Name
Pooja Umashankar
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1981-06-25 (45 years old)
Place of Birth
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Biography
Pooja Gauthami Umashankar, mononymously known as Pooja is an Indian-Sri Lankan actress, who has primarily appeared in Tamil films as well as Sinhala, Malayalam and amateur films.
Following a series of successful commercial ventures, Bala's Naan Kadavul saw Pooja's performance as a blind beggar praised by the critics, securing major awards, including the South Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. She simultaneously worked in Sinhala cinema and was part of several successful films like Anjalika (2006), Asai Man Piyabanna (2007), Suwanda Denuna Jeewithe (2010) and Kusa Pabha (2012), thus establishing herself as one of the leading actresses of Sinhala cinema.
Known For
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This surreal Tamil entry tells the story of Rudran, who is abandoned as a child in Kasi an...
- 2006 Pattiyal as Sandhya
- 2005 Jithan as Priya
- 2004 Attagasam as Swapna
- 2007 Oram Po as Rani
- 2009 Naan Kadavul as Hamsavalli
- 2007 Pori as Pooja
- 2006 Thambi as Archana
- 2009 TN 07 AL 4777 as (cameo)
- 2007 Asai Man Piyabanna as Ranmalee
- 2010 Orange as Meenakshi Teacher
- 2005 Ullam Ketkumae as Irene
- 2010 Drohi as Roja (Guest appearance)
- 2003 Jay Jay as Seema
- 2013 Vidiyum Munn as Rekha
- 2024 Sihinayaki Adare (Love is a Dream) as Jennifer
- 2015 Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi as Guest Appearance
- 2006 Thagapansamy as Marikozhundu
- 2016 Paththini as Kannaki
- 2016 Sarigama as Maria
- 2007 Panthayakozhi as Chempakam
- 2012 Kusa Pabha as Princess Pabha
- 2006 Anjalika as Anjalika / Uttara
- 2007 Friends as Manorani
- 2010 Suwanda Denuna Jeewithe as Rashmi
