REGINA CASSANDRA ,TELUGU ACTRESS BORN DECEMBER 13,1988

REGINA CASSANDRA ,TELUGU ACTRESS 

BORN DECEMBER 13,1988

Regina Cassandra is an Indian film actress appearing in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She started anchoring when she was nine for Splash, a kids' channel and then moved on to work in commercials. She also acted in several short films, most notably Balaji Mohan's Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi alongside Adith Arun, which was later made in






Early life[edit source]
Regina was born in Chennai.[1] Regina Cassandra was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on 13 December 1990. She completed Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Women’s Christian College, Chennai. She was made her on screen debut with Tamilm Movie Kanda Naal Mudhal (2005) as Latha and Her Telugu Debut Shiva Manasulo Shruti (2012). Regina Cassandra was received SIIMA Award for Best Fema

Career[edit source]
Regina started anchoring when she was nine for Splash, a kids' channel and then moved on to work in commercials. Aged 16, she shot for her first film, Kanda Naal Mudhal directed by V. Priya, which also starred Prasanna, Laila and Karthik Kumar. In the film, Regina portrayed Latha, the 21-year-old pregnant sister of Laila's character, and has since mentioned that people still find it hard to believe it was her in that role, as she was very young and wore no make-up.[2] She then appeared alongside fellow newcomer Yogi in Azhagiya Asura, which won good reviews.[3] However the film's low-key release meant that the film failed to gain attention, so she took time out from films and then went on to graduate in psychology from Women's Christian College, Chennai and took another year off before taking a final call on joining movies.[4][5] During her break she also acted in several short films, most notably Balaji Mohan's Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi alongside Adith Arun, which was later made into a feature film in 2012 under the same name.

Regina was next seen in the Kannada film Suryakaanti by director K. M. Chaitanya of Aa Dinagalu fame. The film featured her alongside actor Chetan, and as she could not speak Kannada, she was told to act out scenes in English and add Kannada to it.[6] The film won good reviews and performed moderately at the box office. It was announced that she would feature in the Tamil film Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey alongside Adith Arun, but the film was eventually delayed and then restarted with a fresh cast.[7] In 2012, she appeared in Shiva Manasulo Shruti by Tatineni Sathya, which was a remake of the 2009 Tamil film Siva Manasula Sakthi. She was next seen in the Telugu romantic-comedy, Routine Love Story, alongside Sundeep Kishan,[8] which she signed even before her first release in Telugu.

In 2013 she had two Tamil releases, Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga by Pandiraj, in which she was one of the two lead actresses, and Nirnayam in which she played a vital role. Although the former proved successful at the box office,[9] she did not sign more films in Tamil and instead shifted her focus to Telugu films. Kotha Janta directed by Maruthi was Regina's first 2014 release.[10] She received positive response for her performance in the film.[11] Deccan Chronicle wrote, "The star of the film is undoubtedly Regina Cassandra. She looks cute and bubbly and delivers a delightful performance. She has done her character with ease and with the right expressions".[12] Her next releases were Ra Ra... Krishnayya,[13] which saw her reuniting with Sundeep Kishan,[14] and Power in which she played a Bengali girl.[1] Power was declared as one of the biggest blockbusters of the year and this is the biggest hit in Regina's career till date.[citation needed]She played the lead role opposite Sai Dharam Tej in Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam directed by AS Ravi Kumar Chowdary.[15] Her first 2015 release was the heist thriller Rajathandhiram which featured her as an Anglo-Indian girl named Michelle D' Mello. Her look in the film was revealed through social media, upon release the film met with positive reviews and was a hit at box office. In Telugu, she starred in two films Subramanyam For Sale opposite Sai Dharam Tej marking her second collaboration with him, the film opened to positive reviews with critics and audience praising her portrayal of character "Seeta" as an independent,confident yet sensitive in nature and also the onscreen pair with Sai Dharam Tej, later the movie was commercially successful at box office.Her final release in the year was Soukhyam opened to negative reviews and failed at box office.

