Trisha Krishnan (Tamil: த்ரிஷா கிருஷ்ணன்; born on 4 May 1983) is an Indian film actress and model who mainly appears in Tamil and Telugu films.[2] After her first appearance in the 1999 Tamil film Jodi, in a supporting role, she won a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for 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, for which she secured her first South Filmfare Best Actress Award.[3] She made her Bollywood debut in the 2010 film Khatta Meetha opposite Akshay Kumar.Krishnan was born to Tamil parents, Krishnan and Uma Krishnan, in Palakkad, Kerala. She attended M.S.E.C College in Ramnad and later studied at Sacred Heart Church Park School, Chennai.[5] In school, she participated in several cultural activities, sports and school band. While studying in M.S.E.C college, she ventured into part-time modeling and participated in various beauty pageants. She converses fluently in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi & English. As part of her modeling career, she appeared in many TV advertisements including that of Fanta, Tata Indicom and Vivel ITC. She also appeared in Falguni Pathak's music video Meri Chunar Ud Ud Jaye as Ayesha Takia's friend dancing in the video.
