Pooja Hegde
Personal details
  • Born:
    • Birthday: 1990-10-13
    • Born Place: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Also Known As:

    பூஜா ஹெக்டே, पूजा हेगड़े , পূজা হেগড়ে, پوجا هگده

Pooja Hegde

Pooja Hegde is an Indian actress who is known for her work primarily in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil films. Born on October 13, 1990, in Mumbai, she belongs to a Tulu-speaking Bunt family originally from Udupi, Karnataka. Before her acting career, she was a successful model and was crowned the second runner-up at the 2010 Miss Universe India pageant.Her cinematic debut came in the 2012 Tamil superhero film Mugamoodi, followed by her first Telugu film, Oka Laila Kosam, in 2014. She has since established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in South Indian cinema, with a string of commercially successful films, including Duvvada Jagannadham (2017), Aravindha Sametha Veera Raghava (2018), and Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020), for which she won a SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu. Pooja Hegde also made her Bollywood debut in the 2016 film Mohenjo Daro alongside Hrithik Roshan. She is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and is known for her philanthropic work through her foundation, "All About Love," which supports underprivileged children.

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