Biography of Tamil Actress Trisha Krishnan

Actress Trisha Krishnan is one of the most well-known names in the Tamil and Telugu film industry.South Indian Actress

Basics on Trisha
Trisha Krishnan was born on 4th May 1983 in Palakkad, Kerala, India. Her parents are Krishnan and Uma, who are Tamil Iyer. She completed schooling from Sacred Heart Church Park School and later joined Ethiraj College in Chennai.

Trisha took up modeling. She participated and won many contests like Miss Salem 1999, Miss Chennai 1999 and she was also voted Miss Beautiful Smile at the Miss India contest in 2001.

She was also seen in commercials for Josco Jewellers, Fair & Lovely and a popular music video by Falguni Pathak called Meri Chunnar Ud Ud Jaye. Other names that Trisha is associated with are Fanta, Scooty Pep and Cadbury’s Perk.

Trisha Krishnan’s Movies
Trisha Krishnan got her first break in movies with a small part in a Tamil movie Jodi (1999). However it was Priyadarshan’s Laysa Laysa (2002) that got her noticed. Maunam Pesiyadhe (2002) in which she starred with Surya won her the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award (Tamil). It was a high grosser at the box office.

She has acted with some of the most successful actors in the South like Madhavan, Prabhas, Surya, Siddharth, Dhanush, Arya and Vikram.

She delivered several hits with Saamy (2003), Ghilli (2004), Varsham (2004), Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004) and Nuvvostanante Nenoddantan (2005). Both Varsham and Nuvvostanante Nenoddantan fetched her many awards including the Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu).

Some of her movies failed to do well like Ji (2005), Aathi (2006), Pournami (2006) and Sainikudu (2006). But she continued to hold her place as one of the top actresses with movies like Something Something Unnakum Ennakum (2006), Kireedeem (2007) and Krishna (2008).

Most of Trisha’s releases in 2009 are Tamil like Sarvam, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya, Aadu Kalam and Chennayil Oru Mazhaikalam.