Actor
Rukmini Vasanth
Born December 10, 1996 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 films
Rukmini Vasanth (born December 10, 1994) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Kannada cinema, alongside appearances in Tamil and Telugu films. Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, she made her acting debut in the Kannada crime thriller *Birbal Trilogy: Case 1 – Finding Vajramuni* (2019) and appeared in the Hindi film *Upstarts* (2019). She achieved recognition portraying Priya in the two-part romantic drama *Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A* (2023) and *Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side B* (2023), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada.
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In 2024, Vasanth starred in the neo-noir action film *Bhairathi Ranagal*, the vigilante action film *Bagheera*, and made her Telugu debut in *Appudo Ippudo Eppudo*. She subsequently appeared in the Tamil films *Ace* (2025) and *Madharaasi* (2025), and portrayed Princess Kanakavathi in the period action drama *Kantara: Chapter 1* (2025). She later appeared in *Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups* (2026).
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First watchToxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups20268.0as MellisaA powerful drug cartel pulls the strings behind a facade of sun-soaked beaches as a gritty, violent underworld power struggle emerges during the crumbling of Portuguese colonial rule.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
16 films as actor- TBASTR51
- TBAMangala GowriGowri
- 2027Dragon
- 2027RomCom
- 2026Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-upsMellisa
- 2025Kantara - A Legend: Chapter 1Princess Kanakavathi
- 2025MadharaasiMalathi
- 2025AceRukku
- 2024Bhairathi RanagalVaishali
- 2024Appudo Ippudo EppudoTara
- 2024BagheeraDr. Sneha
- 2023Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side BPriya
- 2023BaanadariyalliLeela
- 2023Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side APriya
- 2019UpstartsNGO girl
- 2019Birbal Trilogy: Case 1 – Finding VajramuniJahnavi