11 South Indian Actresses And Their Educational Qualifications

Ever since Pushpa streamed on Amazon Prime Video, people just can’t stop shaking their legs on the jazzy numbers Oo Antawa and Saami. Rightly so! Samatha Ruth Prabhu and Rashmika Mandanna gave us all the reasons to obsess over these numbers.

However, the popularity of South Indian actresses is not limited to these names only. Artists like Sai Pallavi, Tamannaah Bhatia, Anushka Shetty are not behind in terms of fame. People are trying to dress up like them and mimic them on social media channels – speaking a lot about how loved these actresses are.

To feed your love for south Indian cinema and actresses, we’ve penned this blog with heaps of information to consume about your favourite actress.

Here, let’s see what are the education qualifications of these south Indian actresses:

1. Samantha Ruth Prabhu

The Majili actress and former Mrs Akinneni went to school at Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai. She then graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Stella Maris College, Chennai. It was during the final year of her graduation she landed her first modelling project.

2. Rashmika Mandanna

The Saami girl, also dubbed as the national crush of India, has completed her schooling from Coorg Public School, Kodagu. She has completed her graduation from M. S. Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Psychology, Journalism and English Literature.

3. Anushka Shetty

One of the highest paid actresses in the South, Anushka Shetty holds a BCA degree from Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru. While she is a fabulous actress, she also holds a formal certificate in yoga instruction.

4. Nayanthara

Nayanthara travelled from one city to another owing to the nature of her father’s job in the Air Force. She completed her schooling from various cities including Delhi and Jamnagar. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marthoma College, Thiruvalla.

5. Taapsee Pannu

Now also known as Bollywood’s Lady Superstar, Taapsee Pannu was quite much into science before she turned to acting. She has completed her Engineering in Computer Science from Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology.

6. Pooja Hegde

Pooja Hegde spent a major chunk of her life in Mumbai itself. She holds a graduate degree in Commerce from Shrimati Mithibai Motiram Kundnani College of Commerce & Economics. She was the runner-up at Miss Universe India 2010 pageant before she entered the film industry.

7. Kajal Aggarwal

Kajal Aggarwal is one of the beauties with brains in the film industry. She holds a bachelor degree in Mass Media with a specialisation in Marketing and Advertising from Kishinchand Chellaram College. Though she couldn’t continue her studies owing to the nature of her work, she always wanted to do MBA from a reputed college.

8. Rakul Preet Singh

Rakul Preet Singh holds an Honors’ Degree in Mathematics from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. She did her schooling in Delhi from Army Public School.

9. Tamannaah Bhatia

Tamannaah, did her schooling from Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School, Mumbai. Owing to the nature of her work, Tamannaah Bhatia couldn’t pursue a full-time graduation course from a college. Instead, she did her graduation in Arts via distance education from National College, Mumbai.

10. Keerthy Suresh

Keerthy Suresh holds a bachelor’s degree in Fashion Designing from Pearl Academy. For her exchange program, she lived in Scotland for four months followed by a two-month internship in London.

11. Shruti Haasan

Shruti Haasan has done her graduation in psychology in Mumbai from St. Andrew’s College. Owing to her interest in music, she moved to the US to learn music at the Musicians Institute in California.