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My Take
Andrea Jeremiah fascinates me because she entered Tamil cinema voice-first. Her playback singing debut on Anniyan introduced her to audiences before they ever saw her act, and that inversion shaped a career where music and performance feed each other rather than compete. In an industry as deep and demanding as Tamil film, sustaining two crafts at a professional level is genuinely difficult, and her Filmfare South nominations suggest neither one is a side project. I read her as a deliberate artist, someone who picks work for texture rather than volume. Chennai has produced many stars; performers who keep both engines running this long are far rarer, and I respect that stamina.
Overview
Andrea Maria Jeremiah (born 21 December 1985) is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in Tamil films. She is a recipient of several awards including nominations for Filmfare Awards South. Andrea made her playback singing debut with "Kannum Kannum Nokia" in the Tamil film Anniyan, with music composed by Harris Jayaraj. She made her acting debut in the Tamil film Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Andrea Jeremiah
- Name (Japanese)
- アンドリヤー・ジェレマイヤー
- Reading
- あんどりやー・じぇれまいやー
- Born
- December 22, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Tiger
- Origin
- Chennai, Chennai district, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Women's Christian College, Chennai
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.andrea-jeremiah.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/therealandreajeremiah/
- Xhttps://x.com/actressandrea
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea%20Jeremiah
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.