In 2016, she starred in three Telugu films, Shourya opposite Manchu Manoj was opened to mixed reviews and was an average grosser at box office, followed by Jyo Achyutananda opposite Nara Rohit and Naga Shourya was opened to positive reviews and garned her a nomination at SIIMA Award for Best Actress — Telugu and Shankara opposite Nara Rohit was opened to mixed reviews and failed at box office.

In 2017, she starred in three Tamil films. Her first release was the hyperlink anthology Maanagaram opposite Sundeep Kishan, which opened to critical acclaim and was successful at the box office. It was followed by Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen opposite Udhayanidhi Stalin and Gemini Ganeshanum Suruli Raajanum opposite Atharvaa. Nakshatram opposite Sundeep Kishan opened to mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office. She has completed filming gothic horror Nenjam Marappathillai opposite S. J. Surya and Balakrishnudu opposite Nara Rohith, and is currently filming Silukkuvarupatti Singam opposite Vishnu Vishal, Party opposite Jai and Mr. Chandramouli opposite Gautham Karthik.

Regina Cassandra is an Indian actress. She started her professional acting career in the mid-2000s. Her debut was in the Tamil film Kanda Naal Mudhal. She next appeared in the Tamil films Azhagiya Asura and Panchamirtham. She later made her Kannada debut in Suryakaanti. In the 2010s, she starred in the Telugu films Shiva Manasulo Shruti and Routine Love Story. She starred in more Telugu films during the next couple of years. This includes Ra Ra… Krishnayya and Power, to name a few. This year, she starred in the Tamil feature films Maanagaram and Party, among others.
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Regina, who is on a high post the success of her last film “Kotha Janta”, expressed herself in a recent interview with a prominent media house.

Talking about herself, she said she is impulsive at heart and is prone to taking instant decisions.

A few years ago, she decided to turn vegetarian after reading an article in the newspaper. “Before that, I would go to the butcher shop and fetch meat. Chicken was my favourite and I just loved roast beef that my mother made. But then, I read this article by PETA and started crying. I went to my mom and said I’m turning vegetarian,” she explained.

Regina admitted that her favourite hobby is reading Romantic novels.

“I love reading romance novels written by amateur writers online. I would have read over 300 by now. I especially love the bits, where they look at each other, he pulls her against the door and holds the girl’s hands, etc,” she said smiling and adding, “I’m a big sucker for romance although I hate flowers, soft toys, my pillow is enough to cuddle up and go to bed.”

But when asked if she’s dating anyone, she said, “Never believe what you hear, but believe what you see.”

When probed more, she said,”Mine won’t be a regular love story, that’s for sure.”

Well, the lady certainly seems to be on a roll. Only time will tell if she’s here to stay or just a “flash in the pan!”.

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Regina Cassandra is an Indian film actress appearing in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She started anchoring when she was nine for Splash, a kids' channel and then moved on to work in commercials.

She also acted in several short films, most notably Balaji Mohan's Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi alongside Adith Arun, which was later made into a feature film in 2012 under the same name.


Regina was next seen in the Kannada film Suryakaanti by director K. M. Chaitanya of Aa Dinagalu fame. The film featured her alongside actor Chetan, and as she could not speak Kannada, she was told to act out scenes in English and add Kannada to it. The film won good reviews and performed moderately at the box office.

CASSANDRA PETERSON ,SINGER,ACTRESS BORN SEPTEMBER 17,1951

CASSANDRA PETERSON ,SINGER,ACTRESS
BORN SEPTEMBER 17,1951

American actress Cassandra Peterson became famous in the 1980s for her television role as the vampy Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.



QUOTES
“I like being two people. I like having a normal side and a weird side.”
—Cassandra Peterson

Synopsis

Born in Kansas in 1951, Cassandra Peterson worked as a dancer in Las Vegas and a pop singer in Italy before she landed her most famous acting role. In the 1980s she began hosting a television series as the vampy character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and has been known for the character ever since.

