Semmalar Annam is an Indian actress who rose to fame with the critically acclaimed

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drama film '' Ammani'' (2016) directed by

Lakshmy Ramakrishnan Lakshmy Ramakrishnan is an Indian actress, director and philanthropist. She made her debut in the Malayalam film '' Chakkara Muthu'' (2006), and has since appeared primarily in supporting roles in Tamil films. Personal life Lakshmy was born ...

. 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 under her guide CR Jayaprakash, Eco Club of PSG College of Arts and Science.

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

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and later did her post graduation in Mass Communication and Journalism from

, Coimbatore,. After her formal education, she underwent a course on acting and theater at the Stanislavsky Acting School,

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. which helped her to step into the Tamil film industry.

Career

During her post-graduate studies in journalism and mass communication at

, 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 . 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,

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, Chennai. 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.'' ;As Director

Awards

2012 Winner of a reality show at

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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 Singing.

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* Living people 1990 births People from Coimbatore Indian film actresses {{India-film-actor-stub