​From Neelima Rani to Sujitha Dhanush: Tamil actresses who started their career as child artists​

They might be star actresses now. But these celebs started their acting career way back when they were kids. Interestingly, many of these celebs started their acting career with TV shows and films. Here is a list of a few Tamil actresses who you may not know were also successful child artists.

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Neelima Rani is definitely not new to the Tamil audience. While she has been essaying a prominent role in the daily soap 'Aranmanai Kili', She started her career as a child artist in the popular film Thevar Magan.

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Raveena Daha made her debut in the Tamil film Ratchasan. However, her first on-screen appearance came at the age of fourteen in a Tamil television soap opera, Mouna Raagam 2. Later, she participated in the cooking reality show Cooku With Comali.

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Although she began her career as a child actor in Tamil, she soon moved on to the television industry. The actress made her TV debut in the show 7C. And also she acted in various series like Romapuri Pandian, Pagal Nilavu, Valli, and Yaaradi Nee Mohini.

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Hemalatha performed as a child actress and portrayed Baby Kaveri in the popular daily soap ‘Chithi.’ She is known for her roles as Raghavi in the 90’s favourite series Kana Kaanum Kaalangal. And also she was the winner of the reality dance show Jodi Number One in Season 3 along with Michael Thangadurai.

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Gabriella Charlton aka Gabi, started her career in television at the age of nine, in the dance show 'Jodi Junior.' Subsequently, she appeared in the daily soap 7C which was quite popular among Tamil Tele-audience. Later, the actress participated in the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil 4. Currently, Gabriella plays the lead role in the daily soap Eeramana Rojave 2.

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The popular child actress Sreethu Krishnan made her TV debut on the 90s kids' favourite show 7C. The actress rose to fame by playing the character Vanilla. Subsequently, she appeared in the game show Odi Vilayadu Pappa. Also, she acted in various series like Mari, Melle Thirandhathu Kadhavu, Kalyanamam Kalyanam, Enkitta Modhaade, Aayutha Ezhuthu, Ammayariya, and Mounaragam.

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Sujitha Dhanush made her debut, at the age of three, as a child artist in the Malayalam film ‘ Abbhas.’ She continued to appear in many films as a child actor, credited as Baby Suji. She made her TV debut in the serial ‘Oru Pennin Kathai' which was quite famous among the Tamil TV audience. She also won the Nandi Award for Best Child in 1987, the Asianet Television Awards in 2011, and the TV Awards for Best Supporting Actress for the daily soap Pandian Stores.