Pooja Hegde

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Pooja Hegde
Hegde in 2022
Born	(1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 (age 34) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater	M. M. K. College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2012–present

Pooja Hegde (/puːdʒɑː hɛɡdeɪ/ born 13 October 1990) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. The second runner-up at the 2010 Miss Universe India pageant, Hegde is one of South India's highest-paid actresses and has received numerous accolades, including four SIIMA Awards.

Hegde accepted offers to join the Indian film industry following her beauty pageant. Her acting debut came in the Tamil film Mugamoodi (2012). She had her first Telugu release in Oka Laila Kosam (2014) followed by her first Hindi film in the poorly received Mohenjo Daro (2016).

Hegde won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her performance in Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020) and Most Eligible Bachelor (2021). She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Oka Laila Kosam, Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo and Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (2018). Her other commercially successful films include Duvvada Jagannadham (2017), Maharshi (2019), Gaddalakonda Ganesh (2019) and Housefull 4 (2019). This success was followed by several poorly received films.^[1]