16/06/2025
Rashmika Mandanna (born 5 April 1996) is an Indian actress who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films and is rightly called a 'Pan-India actress'. She has a huge fan following all over the country and has been awarded the title of 'National Crush of India'.
Rashmika's claim to fame came when she won the Clean & Clear 'Times Fresh Face' title in 2014, following which she became one of the most popular actresses in India and received both critical and commercial success.
Rashmika made her acting debut with the 2016 Kannada film, Kirik Party (2016) opposite Raksh*th Shetty. She was well received by the audience and won the 'Best Debut Actress-Kannada' award at the 'South Indian International Movie Awards'. Following her debut, she starred in two commercially successful films, Anjaniputra (2017) and Chamak (2017). For her performance in 'Anjani Putra', Rashmika won the 'Best Actress' award at the Zee Kannada Hemya Kannadathi Awards. The 'Pan-India Actress' made her Telugu debut in 2018 with a romantic drama called Chalo (2018) and the same year starred in one of her biggest hits, Geetha Govindam (2018) opposite Vijay Deverakonda. For 'Geetha Govindam' she won several 'Best Actress' awards, including Sri Kala Sudha Telugu Movie Awards, Zee Cine Awards (Telugu) and Filmfare Awards South in the year 2019.
She has also starred in several successful projects such as Devdas (2018), Yajamana (2019), Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020) and Bheeshma (2020). In 2019, she received immense appreciation for her subtle performance in the Telugu film Dear Comrade (2019). For this film, he was awarded the 'Best Actor Critics Choice' at the 77th Behindwoods Gold Medals (2019).