Pooja Hegde

She made her acting debut in Mysskin's Tamil superhero film *Mugamoodi* (2012), followed by her Telugu films *Oka Laila Kosam* (2014) and *Mukunda* (2014). She made her Hindi-film debut in Ashutosh Gowariker's period film *Mohenjo Daro* (2016). Her subsequent Telugu and Hindi films include the action comedy *Duvvada Jagannadham* (2017), *Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava* (2018), *Maharshi* (2019), *Gaddalakonda Ganesh* (2019), and the comedy *Housefull 4* (2019). She played Amulya in Trivikram Srinivas's *Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo* (2020), for which she received the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu, and received another SIIMA Award for Best Actress for *Most Eligible Bachelor* (2021).

Her later films include the period romance *Radhe Shyam* (2022), Nelson Dilipkumar's action thriller *Beast* (2022), *Acharya* (2022), *Cirkus* (2022), and *Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan* (2023). Her filmography also includes the action thriller *Deva* (2025), Karthik Subbaraj's action drama *Retro* (2025), H. Vinoth's political action drama *Jana Nayagan* (2026), and the comedy-drama *Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai* (2026). She has received multiple SIIMA Awards and Filmfare nominations.