Tollywood is a part of the Indian movie industry in the Tengulu language. While Bollywood is much bigger than Tollywood in India, both have their own way of making films for different types of viewers. Tollywood also owns a huge number of actresses that are just as talented and beautiful as anywhere else. Let's check out our top 10 most beautiful Tollywood actress name list with photo.

1. Samantha Akkineni -Beautiful Tollywood actress list

Samantha Akkineni is a famous actress in both the Tamil and Tegulu film industries. She was born on April 28, 1987, in Tamil Nadu.

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Samantha Akkineni is the number 1 in this Tollywood actress list for her achievement

Her debut movie was Ye Maaya Chesave in 2010, a romance movie from Gautham Menon, which earned her the 2 awards in that year. Later in 2012, she won both the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress thanks for her acting in Ponvasantham and Eega. She was the second actress ever to get both awards in one year.

Samantha Akkineni was also a model and a founder of Pratyusha Support, which provides women and children medical care.

2. Kajal Aggarwal

Kajal Aggarwal is an Indian actress and model. She was born on June 19, 1985, in Bombay.

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Tollywood actress name list with photo - Kajal Aggarwal

She started her acting career in 2004 with the Bollywood movie Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... She became famous after playing a role in the Telugu movie Chandamama in 2007. However, Kajal Aggarwal is best known for her work in the historical Telugu movie Magadheera, which is one of the highest-grossing Telugu movies of all time.

Kajal Aggarwal was the model for many commercial brands and the Celebrity Cricket League. She was also the first South India actress to have a was figure inside Madame Tussauds Singapore.

3. Shruti Haasan

Shruti Haasan is a lovely Indian actress and singer who works in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu films. She was born on January 28, 1986, in Tamil Nadu.

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Shruti Haasan

She started her acting career from a very young age of 14 years old in the movie Hey Ram (2000) directed by her father. But not until 2011 when she played in the Telugu romance movie Luck, did she gain the attention of the public.

Shruti Haasan also has a music band of her own and host the Tamil TV show Hello Sago.

4. Shriya Saran

Shriya Saran is an Indian actress that works in both Indian and American movies. She was born on September 11, 1982, in Dehradun and raised in Haridwar.

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Shriya Saran

Shriya Saran's beauty is one of the reasons why she is included in this Tollywood actress name list. However, she is also a talented actress with a commercial success right with her debut movie Santhosham in 2002.

Apart from being an actress, Shriya Saran is also the model for many health and beauty product companies across India.

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5. Rakul Preet Singh

Rakul Preet Singh is a young Indian actress and model who works in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu movies. Shea was born on October 10, 1990, in New Delhi. Rakul Preet Singh is the youngest actress in this Tollywood actress list.

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Rakul Preet Singh

She started out as a model while she was still in school. She went fifth in the Femina Miss India pageant and won 5 different titles.

Her first debut was in the Kannada movie Gilli in 2009. She later decided to become a full-time actress and starred in many commercially successful movies throughout her career,

6. Anjali

Anjali is an Indian actress who mostly shows up in  Tamil and Tegulu movies. She was born on June 16, 1986, in Razole.

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Anjali

While her modeling career was not really successful, in contrast with her acting career. Her first debut was in the Telugu movie Photo in 2006. She started gaining recognition in the 2007 movie Kattradhu Thamizh. In 2011, thanks to her role in the movie Angaadi Theru and Engaeyum Eppothum, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Her latest appearance was in the 2017 Tamil movie Taramani. She earned multiple awards during her career including 2  Filmfare Award for Best Actress 2 years in a row in 2009 and 2010.

Sweety Shetty is currently the highest-paid actress in this Tollywood actress list and even the movie industry in South India.

7. Anushka Shetty

Anushka Shetty is an Indian actress and model who mainly works in the Tamil and Telugu industry. She was born on November 7, 1981, in Puttur, Mangaluru, Karnataka.

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Anushka Shetty

She started her acting career in the Telugu movie Super in 2005, which earned her a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress – Telugu nomination. Her next few movies in the following years were all successful.

She earned multiple awards throughout her career including the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, which she won 2 years in a row in 2009 and 2010. Anushka Shetty is currently the highest-paid actress in the movie industry in South India.

8. Tamannaah

Tamannaah Bhatiais is a famous actress who mainly works in the Tamil and Tegulu film industries. She was born on December 21, 1989, in Bombay.

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Tamannaah played in lots of Tengulu movies

She started her acting career when was 16 years old in the Bollywood movie Chand Sa Roshan Chehra. She later played in Telugu and Tamil movies with many successes.

She has worked in a total of 65 movies across 3 languages and is considered one of the best actresses in the Telugu and Tamil movie industry.

9. Ileana D'Cruz

Ileana D'Cruz is an Indian actress who mainly works in the Hindi and Telugu movie industry. She was born on November 1986 in Bombay.

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Ileana D'Cruz

Ileana D'Cruz first started with the Telugu movie Pokiri in 2006. She also starred in 2 Tamil movies Kedi (2006) and Shankar's Nanban (2012). Her first Hindi movie was Barfi! in 2012, which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

10. Nayanthara

Diana Mariam Kurian is an Indian actress who mainly works in the Hindi and Telugu movie industry. She was born on November 28, 1984, in Bangalore, Karnataka.

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Nayanthara

Her first movie was Manassinakkare in 2003. Her later 2 movies in Tamil and Telugu in 2005 and 2006 were both successful. Her career started to take off from there as she kept playing in many commercially successful Tamil and Telugu films. Nayanthara is the only actress who appeared in the  Forbes India Celebrity 100 from South Asia in 2018 with a total net worth of Rs 15.17 crore.

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You will find these actresses very familiar because they appear in a lot of movies but most people don't know their name.

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Pavitra Lokesh
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Tulasi Shivamani
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Pragathi
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Satya Krishnan

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