Suruthi Periyasamy is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in

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language films. She made her debut in the reality television show '' Bigg Boss 5'' appearing as an contestant. In 2022, she signed her first film alongside actor M. Sasikumar in the film ''Nandhan''.

Early life

Suruthi was born in

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, India. Suruthi completed her secondary school education at Holy Angel's school in Salem, she later attended

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university and graduated with a bachelor's degree in

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. Worked in Nestle INDIA and started her career as freelance model. Her goddess Lakshmi portrayal in "DARK IS DIVINE" was recognized worldwide and made her a famous model.

Career

Suruthi started her career as an pageant model appearing in various different model shoots around

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. In 2019, she auditioned for Femina Miss India 2019 and was later selected as the state finalist representing

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. The following year, she auditioned in Miss Diva 2020 as a model where she placed 18 put of 20 models. In 2021, she made her television debut in the reality show ''

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'' which aired on

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and where she was seen participating as an contestant, however she later got evicted from the show on day 35. In 2022, she returned to the spin-off version of ''

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'' titled as '' Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1)'' and participating as an contestant once again. Later that year, Suruthi was offered her first debut film offer by director Era Saravanan to play the lead female role in his film ''Nandhan'' starring alongside actor M. Sasikumar. She later agreed to the film and was cast as the lead female. In 2023, Suruthi was offered a role to play a

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role in the film ''Vaazhvu Thodangumidam Neethanae'' which once again she was starred as the main character, she accepted the offer and is currently filming for the film.

Filmography

Films

* ''All films are in Tamil unless otherwise noted'' *

Television

Music video

References

External links

* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses in Tamil cinema Female models from Tamil Nadu Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses People from Salem, Tamil Nadu {{India-film-actor-stub