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Anushka Shetty is an Indian actress born on November 7, 1981, in Mangaluru.

She attended Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, and pursued her education through Bangalore University. Before establishing herself as an actress, she also worked as a model. Her acting career has drawn recognition from a wide range of award bodies: she received the Nandi Award for Best Actress, the Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Telugu, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize, and the Kalaimamani award. Further honors include South Indian International Movie Awards, the Apsara Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Santosham Film Awards, CineMAA Awards, the Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine, and the Behindwoods Gold Medal.

The media has referred to her as the "Queen of South Indian cinema." Her acting work has been acknowledged by state governments, regional film industries, and popular award platforms alike, and it is the accumulated weight of those institutional recognitions — spanning state-conferred honors, industry bodies, and audience-voted awards — that characterizes the scale of her presence in South Indian film.

Quotes by Anushka Shetty

Coming from a conservative family from Mangalore, I had hardly watched any movies or television during my student days.
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Coming from a conservative family from Mangalore, I had hardly watched any movies or television during my student days.
As an actor, I don't want an image. I want people to see the character, not me.
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As an actor, I don't want an image. I want people to see the character, not me.
If you have a good movie in hand and it is successful, you gain confidence to experiment.
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If you have a good movie in hand and it is successful, you gain confidence to experiment.
It's easy to play a character, but playing yourself is difficult.
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It's easy to play a character, but playing yourself is difficult.
The more difficult the role, the more I am loving it.
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The more difficult the role, the more I am loving it.
When you get a good script, and the director gives you proper lines, half your job is done.
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When you get a good script, and the director gives you proper lines, half your job is done.
A lot of different factors go into making your performance a good one.
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A lot of different factors go into making your performance a good one.
When I bagged 'Arundathi,' I don't think I knew how to act. It was because of director Shyamprasad Reddy that I delivered that performance.
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When I bagged 'Arundathi,' I don't think I knew how to act. It was because of director Shyamprasad Reddy that I delivered that performance.
All actresses give good performances, but everybody doesn't get the right roles.
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All actresses give good performances, but everybody doesn't get the right roles.
I'm glad I'm getting to do interesting films.
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I'm glad I'm getting to do interesting films.
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