1. Sumalatha Ambareesh was born on 27 August 1963 and is an Indian actress and politician.
22 Facts About Sumalatha
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Sumalatha has acted in over 220 films across multiple languages, primarily in Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada, with a few appearances in Tamil and Hindi cinema.
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Sumalatha received the Nandi Award for Best Actress for her role in Sruthilayalu.
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Sumalatha is the widow of Kannada actor-politician Ambareesh, with whom she has a son, Abhishek Ambareesh.
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Sumalatha did her schooling at St Joseph's Convent School, Brodipet, Guntur.
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Sumalatha began acting at age 15, after winning an Andhra Pradesh beauty contest in 1979.
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Sumalatha was named the Best New Face following the film.
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Sumalatha entered the Telugu film industry with Samajaniki Saval.
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Sumalatha was Rajinikanth's heroine along with Rati Agnihotri in films like Murattu Kaalai and Kazhugu.
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Sumalatha was the heroine of legendary Malayalam actor Jayan's last film Kolilakkam.
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Sumalatha reportedly speaks six languages, and has acted in five appearing in many Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada films and a few in Tamil and Hindi.
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Sumalatha received the best actress Nandi Award for her role in Shrutilayalu in 1987.
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Sumalatha married Kannada actor and politician Ambareesh on 8 December 1991 and their son Abhishek Gowda was born in the year 1993.
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Sumalatha starred alongside Ambareesh in movies like Aahuti, Avatara Purusha, Kallarali Hoovagi, New Delhi and Sri Manjunatha.
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Sumalatha shared memories of Ambareesh giving her friendly advice to mingle with other co-stars on set by involving herself in group activities; else it could lead to misunderstandings.
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Sumalatha revealed that it was Ambareesh's bold, and carefree personality that made him memorable and attractive to her.
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Sumalatha shared an emotional letter addressed to late Ambareesh on 8 December 2018, their 27th wedding anniversary.
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On 6 July 2020, it was reported that Sumalatha tested positive for COVID-19 and had placed herself in home quarantine.
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In March 2019, Sumalatha announced that she would be contesting as an independent candidate in the 2019 Indian general election in Karnataka from Mandya.
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Sumalatha was backed by big stars from the Kannada film industry like Darshan, Yash, Rockline Venkatesh, Doddanna.
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Sumalatha won, defeating Nikhil with a margin of 128,876 votes.
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Sumalatha is the first Independent woman Member of parliament from Karnataka.