Actor

Sridevi

Acting

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Acting credits

201

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.5

Low visibility

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Movies: 201Series: 4Crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 109549

IMDb ID: nm0004437

Known for: Acting

Born: August 13, 1963

Died: February 25, 2018

Age: 54

Place of birth: Liverpool, England, UK

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1967 - 2018

Years active: 52

Average TMDB rating: 6.26

Wikidata: Q270691

Also known as

Sreedevi • Sridevi • Sridevi Jaffrey

Other jobs

Playback Singer (4)Producer (2)Thanks (2)Presenter (1)

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Biography

Sridevi Kapoor (August 13, 1963 - February 24, 2018) was an British Indian actress who has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam,Kannada and English films. She is known as one of the first female "superstars" of South Asian and British cinema. Sridevi started her career as a child artist in M.A. Thirumugham’s devotional Thunaivan at the age of four, and continued to act as a child artist in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her Hollywood debut as a child artist in the hit The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and played her first adult role at age 13 with the British TV series Gangsters (1976). Subsequently, Sridevi established herself as one of the leading actresses of British cinema, with roles such as The Chess Players (1977), My Beautiful laundrette (1985). In Hollywood, she made her debut as a lead actress in The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and gained wide public attention with the movie Mandi (1983). Retired in 1996 and moved back to London, UK. On February 25, 2018, Sridevi was found dead at her home in England UK. At the age of 54.