Saranya Ponvannan

Saranya Ponvannan
Saranya at Saivam Audio Launch
Born	Sheela Christina Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987–1996 (films) 2000 (television) 2003–present (films)
Spouse	Ponvannan (m. 1995)
Children	2
Parent	A. B. Raj (Father)

Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina^[1]) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam and a few Kannada language films. She also acted in one Hindi movie Chup: Revenge of the Artist in 2022. Saranya made her acting debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan (1987) and went on to play lead roles from 1987 to 1996. Following an eight-year sabbatical, she returned to films in 2003 as a character actor roles. In her career spanning around over 25 years she had won a number of accolades including one National Film Award, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and five Filmfare Award South.