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Andrea Maria Jeremiah (born 21 December 1985), known professionally as Andrea Jeremiah, is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in and films. She is a recipient of several awards including nominations for Filmfare Awards South.

Andrea made her playback singing debut with "Kannum Kannum Nokia" in the film , with music composed by . She made her acting debut in the Tamil film Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007). She has since appeared in several commercially successful films such as (2013), (2013), (2013), Endrendrum Punnagai (2013), (2014), (2015), (2016), Taramani (2017), Aval (2017), (2018), Aranmanai 3 (2021) and Anel Meley Pani Thuli (2022).


Early life and education
Andrea Jeremiah was born in an family, in , Tamil Nadu.

Andrea's father is a lawyer at the Madras High Court. She has one younger sister and was raised near . She went to St. Joseph's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, Perambur, Chennai, and graduated from Women's Christian College.

Andrea learned classical piano when she was eight. At age 10, she was a part of a -style troupe called Young Stars which formed the base of her early singing and music composing career. She was also a theatre artist in her college and appeared in several organised by The Madras Players and EVAM. She was the President of the Student Senate at Women's Christian College. She also organised a company, The Show Must Go On (TSMGO Productions), to promote live art and artistes. Andrea said that as a college student, she turned down every film offer she got as she had no intention of becoming a film actor.


Career

Acting career
Andrea began her theatre career with 's Nagamandala. She acted in new leo coffee advertisement with actor Shiva in 2006. She also acted in a serial which relayed in Podhigai channel. She has performed all over India. After she rendered a song in Gautham Vasudev Menon's Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, he asked her to play as one of the lead female character in his next venture, Pachaikili Muthucharam. This film was a of 's novel Derailed, with Andrea portraying Kalyani, a homemaker, whose husband engages in an affair and is blackmailed. Andrea was selected for the role after actresses Simran, and Tabu were approached. She signed for 's fantasy-adventure film Aayirathil Oruvan, which released in early 2010. In 2011, she agreed to play a minor supporting role in 's , which was released in August 2011 and became one of the biggest commercial success.

In 2013, Andrea made her debut in with 's romance film , in which she played a Christian salesgirl opposite . Anil R. Nair stated, "Andrea gels flawlessly to her mysterious character." The film was a commercial success and she termed it as the best film in her career.

In Puthiya Thiruppangal, she played a journalist. In Endrendrum Punnagai, she played a model and she also acted in the Malayalam film London Bridge. Her next film as female lead was the 2014 , directed by . It was a box office success as well as a breakthrough film in her career. In 2015, Andrea was cast alongside in , directed by Ranjith. This was her first film with Mohanlal and was a success at the box office.

In 2017, Andrea played a single mother in Ram's Taramani opposite . Anupama Subramanian noted, "Andrea has given a performance to match the gravitas of her character. Taramani had plenty to offer and Andrea has not let the writers down. She simply excels." The film was a box office success and earned her acclaim.

She played a role in Kamal Haasan's and reprised the role in its sequel, which released in 2018. In 2021, her first release was Master, which she played Vananthi. The film received mixed-to-positive and became successful at the box-office. Then she appeared as lead in Aranmanai 3, directed by Though the film received mostly negative reviews, it became a commercial hit.

She has also completed shootings for Tamil movies like Maaligai and 's Pisaasu 2, and she is currently filming Kaa, in which she plays the lead role. She reportedly plays a wildlife photographer. She also completed her another Malayalam film Prakasham Parathunna Penkutty with directed By R.Unni.


Music career
Andrea has stated that her focus was always on music, that she chose to be a professional singer and that acting happened by chance. In 2005, she ventured into playback singing in feature films. She has sung several popular songs for composers , Yuvan Shankar Raja, Anirudh Ravichander, , Devi Sri Prasad and G. V. Prakash Kumar and has also received nominations at Filmfare and Vijay Awards for a few of them. She considers the song "Maalai Neram" as the most challenging she has sung.

Apart from singing under other composers' direction, Andrea also produces her own music. She composed, wrote and sang a single, "Soul of Taramani", as a promo for her Tamil romantic-drama Taramani. She has composed several music themes, songs and albums. Andrea's single – The Soul of Taramani – The Times of India


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Andrea's character Althiya from Taramani, is considered among the most memorable female characters of Tamil cinema. In the Chennai Times Most Desirable Woman list, Andrea was placed 7th in 2017 and 16th in 2018, 25th in 2019, 27th in 2020.


Filmography

Films
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Special appearance
Hindi
Only dubbed version released
Post-production
Post-production
WillyPost-production
Post-production


Television
2013Koffee With DDHerselfTamilEpisode 18
2014Bhima Music IndiaJudgeMalayalam
2016V VoiceJudgeTamil
2017Super SingerJudgeTamil
2018Sun Naam OruvarHerselfTamilEpisode 4
2024Super Singer 10HerselfTamilGuest performer


As dubbing artist
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Discography
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Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil (with Aishwarya R. Dhanush)
Won – Music Award for Popular Duet of the Year (with Ajeesh) Nominated – Vijay Award for Best Female Playback Singer

Nominated – Vijay Music Award for Popular Female Singer of the Year

Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil
Nominated – Edison Award for Best Female Playback Singer
2020"Lovvu Lovvu'
"Ehunthu Va"Independent Release Collaboration with Dinesh Kanagaratnam
Won – Behindwoods Golden Medals for Best Playback Singer Female
Web series
"Farhana"FarhanaJustin Prabhakaran
"Swetcha Ledu"Month of MadhuTelugu
2024"Police Kaarana Kattikitta"Jolly O GymkhanaTamilAshwin Vinayagamoorthy


Awards and nominations
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2008Vijay AwardsBest Debut ActressPachaikili Muthucharam
2011Filmfare Awards SouthBest Supporting Actress – TamilAayirathil Oruvan
Best Supporting Actress – Tamil (for "Um Mella Asanthan")
2013South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Female Debut – Malayalam
Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
Filmfare Awards SouthBest Supporting Actress – Tamil (for "")
Best Supporting Actress
2018Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actress – TamilTaramani
South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Actress – Tamil
2019South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Supporting Actress– Tamil


See also
  • List of Indian actresses
  • List of Indian playback singers


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