Andrea Jeremiah

Andrea Maria Jeremiah is an Indian actress, playback singer and a musician who works mostly in Tamil and Malayalam movies that are based on the Tamil language. Her acting debut was in the Tamil movie Pachaikili Muthucharam and also made her Malayalam debut with Annayum raolum. Andrea Jeremiah was born in Anglo-Indian born in Arakkonam Tamil Nadu. Her father is a lawyer in the Madras High Court. Her younger sister is who lives and works at Leuven Belgium as a research assistant. Jeremiah grew up close to Chennai and was a student at National Public School before graduating from Women's Christian College. Andrea started studying classical piano around the age of eight. She was an avid fan of geeks and wanted to be a psychiatrist. Young Stars is a Jackson Five kind of group which she joined at the age 10 and was the beginning of her musical and singing career. While at college she was also performing as a theatre artist in stage shows organized by The Madras Players. She was President of Women's Christian College's Student Senate. Andrea began her professional stage career by appearing in Girish Karanad's Nagamandala. She was featured in the Leo Coffee commercial with Shiva. The year 2006 was the time she was a part-time actress in a series that was broadcast on Podhigai. The actress has also appeared roles in India. The brief appearance was in Kanda Mudhal's climax, (2005). She sang a song for Gautham Vasudev's Vettaiyaadu. She was asked to play one of the female lead characters on Pachaikili Muthucharam. The film was an adaptation of the novel by James Siegel Derailed with Andrea as Kalyani an aspiring homemaker, whose husband engages in an affair and is targeted by a blackmailer. Andrea was chosen for the role after actors Simran Tabu and Tabu were offered the role. The movie was announced in the early part of 2010. In 2011 she agreed to play a minor supporting character which was released in early 2010. Venkat Prabhu's multi-starrer Mankatha that was released in August of 2011. Annayum Rasoolum was Rajeev's romantic movie from 2013.