Actress sumalatha brief biography

Indian actress and politician (born )

Sumalatha Ambareesh (born 27 August ) is an Indian actress and politician. She has acted in over films across multiple languages, primarily in Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada, with a few appearances in Tamil and Hindi cinema.

She received the Nandi Award for Best Actress for her role in Sruthilayalu ().

Actress sumalatha brief biography

Sumalatha was married to Kannada actor-politician Ambareesh, with whom she has a son, Abhishek Ambareesh. In March , she announced her candidacy for the Mandya Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka. Contesting as an independent, she won the election, defeating Nikhil Kumaraswamy by a margin of over lakh votes.^[2]

Career

Sumalatha did her schooling at St.

Joseph's Convent School, Brodipet, Guntur.^[3] She began acting at age 15, after winning an Andhra Pradesh beauty contest in After her pictures began circulating in the magazines, film producer D. Ramanaidu expressed interest in casting her in his film and offe