Anu Emmanuel

Anu Emmanuel was born in the United States on 28 March 1997; and raised in Garland, Texas near Dallas. She is the daughter of Thankachan Emmanuel, a noted Malayalam film producer from Kottayam. She graduated from Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland in 2015. She pursued a degree in psychology but left after an year, moving to India to pursue an acting career.Emmanuel made her acting debut as lead in Nivin Pauly starrer Action Hero Biju, directed by Abrid Shine and produced by her father. She made her Telugu debut with Majnu opposite to Nani. The film went on become a hit at box-office. During that time she was announced as the female lead in Oxygen, alongside actor Gopichand in the lead. In 2017, She made her Tamil debut with Thupparivaalan alongside Vishal. In 2018, she was paired opposite to Pawan Kalyan and Allu Arjun in Agnyaathavaasi and Naa Peru Surya respectively. She played the lead role in Shailaja Reddy Alludu along with Naga Chaitanya and Ramya Krishna. She made a cameo appearance in Geetha Govindam. She appeared in her second Tamil film Namma Veetu Pillai opposite to Sivakarthikeyan which became successful at the box-office.

In 2021, she starred in Alludu Adhurs along with Bellamkonda Sreenivas and Maha Samudram with Sharwanand. In 2022, Anu played the lead role in Urvasivo Rakshasivo opposite Allu Sirish. She appeared in Ravanasura opposite Ravi Teja. She returned to Tamil cinema in 2023 playing the female lead in Japan opposite Karthi.