List of actors of Tamil origin
This list outlines the names of notable film actors of ethnic Tamil origin. The names are ordered by the actors' first or stage name.
Actors[edit]
- Ajith Kumar (Half Tamil)
- Arun Vijay
- Ashok Selvan
- Ashwin Kakumanu
- Attakathi Dinesh
- Aziz Ansari
- Bharath
- Gautham Karthik
- Gemini Ganesan
- Goundamani
- Harish Kalyan
- Jai
- Jaishankar
- Janagaraj
- Jay Chandrasekhar
- Jayam Ravi (Half Tamil)
- Jayaram
- Jiiva (Half Tamil)
- Kalaiyarasan
- Kamal Haasan
- Karthi
- Karthik
- Karunas
- Kathir
- Kreshna
- Manivannan
- Major Sundararajan
- Muthuraman
- Nandha Durairaj
- Nassar
- Poornam Viswanathan
- Prabhu
- Prasanna
- Prashanth (Half Tamil)
- R. Madhavan
- Raghava Lawrence
- Rajasekhar
- Ramarajan
- Ravichandran
- S.A. Ashokan
- S.J. Suryah
- Samuthirakani
- Santhanam
- Sarathkumar
- Sasikumar
- Sathyaraj
- Selva Rasalingam (Half Tamil)
- Sendhil Ramamurthy (Half Tamil)
- Senthil
- Shaam[1]
- Shiva
- Sibiraj
- Siddharth (actor)
- Silambarasan
- Sivaji Ganesan
- Sivakarthikeyan
- Sivakumar
- Soori
- Sri[2]
- Suriya
- Suruli Rajan
- T. Rajendar
- Thengai Srinivasan
- Vadivelu
- Vidharth
- Vijay
- Vijay Antony
- Vijay Sethupathi
- Vijayakanth
- Vijayakumar
- Vikram
- Vikram Prabhu
- Vikranth
- Vimal
- Vivek
- Yogi Babu
Actresses[edit]
- Abhirami[3][4]
- Adah Sharma
- Amara Karan
- Ammu Abhirami
- Athulya Ravi
- Chandini Tamilarasan[5]
- C. R. Vijayakumari
- Devadarshini
- Dhansika[6]
- E. V. Saroja
- Esha Deol (Half Tamil)
- Gayathrie
- Ganthimathi
- Hema Malini[7]
- Geraldine Viswanathan (Half Tamil)
- Indhuja Ravichandran
- Jangiri Madhumitha
- Joshna Fernando
- Janani Iyer
- Kalpana Iyer
- Kanika
- Keerthy Suresh (Half Tamil)
- Kruthika Jayakumar
- K. B. Sundarambal
- Kutty Padmini
- Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli[8]
- M. N. Rajam
- M. S. Subbulakshmi
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
- Malavika Avinash[9]
- Manochitra[10]
- Manorama
- Meena.[11] (Half Tamil)
- Meenakshi Seshadri[12]
- Meera Vasudevan[13]
- Menaka[14]
- Mindy Kaling
- Mrudhula Bhaskar[15]
- N. C. Vasanthakokilam
- Nivetha Pethuraj
- Padma Lakshmi[16]
- Padmapriya Janakiraman[17]
- Pearle Maaney.[18] (Half Tamil)
- Priya Anand[19] (Half Tamil)
- Priyanka Arul Mohan (Half Tamil)
- Priya Bhavani Shankar
- Priyamani
- Preetha Vijayakumar
- Ramya Krishnan
- Ranjitha
- Regina Cassandra[20]
- Rekha.[7] (Half Tamil)
- Rukmini Vijayakumar
- Rupa Manjari[21]
- Riythvika
- S. N. Lakshmi
- Sanchana Natarajan
- Sathyakala
- Sathyapriya
- Shammu[22]
- Shruti Hassan (Half Tamil)
- Simone Ashley
- Sridevi
- Sridevi Vijayakumar
- Sripriya
- Sruthi Hariharan[23]
- Sukanya
- Suhasini Mani Ratnam
- Sumathi
- Swarnamalya
- Tanya Ravichandran
- Trisha Krishnan
- T. A. Madhuram
- T. R. Rajakumari
- T. P. Rajalakshmi
- Tharini Mudaliar
- Vadivukkarasi
- Vasundhara Devi
- Vani Bhojan
- Vidya Balan
- Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan
- Vyjanthimala
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ Srinivasan, Sudhir (23 May 2015). "'Acting is the last thing an actor should do'" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (6 May 2012). "Starry dreams" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ "Welcome to Sify.com". www.sify.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
- ↑ "A chat with Abhirami". The Hindu. 2003-05-14. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24.
- ↑ "Chandini from Chennai". The Times of India. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ↑ "Bala's new Tamil heroine!". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 [1]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ thmrn (2004-06-28). "Playing many roles". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2014-10-15.
- ↑ "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News, Latest News India, Current News Headlines". News18. Archived from the original on 2014-05-30.
- ↑ "Actress Meena's father passes away - Telugu Movie News - IndiaGlitz".
- ↑ "The Hindu : Metro Plus Tiruchirapalli / Personality : Second Coming". www.hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Cinema News - Movie Reviews - Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz".
- ↑ "Menaka was treated like a queen".
- ↑ "I wish to act with Suriya, says Mrudhula Baskar". 5 March 2014.
- ↑ "Talk of The Town". The Hindu. 2002-01-23.[dead link]
- ↑ "I am a Tamilian". Archived from the original on November 11, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "People think I'm of Arab origin: Pearle Maaney - Times of India".
- ↑ "Priya Anand interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actress". www.idlebrain.com.
- ↑ "'Telugu films are my priority': Regina Cassandra". 4 May 2014.
- ↑ "I still prefer Kollywood: Rupa Manjari - Times of India".
- ↑ "Actress Shammu - Behindwoods.com - Tamil Movie Actress Interviews - Kanchivaram Malayan Mayilu". www.behindwoods.com.
- ↑ "'I Don't Want To Be a Glam Doll'".