Keerthy Suresh is a talented actress from the Indian film industry, primarily active in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam movies.
Born to actress Menaka and producer G. Suresh Kumar, Keerthy is the daughter of a film family. Her elder sister, Revathy Sureshkumar, is also a producer.
Keerthy completed her schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, and earned a degree in fashion design from Pearl Academy in Chennai.
Keerthy began her acting career as a child artiste and went on to act in a few movies produced under her father's banner, Revathy Kalamandhir, and a few television serials. Her first film was Pilots (2000),followed by Achaneyanenikkishtam (2001),and Kuberan (2002).
After a decade-long hiatus, Keerthy made a comeback to the film industry in 2013 with the psychological thriller Geethanjali (2013),where she essayed a dual role. She won the South Indian International Movie Award 2014 for Best Female Debut - Malayalam and the Asianet Film Award 2014 for Best New Face of the Year for her performance.
Keerthy marked her entry into Tamil cinema with the romantic comedy Idhu Enna Maayam (2015),helmed by A.L. Vijay. She won the South Indian International Movie Award 2016 for Best Female Debut - Tamil and the Edison Award Tamil 2015 for Best Female Rising Star for her acting in the movie.
She went on to appear in Tamil cinema with films like Rajini Murugan (2015),Thodari (2016),Remo (2016),Bairavaa (2017),and Paambhu Sattai.
Keerthy made her debut in Telugu movies with the romantic comedy Nenu Sailaja (2016),co-starring Ram Pothineni. The film was a critical and commercial success. Her performance won her the Zee Cine Award Telugu 2017 for the Most Popular Actress.
Her next Telugu venture was Nenu Local (2017),a romantic comedy action film where she played the female lead opposite Nani.
In 2018, Keerthy played the titular character in Mahanati (2018),a biographical movie on the iconic actress Savitri, directed by Nag Ashwin. She received widespread acclaim for her performance and won several awards, including the National Film Award 2018 for Best Actress and the Filmfare Awards South 2018 for Best Actress - Telugu.
Her performance in Mahanati (2018) was included in Film Companion's list of 100 Greatest Performances of the Decade, ranking 85th.
In the same year, Keerthy appeared in A.R. Murugadoss' political action movie Sarkar (2018),which was a blockbuster. She also starred in several other commercial ventures in 2018, such as Sandakozhi 2 (2018),Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (2018),and Saamy Square (2018).
Keerthy essayed the lead role in the mystery thriller Penguin (2020),which was released on Amazon Prime. She also portrayed the role of a lawyer in Vaashi (2022),a courtroom drama film directed by Vishnu Raghav.
