 film)|Durga]]'' || Durga,Mallika || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="10"| 1991 || ''[[Thai Poosam]]'' || Velayutham || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Sendhoora Devi]]'' || Sindhu, Nandu || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Pookkalam Varavayi]]'' || Geethu || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Anbu Sangili]]'' || Geethu || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Killer (1991 film)|Killer]]'' || Sneha || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Keechu Raallu'' || Jyoti || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Bhairavi'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Kilukkampetti]]'' || Chikkumol || Malayalam ||
|-
| ''Shwetaagni'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Vaasalile Oru Vennila'' ||Ammu || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="7"| 1992 || ''[[Police Lockup]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Sivasankari'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| ''Devar Veettu Ponnu'' || Sangari, Savithri || Tamil ||
|-
| ''Naga Bala'' || || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Nani'' || || Telugu||
|-
| ''Parvathalu Panakalu''|| Mahalakshmi|| Telugu||
|-
| ''Sukravaram Mahalakshmi''|| || Telugu||
|-
| rowspan="8"| 1993 || ''[[Joker (1993 film)|Joker]]'' || Apple || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Kadambari'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Chinna Kannamma]]'' || Saranya || Tamil ||
|-
| ''Sambhavi'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Nippu Ravva]]'' ||Engineer's daughter ||Telugu||
|-
| ''[[Thanga Pappa]]'' || Abhirami || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Dakshayini]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Sivarathiri'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="5"|1994 || ''Makkala Sakshi'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Hoovu Hannu]]'' || Triveni || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Chinna Nee Naguthiru'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Bhuvaneshwari''|| ||Kannada ||
|-
| ''Doragariki Donga Pellam '' || Baby Vani || Telugu ||
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1995 || ''[[Nirnayam (1995 film)|Nirnayam]]'' || Parukkutty || Malayalam ||
|-
| ''[[Karulina Kudi]]'' || || Kannada ||
|-
| ''Anga Rakshakudu'' || ||Telugu||
|-
| rowspan="2"|1996 || ''[[Sabse Bada Mawali]]'' || || [[Hindi]] ||
|-
| ''[[Lalanam]]'' || Ammu || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|1998 || ''[[Harikrishnans]]'' || Ammalu || Malayalam ||
|-
| ''Jagadeeshwari'' || Jagadeeshwari || Kannada ||
|-
| ''[[Thaayin Manikodi]]'' || Rosie || Tamil ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Kandukondain Kandukondain]]'' || Kamala || Tamil ||
|-
|}

===As actress===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Notes !! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Oye! (film)|Oye!]]'' || Sandhya || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/47994.html|title=Shamili debuts as heroine|publisher=indiaglitz.com|access-date=2009-07-04}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti]]'' ||Sreedevi || [[Malayalam]] || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/kunchacko-shamili-romances-through-vibrant-visuals/articleshow/51939790.cms|work=Times of India|title=Kunchacko, Shamili romances through vibrant visuals}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Veera Sivaji]]'' || Anjali || [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/child-star-shamlee-from-anjali-takes-the-plunge/article7615844.ece |title=Child star Shamlee from Anjali takes the plunge |work=The Hindu |date=2015-09-04 |access-date=2015-11-17}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Ammammagarillu]]''||Sita|| Telugu || ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/hindi-version-of-naga-shaurya-and-shamilis-ammammagarillu-trends-at-2/articleshow/68181108.cms|title=Hindi version of Naga Shaurya and Shamili's 'Ammammagarillu' trends at #2 - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0045138}}

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! colspan="3" style="background: #DAA520;" | [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]
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{{s-ttl|title=[[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]] for ''[[Anjali (1990 film)|Anjali]]'' (shared with [[Tarun (actor)|Tarun]] and Shruthi) |years=1990}}
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