Ramya krishnan(born: September 15, 1967,Chennai) is a successful
multilingual actress in commercial Indian cinema. She has over 200
films to her credit. She also holds a rare record of acting in five
languages, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. She has played
such diverse roles as a glam-doll, a caring wife, a devoted mom, an
arrogant vamp and even a goddess.Ramya Krishnan was born on September
15, 1967 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in a Tamil Iyer Brahmin family. She is
the niece of Cho Ramaswamy, an actor and outspoken politician. She had
initial training in Bharathanatyam and Kuchipudi dance forms and has
given many stage performances.
Ramya Krishna started her acting
career at the age of 13 and has been in the field for 19+ years. She
first played the lead role in Vellai Manasu in Tamil opposite
Y.G.Mahendran. She was studying in 8th standard when she acted in her
first film.
The actress married noted Telugu film director Krishna
Vamsi on June 12, 2003[1]and has since then settled in Hyderabad. She
gave birth to a boy (named Ritwik) on February 13, 2005.
The south
Indian actress has a long career spanning over two decades and 200+
films to her credit. She has portrayed a wide range of roles from that
of an innocent village belle to a hip and happening female.
Ramyakrishnan's
first Telugu film was Bhalae Mithrulu. Kasinadhuni Viswanath's master
piece Sutradharulu, released in 1987 has given first major break to
Ramya as an actress. Under the direction of K.Raghavendra Rao
Ramyakrishna established herself as a 'star' in Telugu film industry.
She worked with all the major heroes of yester years like Akkineni
Nageswara Rao, Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao, Krishna (actor), Sobhan Babu
and also with the next generation of heroes like Chiranjeevi,
Balakrishna Nandamuri, Venkatesh, Akkineni Nagarjuna and Jagapathi
Babu. Though a trained Bharatnatyam dancer, she never really got a
chance to explore that facet of her.she is currently producing TV soaps
for gemini tv.
Her Tamil film Padayappa (Narasimha in Telugu) has
brought her recognition and fame not only in South India but also
internationally in Japan, Singapore, London and Paris. Her role in
Padayappa was perhaps the best role of her career and disproved her
critics who said that she was a mere glam doll.Recently she gave
performance in some stage shows in New York, Dallas, San Jose, and
Cincinnati along with Nagarjuna and Tabu.
She bagged only one prestigious Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh,
Ramya
has also enjoyed success in Kannada movies. In fact one of her earliest
movie roles was in the Kannada fim Krishna Rukmini with Dr.
Vishnuvardhan. Her biggest Kannada hits include Gadibidi Ganda and
Mangalyam Thanthunanaena with Ravichandran and Raktha Kanneeru with
Upendra.
Ramya Krishan had appeared in a game show called Thanga vettai (Gold Hunt) shown in SUN TV.
Ramya
has just started a company in the name of her son 'Ritwik'. She is now
hosting the entertainment show "Zara Masti Zara Dhoom" by interviewing
film personalities. She has plans to do more of these types of shows.