Tejaswi Madivada

Tejaswi Madivada (Telugu: తేజస్వి మదివాడ; born 3 July, 1991) is an Indian film actress and model, who works predominantly in the Telugu film industry, she appeared in one Tamil film. A dance choreographer turned actress, she made her acting debut in 2013 with Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu and became noted after starring in Ice Cream.

Tejaswi studied Mass communication and Journalism at the St Francis College for Women in Hyderabad. She later worked part-time as a freelance dance instructor with Twist n Turns and took classes for MNCs like HSBC, Wipro, Franklin Templeton and in schools like Hyderabad Public School and Nasr School for Girls. She participated at Miss Dabur Gulabari 2011, a beauty pageant, where she was the second runner-up and which reportedly got her first film offer.

She made her acting debut in 2013 with a supporting role in the Telugu family drama film Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. Next year she was seen in further supporting roles in Manam and in Nithin's Heart Attack, before landing her first lead role in Ram Gopal Varma's horror film Ice Cream. The film made the headlines after it was reported that Tejaswi had appeared nude in one scene. Ice Cream received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial blockbuster (Rs.1000 profit).

Her next releases, Lovers, Anukshanam, another Ram Gopal Varma directorial, Kranthi Madhav's Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju, in which she portrayed Nithya Menen's daughter, Srimanthudu, and Pandaga Chesko saw her playing secondary characters. Her upcoming projects include Omkar's Raju Gari Gadi, Oorvasi Vo Rakshasi Vo, Subramaniam For Sale and her first Tamil film Natpathigaram 79.