Deepa Venkat


Deepa Venkat is an Indian actress and dubbing artist. She works as a radio disc jockey at Hello FM Chennai in addition. She has starred in several Tamil films as well as television series.

Career

Deepa made her acting career with the movie Paasamalargal, along with Arvind Swamy, Revathi, Srividya, M. N. Nambiar, and Chinni Jayanth in 1994. She played Jhanvi, in a supporting child artist role.
Growing up in Mumbai, Venkat was fluent in Hindi and this proved to be a blessing when south Indian films began to be dubbed for television in the nineties. She initially lent her voice for junior artists and supporting roles, and later to the lead actors in dubbed-to-Hindi south Indian films like Muthu, Ratchagan, and Kadhalar Dhinam.
She started her dubbing career in the movie Appu for Devayani.
She has performed stand-in roles in movies for a number of actresses, including such as Simran, Sneha, Jyothika, Nayanthara, Anushka Shetty, Kajal Aggarwal, Anandhi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and other actresses in various films. She was given a Kalaimamani award by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Venkat has appeared in several films in supporting roles, and enjoyed a stint in television serials too. But, while she understood the acting process, dubbing came with its own set of challenges.

Filmography

As an actress

;FilmsAll films are in Tamil language, Otherwise noted.
YearFilmRoleNotes
1994PasamalargalJhanvias child artist
1997UllaasamAditi
1998DhinamdhorumSusila
1999Manasichi ChooduVaniTelugu film
2001Paarthale ParavasamRekha
2001DhillSelvi
2001Ullam Kollai PoguthaeBharathi
2002BabaShradha
2002SreeramKamalaTelugu film; Remake of Dhill
2003RamachandraDeepa
2004Kudaikul MazhaiNanthini
2007MalaikottaiNanthini
2008JayamkondaanAruna
2008SarojaMegha
2009Kanden KadhalaiAnjali's Sister
2010KathaiKavya's friend
2010VaadaaPrem's wife