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Indian actress

Amala Akkineni (néeMukherjee) (born 12 September ^[1]) is an Indian actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, and activist.^[2] She has predominantly worked in Tamil films, in addition to Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada-language films.

She was a leading actress in the Tamil film industry from to and has appeared in many blockbusters in Tamil and other languages. She has won two Filmfare Awards South, namely Best Actress – Malayalam for the film Ulladakkam^[3] and Best Supporting Actress – Telugu for the film Life Is Beautiful.^[4] Amala is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,^[5] a non-government organisation (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights in India.^[6][7]

Early life

Amala was born in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata) to a BengaliIndian Navy officer and an Irish mother.^[8][9] Their f