Regina Cassandra

Regina Cassandra (born 13 December 1990) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu films.

Cassandra was born on 13 December 1990 in Madras (now Chennai) in a Tamil family.

Her mother tongue is Tamil.

She was nine years old when she started anchoring for Splash, a kids' channel.

She completed her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the Women's Christian College, Chennai, and did Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from University of Madras.

She made her acting debut in a supporting role with the Tamil film Kanda Naal Mudhal (2005) and made her Telugu film debut with Siva Manasulo Sruthi (2012), for which she won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu.

Cassandra made her film debut with the Tamil film Kanda Naal Mudhal in 2005 with Karthik Kumar.

She next appeared in the 2006 film Azhagiya Asura with Yogi.

Cassandra initially worked in successful films including Routine Love Story (2010), Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013), Power and Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham both (2014).

In 2010, Cassandra played the lead in the Kannada film Suryakaanti alongside Chetan Kumar, and as she could not speak Kannada, she was told to act out scenes in English and add Kannada to it.

Rediff.com wrote, "Regina is more impressive than Chetan. She is really cute and her bubbly expressions suit the role."

After this film, she took time out and went on to graduate in psychology and took another year off before taking a final call on joining movies.

During her break, she acted in several short films, including Balaji Mohan's Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi alongside Adith Arun.

Cassandra made her Telugu debut with Shiva Manasulo Shruti opposite Sudheer Babu.

Hindustan Times noted, "Regina charms the viewers with her looks and her performance."

She won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut - Telugu for the film.

Before that, she was shortlisted in the film Life is Beautiful but the production team went on for long time in audition in decided to choose this project and opted out from that film .The same year she appeared opposite Sundeep Kishan in Routine Love Story.

which she signed even before her first release in Telugu.

In 2013 she had two releases.

She first appeared in Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga opposite Sivakarthikeyan.

She next played the lead opposite Vikram Anand in Nirnayam.

The former proved successful at the box office.

Cassandra had four releases in 2014.

She first appeared opposite Allu Sirish in Kotha Janta.

Deccan Chronicle wrote, "The star of the film is undoubtedly Regina. She looks cute and bubbly and delivers a delightful performance."

Her next releases was Ra Ra... Krishnayya, opposite Sundeep Kishan.

She then played a Bengali girl opposite Ravi Teja, in the commercial success Power.

Bangalore Mirror wrote, "Regina looks rather cute in her limited screen presence."

Her final film of the year was Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam opposite Sai Dharam Tej, a boxoffice success.

She received praise for her portrayal of a traditional girl in Subramanyam for Sale (2015), a dental student in Jyo Achyutananda (2016), a youngster in Maanagaram (2017) and a drug addict in Awe (2018).

She received SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu nomination for Jyo Achyutananda.

Cassandra's first release of 2015 was Rajathandhiram alongside Veera(2015).

Her next film was the commercially successful Subramanyam for Sale opposite Sai Dharam Tej.

Pranita Jonnalagedda of Times of India noted, "Regina brings freshness to the film with her clean act and is brilliant except when she cries."

Her last film of the year was Soukhyam opposite Gopichand.

Cassandra appeared in three films in 2016.

She made her Hindi film debut with Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019).

Cassandra received SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role nomination for her portrayal of a businesswoman in Evaru (2019).

She made her web debut with Rocket Boys (2022), for which she received Filmfare OTT Best Supporting Actor – Female nomination.

In addition to her acting career, she is a celebrity endorser for brands and products.