Samantha
is
born
on
April
28,
1987
to
a
Malayali
mother
and
a
Telugu
father.
She
was
brought
up
in
Chennai,
Tamil
Nadu
and
she
is
very
fluent
in
the
Tamil
language.
Despite
her
mixed
regional
background,
Samantha
has
cited
that
she
sees
herself
as
a
Tamilian.
Samantha
has
completed
her
schooling
from
Holy
Angels
Anglo-Indian
Higher
Secondary
School,
T
Nagar.
She
has
graduated
with
a
Commerce
degree
from
Stella
Maris
College,
Chennai.
Samantha
has
two
elder
brothers
namely
David
and
Jonathan
Prabhu.
Jonathan
works
in
the
media
industry
and
David
works
in
a
BPO.
Samantha
started
her
acting
career
with
Ye
Maaya
Chesave
in
2010.
In
span
of
three
years,
Samantha
has
acted
in
more
than
12
movies
in
different
languages
like
Tamil
and
Telugu.
After
Eega
success,
she
has
been
flooded
with
offers,
but
she
has
become
very
choosy
and
is
making
careful
selection.
Samantha's
all
Telugu
movies
like
Ye
Maaya
Chesave,
Brindavanam,
Dookudu
and
Eega
have
become
super
hit
at
the
Box
Office
and
she
received
lots
of
accolades
for
her
performance
in
them.
Samantha
has
pinned
lots
of
hope
on
her
upcoming
movie
Yeto
Vellipoyindhi
Manasu,
which
is
slated
to
release
on
screens
worldwide
on
December
14.
Samantha
is
currently
busy
with
the
shooting
for
her
other
projects
like
Autonagar
Surya
and
Seethamma
Vakitlo
Sirimalle
Chettu,
which
are
most-awaited
movies
in
Telugu.
Samantha,
who
has
made
a
guest
appearance
Ekk
Deewana
Tha,
is
now
all
set
to
debut
as
heroine
in
Bollywood
with
the
movie
Assi
Nabbe
Poorey
Sau.