Sayyeshaa Saigal (born 12 August 1997), known mononymously as Sayyeshaa, is an Indian actress and dancer who primarily appears in Tamil-language films.[4][5] After working in a Telugu film Akhil (2015),[6] she made her Hindi debut in Ajay Devgn's Shivaay (2016),[7][8] and her Tamil debut in the film Vanamagan (2017). She made her Kannada debut in the film Yuvarathnaa (2021).[9]
Sayyeshaa | |
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![]() Sayyeshaa in 2016 | |
Born | (1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 25)[3] Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2015–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Parents |
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Relatives | Sathya (brother-in-law) Saira Banu (great aunt) Dilip Kumar (great uncle) |
Sayyeshaa is the daughter of actors Sumeet Saigal and Shaheen Banu. She is the grandniece of actors Saira Banu[10] and Dilip Kumar.[1]
On 10 March 2019, she married Arya (her co-star in the films Ghajinikanth, Kaappaan and Teddy), according to Muslim traditions in Hyderabad.[11][12] Their daughter Ariana was born on 23 July 2021.[13]
Sayyeshaa made her debut in the cinema industry with the Telugu film Akhil (2015). She made her Bollywood debut opposite Ajay Devgn in his second directorial film Shivaay.[14] Her movie Vanamagan hit the theatres in June 2017, marking her Tamil debut.[15][16]
In 2018, she starred in Kadaikutty Singam with Karthi,[17] Junga with Vijay Sethupathi[18] and Ghajinikanth with Arya.[19] In 2019, she starred in Kaappaan alongside Suriya, Mohanlal, and Arya. She made her Kannada debut in the film Yuvarathnaa alongside Puneeth Rajkumar.[20][21][22]
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Year | Title | Role(s) | Language(s) | Notes | Ref |
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2015 | Akhil | Divya | Telugu | Telugu debut Nominated – SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut in Telugu film | |
2016 | Shivaay | Anushka | Hindi | Hindi debut | |
2017 | Vanamagan | Kavya | Tamil | Tamil debut; Nominated 7th South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Female Debutant– Tamil | [23] |
2018 | Kadaikutty Singam | Kannukkiniyal a.k.a. Iniya | [citation needed] | ||
Junga | Yazhini | ||||
Ghajinikanth | Vandhana | [citation needed] | |||
2019 | Kaappaan | Anjali Vasudev | [citation needed] | ||
2021 | Teddy | Srividya "Sri" Purushottaman | [24] | ||
Yuvarathnaa | Vandana | Kannada | Kannada debut | [25] |