Sangeeta Krishnasamy

Sangeeta Krishnasamy is a Malaysian actress and model.[1] She did a small role in Kollywood movie after making an appearance in Venkat Prabhu's hit Goa and as the female lead in ZHA among famous South Indian film actors.[2] In 2015 was the female lead for two hit Malaysian Tamil movies Vetti Pasanga & Vennira Iravugal. Vennira Iravugal became an acclaimed Malaysian Tamil movie after it was screened in several film festivals around Europe and winning a special jury award at the Norway Tamil Film Festival in 2014, subsequently taking home all 5 awards in all categories at the Malaysian Kalai Ulagam Awards in 2015. She is among the top actress in Malaysian Tamil Cinema.

In this Indian name, the name Krishnasamy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sangeeta.
Sangeeta Krishnasamy
Sangeetha at audio launch of Vedigundu Pasangge in 2018
Born (1985-10-12) October 12, 1985
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Alma materUniversity of London
OccupationModel, actress
Years active2009–present
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)

She won awards at the Malaysian Kalai Ulagam Award 2015 for Best Actress in Movie and Telemovie category.[3] The FFM 29 Best Film, Adiwiraku earned her the Best Actress of 2017 award, marked her first venture into mainstream Malaysian cinema, and despite being a newcomer and her first film in the Malay language, she made it to the top five of the Best Actress category and subsequently also won at Anugerah Skrin and The Kuala Lumpur Film Critics Award, making her not only the first Indian but also the first actress to win all three in the same year.

Sangeeta Krishnasamy is a Malaysian Indian. She was born in Kuala Lumpur and studied law in University of London, she started her career as a model while studying when she was offered to model for Nikon's online campaign, she speaks Tamil, Malay, English fluently.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Language Notes
2009GoaJessica's friendTamilKollywood film; Uncredited role
2010I Know What You Did Last DeepavaliTamil
2012ZHATamil
2014Vennira IravuggalMegalaTamilMalaysian Kalai Ulagam Award 2015 for Best Actress Award in Movie category
2014Vetti PasangaTamilPasange Trilogy
2015MaravanTamil
2017AdiwirakuCikgu CherylEnglish
Malay		29th Malaysia Film Festival 2017 for Best Actress Award
Anugerah Skrin 2017 for Best Film Actress Award
Kuala Lumpur Film Critics Awards 2017 for Best Actress Award
2017Kambathe KannemmaTamil
2017EnnavalBarathi and CinderellaTamil
2017Vassantha VillasTamil
2018VillavanTamil
2018Vedigundu PasanggeVidhyaTamilHighest grossing Malaysian Tamil film of all time
The Final Sequel Of Pasangge Trilogy
2018Rise: Ini KalilahShantiMalay
2020DaulatMelissaMalay
2021Hantu Bonceng 2.0Malay
2021ProksiMalayPost-production

Television[4]
Year Title Language Notes
2009ManippuTamil
2009Satyam Sivam SundramTamil
2009Deepa KondattamTamilDeepavali Special
2010Bangsar Villa'sTamil
2010NarmadhaTamil
2010A Night Before ChristmasTamil and EnglishChristmas Special
2011Natpu NatpuTamil
2011Netru Illatha MatramTamil[5]
2011Natpugal PirivathillaiTamil[6]
2012Last ChanceTamil
2014UnarvuTamilMalaysian Kalai Ulagam Award 2015 for Best Actress Award in Telemovie and DVD category
2015MounamTamil
2020BerduaMalay

Hosting and Emcee[7]
Title Language Channel Notes
ATTAM 100 VAGAITamilAstro Vaanavil
Sukaneka 1 MalaysiaMalayTV2
Yellaithandi VaruveraTamilAstro VaanavilPongal special show
Kaadhal OviyamTamilAstro Vaanavil
AIM Malaysian-Indian AwardEnglishAstro VaanavilAward Show

TVC
  • L’Oreal Hair Asia Pacific Malaysia
  • NTV7 Stars of Diwali
  • Nikon ambassador web
  • Tourism Malaysia 2010-2012
  • Swami Sivananda Hair Oil
  • Hari Pahlawan Kerinduan
  • SPS Jewelries Nilai Ambassador

Awards and nominations
Year Awards Category Nominated works Result
2015 Malaysian Kalai Ulagam Award 2015 Best Actress Award in Movie category Vennira Iravuggal Won
Best Actress Award in Telemovie and DVD category Unarvu Won
2017 29th Malaysia Film Festival Best Actress Adiwiraku Won[8]
Kuala Lumpur Film Critics' Awards 2017 Won[9]
Anugerah Skrin 2017 Best Film Actress Award Won[10]
2018 Kuala Lumpur Film Critics' Awards 2018 Best Actress Vedigundu Pasangge Nominated[11]
2019 Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards 2019 Best Actor Female Tamil – Diaspora Won[12]

See also

References
  1. "Malaysian Tamil Actress".
  2. http://www.selliyal.com/?p=65090
  3. http://www.dailyseni.com.my/v3/a-conversation-with-malaysian-actress-sangeeta-krishnasamy/
  4. "sangeetakrishnasamy: TV Drama".
  5. http://mytamilchannel.com/index/netru-illatha-matram-the-making/
  6. "Welcome to Sabtham's Vision - Natpugal Pirivathillai". www.sabthamsvision.com.my.
  7. "sangeetakrishnasamy: Hosting".
  8. T K Letchumy Tamboo. "FFM29: 10 perkara perlu tahu tentang Sangeetha Krishnasamy". astro awani (in Malay). Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  9. "Majlis Pengkritik Filem Kuala Lumpur". ampfkl.blogspot.my.
  10. http://www.gempak.com/artikel/7239/senarai-pemenang-anugerah-skrin-2017-hanyut-raih-trofi-filem-terbaik. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "Senarai Pencalonan Anugerah Majlis Pengkritik Filem Kuala Lumpur 2018".
  12. "NTFF 2019: The Winners of Feature film Tamil Eelam".
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