Sameera Reddy

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Sameera Reddy
Image:Sreddy.JPG Sameera Reddy
Born	September 14 1978 (1978-09-14) (age 29) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Occupation	Actress

Sameera Reddy ^[1] (Hindi: समीरा रेड्डी) is a Telugu speaking Bollywood actress and the youngest of the three Reddy sisters, the other two being Meghna and . Her fore fathers are from Rajahmundry , A town in Andhra Pradesh , India.She is a close relative of Business tycoon Vijay Mallya. She graduated from Sydenham College. She is most famous for her role in Musafir.She was born on 14th December 1978.

She was first noticed in a music video, Aahista by Pankaj Udhas. She modeled for a while before and deciding to act in films. She made her film debut opposite Sohail Khan in Maine Dil Tujhko Diya. Her role was of a shy college girl who falls in love with one of her fellow students. The film was not a success, but she did get other film offers by the time her debut film released.She tried her luck in tollywood in a few films ( "Narasimhudu" starring Jr. NTR and "Jai Chiranjeeva" starring Megastar Chiranjeevi) but both tumbled at the box office.

After two more failures at the box office, she had her first success with Musafir. The film eventually flopped but her role in it transformed her from shy college girl to a sex symbol. The film was quite controversial as it included a kissing scene between her and her co-star Anil Kapoor.

She has acted in two Bengali films, Kalpurush and Ami, Yasin ar Amar Madhubala (a.k.a. The Voyuers), both directed by Budhdhadeb Dasgupta.

One of her elder sisters, Sushma Reddy made her acting debut with the film Chocolate. Her other sister Meghna Reddy was a popular VJ on the Channel V. She made a guest appearance on the British show Casualty.