Happy Birthday Samantha Ruth Prabhu: The Box Office Queen@30

Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who has starred in hit films like, Ye Maaya Chesave, Dookudu and Janatha Garage, is on the fast track to stardom. As she turns 30 today, here's a pictorial look at her journey in Tamil and Telugu cinema so far.

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu was born on April 28, 1987 to a Malayali mother and a Telugu father. She was brought up in Chennai and is the youngest child of the family. She completed her bachelor's degree in commerce at Stella Maris College, Chennai. During her under graduation, she started modeling.

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Samantha debuted with Gautham Menon's Telugu film, Ye Maaya Chesave in 2010, in which, she was paired opposite Naga Chaitanya. Her role was critically-acclaimed and the film was hit at the box office.

Later in the year, she starred in two Tamil films- Baana Kaathadi, opposite Adharvaa and Ravi Varman's Moscowin Kavery.

2012 proved to be a good year for Samantha. Her Telugu film, Dookudu, opposite superstar Mahesh Babu, became one of the most successful films of all time. In the same year, she starred in S S Rajamouli's Eega. The film was made in Tamil and Telugu.

Samantha won her first ever Filmfare Best Actress Awards for Gautham Menon's Tamil romantic drama Neethane En Ponvasantham and Eega in 2012.

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Next year, the actress featured again with Mahesh Babu in Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu . Venkatesh also co-starred with Samantha and Mahesh Babu in the film. The romantic comedy, Jabardasth, opposite Pawan Kalyan also released in the same year. Despite an impressive star cast, the film tanked at the box office. Samnatha and Pawan Kalyan's next film, Attarintiki Daredi, a family drama, emerged as the highest-grossing Telugu film upon release. Ramayya Vasthavayya was her last release o the year, where she had a small role.