Early Life

Cassandra Peterson was born in Manhattan, Kansas on September 17, 1951. As a toddler, she pulled a tub of boiling Easter eggs off of the stove, burning over a third of her body and leaving her visibly scarred. At age seven, her family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she was initially very shy and teased for her scarring. However, she later used her experiences as a child and teenager in Colorado Springs—a place she later claimed "all the freaks come from"—as inspiration for her most famous role as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Cassandra Peterson's mother ran a costume shop and frequently used the youngster as a model. "I would pick out whatever was the hot costume that year—Ginger from Gilligan's Island, I Dream Of Jeanie, Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke—and my mom would make one in my size, so I would wear costumes to school all the time. Everyone thought I was a total freak. But I knew I would grow up and wear a costume one day, and that's exactly what happened."

Career Breakthrough

While she had performed in local clubs as a dancer while still in high school, a trip to Las Vegas gave Peterson her first big break. After successfully auditioning for a show called Vive Les Girls at the Dunes Hotel during spring break 1969, she graduated from Palmer High School a few months later and moved to Las Vegas on the same day. Before she was even a legal adult, she became one of Las Vegas' youngest showgirls: "I was 17 and had to get a signed thing from my parents—it was pretty unbelievable that they did it. But that was under severe threats from me." While in Las Vegas, she briefly dated Elvis Presley, who encouraged her to become a singer.

Following Presley's advice, Peterson moved to Italy, where she sang in an Italian pop-rock band and had a small part in Federico Fellini's 1972 movie Roma. After she returned to the United States, she toured with seven gay men in a nightclub revue called "Mama's Boys": "I was Mama," she said. She also posed in nude photo shoots for Playboy magazine and may have posed for the cover of Tom Waits' 1976 album Small Change, although she's now uncertain: "I don't remember having done it. But of course, I don't remember a lot of stuff I did in the 70s. But it looks like me!"

Wanting to develop her acting and comedic skills, Peterson joined the Groundlings improv troupe in 1979, where she developed characters alongside soon-to-be-famous comedians like Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman. "The Groundlings were definitely responsible for me being Elvira because I learned to be fearless, basically. If you can get up in front of an audience full of people and not know what you're going to do beforehand and then have to come up with it to try to entertain people, then you can honestly do anything in life."

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

In the spring of 1981, Cassandra Peterson was hired by KHJ-TV to host the Movie Macabre series for $350 a week. For the hostess role, they wanted a character who was vampy and dressed all in black, a take-off of Morticia Addams of The Addams Family. "Robert [Redding, Peterson's friend and make-up artist] came up with a brilliant take on a spooky female. Not quite witch, not quite vampire, just kind of a cross." With a tight, black dress that revealed both leg and cleavage, and with a black beehive wig covering her natural strawberry-blonde hair, the character of Elvira was born.

As Elvira, Peterson offered up wry and sarcastic commentary on the B-movies being shown on her program without being too cruel or mean-spirited. These qualities, coupled with her instantly recognizable costuming, drew much attention. She made a number of guest appearances on different TV shows and movies as Elvira and became the first female to host a national beer ad campaign. In 1988, she co-wrote, produced and starred in a feature-length film called Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She also co-wrote, produced and starred in its sequel, Elvira's Haunted Hills, in 2001. She also appeared as non-Elvira characters in both TV and film.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Elvira remained a popular character and Cassandra Peterson continued to appear frequently in the role. She created and endorsed a number of tie-in products, including Halloween costumes, theme park rides, action figures, model kits, perfume and even her own micro-brew beer. She also makes appearances at a number of events each year, raising money and awareness for a number of causes, especially animal welfare and AIDS charities.

In 2007, Peterson hosted her own reality TV show, The Search for the New Elvira, to find a younger actress to take over the role of Elvira. She has also endorsed various female impersonators who appear as Elvira. Over the past decade, Peterson has been working to franchise the character: "Not quit Elvira right now—as someday I'm going to have to—but, sort of doing what Bozo the Clown did. I love basing my entire career on a clown. Bozo—for anyone old enough to remember him—was wearing tons of make-up too so that he could go out and get a lot of other actors to play Bozo to make various appearances and do TV shows across the country. I started thinking, 'Hmmmmm. Bozo. That sounds like a good gig. Maybe I could do that too.'" In 2010, Elvira's Movie Macabre was revived by NBC, still featuring Peterson, rather than one of her many imitators, in the title role.