Contributed by Krithika Arakala
Every actor gets a chance and has their big break, and as they all have to start somewhere or the other. From made-for-TV films to blockbuster franchises, here are some of today’s biggest actresses in their very first movie debut roles.
From Nayanthara to Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Keerthy Suresh to Sai Pallavi…, here are some of your favorite A-list actreses in their first debut role in a film.
1. Nayanthara
Debut Film: Manassinakkare
Release Date: 25th December 2003
Director: Sathyan Anthikad
Cast: Jayaram, Sheela, Innocent, Siddique
Language: Malayalam
2. Shriya Saran
Debut Film: Ishtam
Release Date: 30th December 2001
Director: Vikram Kumar and Raj Kumar
Cast: Charan Dodla, Poonam Dhillon, Chandra Mohan
Language: Telugu
3. Rashmika Mandanna
Debut Film: Kirik Party
Release Date: 30th December 2016
Director: Rishabh Shetty
Cast: Rakshit Shetty, Samyuktha Hedge, Achyuth Kumar, Pramod Shetty
Language: Kannada
4. Pooja Hedge
Debut Film: Mugamoodi
Release Date: 31st August 2012
Director: Mysskin
Cast: Jiiva, Narain, Nassar, Selva, Girish Karnad
Language: Tamil
5. Anushka Shetty
Debut Film: Super
Release Date: 21st July 2005
Director: Puri Jagannadh
Cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sonu Sood, Ayesha Takia
Language: Telugu
6. Illeana D’cruz
Debut Film: Devadasu
Release Date: 11th January 2006
Director: Y.V.S Chowdary
Cast: Ram Pothineni, Sayaji Shinde
Language: Telugu
7. Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Debut Film: Moscowin Kavery
Release Date: 27th August 2010
Director: D. Ramesh Babu
Cast: Rahul Ravindran, Prabhu, Harsha Vardhan, Santhanam, Seeman
Language: Tamil
8.Trisha Krishnan
Debut Film: Jodi
Release Date: 9th September 1999
Director: Praveen Gandhi
Cast: Prashanth, Simran, Vijaya Kumar, Nassar
Language: Tamil
9. Andrea Jeremiah
Debut Film: Kanda Naal Mudhal
Release Date: 20th November 2005
Director: V. Priya
Cast: Prasanna, Laila, Regina Cassandra, Karthik Kumar, Revathi, Lakshmi
Language: Tamil
10. Rakul Preet Singh
Debut Film: Gilli
Release Date: 16th October 2009
Director: Raghav Loki
Cast: Gururaj Jaggesh, Yethiraj Jaggesh
Language: Kannada
11. Asin
Debut Film: Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka
Release Date: 24th August 2001
Director: Sathyan Anthikkad
Cast: Kunchacko Boban, Innocent, Samyuktha Varma, Parthiban, Sreenivasan
Language: Malayalam
12. Amala Paul
Debut Film: Neelathamara
Release Date: 27th November 2000
Director: Lal Jose
Cast: Archana kavi, Suresh Nair, Rima Kallingal, Jaya Menon, Samvrutha Sunil, Tony Kattukaran
Language: Malayalam
13. Keerthy Suresh
Debut Film: Pilots
Release Date: 2000
Director: Rajiv Anchal
Cast: Suresh Gopi, Praveena, Sreenivasan
Language: Malayalam
14. Priya Prakash Varrier
Debut Film: Oru Adaar Love
Release Date: 14th February 2019
Director: S. Shankar
Cast: Roshan Abdul Rahoof, Noorin Shereef
Language: Malayalam
15. Karthika Nair
Debut Film: Josh
Release Date: 5th September 2009
Director: Vasu Varma
Cast: Naga Chaitanya Akkineni, Prakash Raj, Sunil Varma, J. D. Chakravarthy
Language: Telugu
16. Nithya Menen
Debut Film: 7 O’ Clock
Release Date: 10th February 2006
Director: Santosh Rai Pathaje
Cast: Pooja Kanwal, Mithun Tejaswi, Sneha
Language: Telugu
17. Anupama Parameshwaran
Debut Film: Premam
Release Date: 29th May 2015
Director: Alphonse Puthren
Cast: Nivin Pauly, Sai Pallavi, Madonna Sebastian, Shabareesh Varma, Krishna Shankar, Vinay Forrt, Soubin Shahir
Language: Malayalam
18. Regina Cassandra
Debut Film: Kanda Naal Mudhal
Release Date: 21st July 2005
Director: V. Priya
Cast: Prasana, Laila, Karthik Kumar, Revathi, Lakshmi
Language: Tamil
19. Shruthi Hassan
Debut Film: Hey Ram
Release Date: 21st July 2005
Director: Kamal Hassan
Cast: Kamal Hassa, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Vasundhara Das, Atul Kulkarni, Girish Karnad, Saurabh Shukla, Hema Malini
Language: Tamil
20. Lavanya Tripathi
Debut Film: Andala Rakshasi
Release Date: 10th August 2012
Director: Hanu Raghavapudi
Cast: Naveen Chandra, Rahul Ravindran, Chandavyas
Language: Telugu
21. Sai Pallavi
Debut Film: Kasthuri Maan
Release Date: 28th October 2005
Director: A. K. Lohithadas
Cast: Prasanna, Meera Jasmine, Shammi Thilakan
Language: Malayalam
22. Mehreen Pirzada
Debut Film: Krishna gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha
Release Date: 12th Februay 2016
Director: Hanu Raghavapudi
Cast: Nani, Harish Uthaman, Sampath Raj, Murali Sharma
Language: Telugu
23. Nivetha Thomas
Debut Film: Veruthe Oru Bharya
Release Date: 2008
Director: Akku Akbar
Cast: Jayaram, Gopika, Innocent
Language: Malayalam
24. Charmy Kaur
Debut Film: Nee Thodu Kavali
Release Date: 28th March, 2002
Director: Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Cast: Arjan Bajwa, Rimi Sen
Language: Telugu
25. Catherine Tresa
Debut Film: Shankar IPS
Release Date: 12th Februay 2016
Director: M. S. Ramesh
Cast: Duniya Vijay, Avinash, Ragini Dwivedi
Language: Kannada
26. Priyamani
Debut Film: Ullam
Release Date: 12th March 2012
Director: Arunmoorthy
Cast: Mithun, Raghuvaran
Language: Tamil
27. Kriti Kharbanda
Debut Film: Boni
Release Date: 12th June 2009
Director: Raj Pippalla
Cast: Sumanth
Language: Telugu
28. Anjali
Debut Film: Photo
Release Date: 2006
Director: Siva Nageshwara Rao
Cast: Anand, Muktha George, Jayasudha
Language: Telugu
29. Tapsee Pannu
Debut Film: Jhummandi Naadam
Release Date: 1st July 2010
Director: K. Raghavendra Rao
Cast: Manoj Manchu, Mohan Babu, Suman
Language: Telugu
30. Pranitha Subhash
Debut Film: Porki
Release Date: 2010
Director: M D Sridhar
Cast: Darshan, Ashish Vidyarthi
Language: Kannada
