Samantha then became the second
actress ever to win both the Filmfare
Award for Best Tamil Actress and
the Filmfare Award for Best Telugu
Actress in the same year, for her
performances in the films Neethaane
En Ponvasantham and Eega. Since
then, she has primarily opted to
appear in the leading female role in
hero-centric Telugu and Tamil films,
earning box office success with films
including Dookudu, the family dramas
Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu,
Attarintiki Daredi and AR Murugadoss's
Tamil action film, Kaththi. Her work in
the film A Aa also won positive reviews
and won Samantha her fourth Filmfare
Award, while her next films Theri, 24,
Mersal and Rangasthalam also were
commercially successful.
Alongside her acting career, Samantha
is a prominent celebrity endorser for
brands and products, while she also
started her own NGO, Pratyusha
Support, to provide medical support
for women and children in 2012.
She donates her earnings from
endorsements, product launches and
inauguration events to support the
foundation. Samantha suffered from
an extended period of illness in 2012,
which saw her having to opt-out of big
film projects and take a two-month
break from acting. She suffered from
an immunity disorder and then had a
further setback after her body did not
respond well to antibiotics.
Samantha began dating actor Naga
Chaitanya in 2015 and the pair were
engaged in a ceremony in Hyderabad
during January 2017. She got married
in Goa as per traditional Hindu
customs on 6 October 2017 and then
by Christian customs on 7 October
2017. Samantha has actively been
involved in philanthropic activities
and donates her earnings from
endorsements, product launches
and inauguration events to her
charitable trust, Pratyusha Support.
Her recent offering Oh Baby is a
huge commercial hit and Samantha's
portrayal received top class response.
The film was directed by Nandini
Reddy and Lakshmi, Naga Shaurya,
Rajendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh
played other crucial roles.
Samantha recently played the female
lead in Jaanu and the film ended up
as a flop, but the performances of
Sharwanand and Samantha received
top class response from the audience.
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