Born4 May 1983 (age 34)[1][2][3]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India[4][5][6]OccupationFilm actress, modelYears active1999–present
After appearing in a supporting role in the 1999 Tamil film Jodi, she had her first lead role in the 2002 film Mounam Pesiyadhe. She later rose to fame starring in the successful films, Saamy (2003) and Ghilli (2004) in Tamil cinema and Varsham (2004) in Telugu cinema,[8] for which she secured her firstSouth Filmfare Best Actress Award. She went on to win the award two more times forNuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) andAadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule (2007). In 2010, she made her Bollywood début in Khatta Meetha.[9] She was seen in her career best performances in Abhiyum Naanum (2008) andVinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) for which she won Vijay Award for Favourite Heroineand was nominated for Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award.
Trisha resides in Chennai[81] with her mother and grandmother.[7] Her mother tongue isTamil,[81] and she converses fluently in Hindi, French, and English.[7][82] Her mother Uma Krishnan, had been offered various roles by several Tamil film makers and actors including Kamal Hassan, but turned them down, as she wanted to concentrate on Trisha's career. She accompanies Trisha on film shoots, events, and functions, and they have appeared together only in a commercial advertisement.[83] About her relationship with her mother, Trisha remarks, "She has been the pillar of my strength and has stood by me like a rock through thick and thin.[...] Everyone in the industry and my friends know how close I'm to my mom."[84] Trisha's father died in October 2012.[85] On 23 January 2015 Trisha became engaged to Varun Manian,[86] a Chennai-based businessman.[87] In May 2015, she confirmed that the couple had ended their engagement.
