Pooja Hegde (was born 13 October 1990) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. She began her career as a model and was crowned as the second runner-up at the 2010.
I Am She–Miss Universe India pageant. She made her acting debut with the Tamil film Mugamoodi (2012) and had her first Telugu release in Oka Laila Kosam (2014).[2] Hegde established herself as one of the leading actresses in Telugu cinema.
Pooja Hegde was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra in a Tulu-speaking family. Her parents are Manjunath Hegde and Latha Hegde.[9] They are originally from Udupi, Karnataka. She also has an elder brother Rishabh Hegde, who is an orthopaedic surgeon.[11] Besides Tulu, she is fluent in Kannada, English, Hindi and Marathi.
She later learnt Telugu and Tamil following a career in her respective cinema.She did her schooling in Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School, Mumbai. She went to M. M. K. College, where she regularly participated in dance and fashion shows