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Sumalatha was born on 27 August, 1963 in Madras, Madras State, India, is an Indian actress and politician. Discover Sumalatha's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Occupation Actress · Politician
Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 27 August, 1963
Birthday 27 August
Birthplace Madras, Madras State, India
Nationality India

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Who Is Sumalatha's Husband?

Her husband is Ambareesh (m. 1991-2018)

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Children Abhishek Gowda

Sumalatha Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1963

Sumalatha (born 27 August 1963) is an Indian actress, politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mandya, Karnataka.

She has acted in more than 220 films in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi.

She gained popularity in Telugu cinema and Malayalam cinema and later married Kannada actor-politician Ambareesh and has a son Abhishek Gowda.

1979

She began acting at age 15, after winning an Andhra Pradesh beauty contest in 1979.

After her pictures began circulating in the magazines, film producer D. Ramanaidu expressed interest in casting her in his film and offered her a signining amount of ₹1,001 in 1979.

However, she made her film debut in Tamil with Thisai Maariya Paravaigal (1979).

She was named the Best New Face following the film.

Her Kannada entry was through Ravichandra opposite to Rajkumar.

She entered Telugu through Samajaniki Saval (1979), and Malayalam through Moorkhan (1980).

She appeared in films in many languages Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu early in her career.

She was Rajinikanth's second heroine besides Rati Agnihotri in films like Murattu Kaalai and Kazhugu.

1981

She was the heroine of legendary Malayalam actor Jayan's last film Kolilakkam (1981).

In her Malayalam entry film Moorkhan, she acted as Jayan's second heroine.

Her most memorable Malayalam films include Thazhvaram, Isabella, Nirakkoottu, Dhinarathrangal, Thoovanathumbikal, Parampara and New Delhi.

She has acted in many Kannada movies like Aahuti, Avatara Purusha, Tayi Kanasu, Karna, Hong Kong nalli Agent Amar Tayiya Hone, Kallarali Hoovagi with Ravichandra being her Kannada debut in which she acted with actor Rajkumar.

Telugu is the language in which she acted the most followed by Malayalam and Kannada.

1987

She received the best actress Nandi Award for her role in Shrutilayalu in 1987.

She is a close friend of actress Suhasini Maniratnam, her co-star in a Telugu movie.

The friendship between the two provided the material for a candid scene in the film, when director Kodandarami Reddy noticed Suhasini combing Sumalatha's long hair on the train journey to the film set.

Reddy asked his cameraman, Ashok Reddy, to film the two and added the scene to the movie's final cut.

Sumalatha reportedly speaks six languages, and has acted in five.

1991

Sumalatha married Kannada actor and politician Ambareesh on 8 December 1991 and their son Abhishek Gowda was born in the year 1993.

She starred alongside Ambareesh in movies like Aahuti, Avatara Purusha, Kallarali Hoovagi, New Delhi and ''Sri Manjunatha.

Kallarali Hoovagi'' went on to win a National Film Award.

In an interview with TV9 Kannada, the couple revealed that they first met each other on the sets of the movie Aahuti.

In the course of the interview, Sumalatha expressed that Ambareesh was extroverted and gregarious in nature where as she leaned more towards having an introverted and conscientious personality on the sets.

She shared memories of Ambareesh giving her friendly advice to mingle with other co-stars in the set by involving herself in group activities; else it could lead to misunderstandings.

She revealed that it was Ambareesh's bold, genuine, carefree, down to earth personality that made him memorable and attractive to her.

2018

On 24 November 2018 Ambareesh died due to a cardiac arrest.

Few days after Sumalatha shared an emotional letter addressed to late Ambareesh on 8 December 2018 the eve of their 27th marriage anniversary.

2019

In March 2019, Sumalatha announced that she would seek election for Lok Sabha from Mandya constituency of Karnataka as an independent candidate.

On 23 May 2019, Sumalatha won against Nikhil Kumaraswamy by a margin of more than 1.25 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha election.

Sumalatha received honorary doctorate from United Technological Research University of America on 20 January 2024 in Hyderabad.

Sumalatha did her schooling at St. Joseph's Convent School, Brodipet, Guntur.

In March 2019, Sumalatha announced that she would be contesting as an independent candidate in the 2019 Indian general election in Karnataka (Lok Sabha) from Mandya.

She was backed by big stars from the Kannada film industry like Darshan, Yash, Rockline Venkatesh, Doddanna.

Bharatiya Janata Party decided not to field a candidate in Mandya in efforts to support her.

Some of the Congress Party workers supported her indirectly due to the history of traditional rivalry between JDS - Congress rivalry in Mandya which was a tricky situation for congress.

She won, defeating Nikhil with a margin of 128,876 votes.

2020

On 6 July 2020 It was reported that Sumalatha tested positive for COVID-19 and placed herself in home quarantine.