Sunaina Yella is an Indian actress and model. She has been predominantly working in Tamil movies as well as few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her film debut with Telugu film Kumar Vs Kumari (2005) and her Tamil debut was Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2008).

Career

Sunainaa's rise to fame was by starring with Nakul in ''Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' (2008) which was her Tamil début film. Prior to that, she shot for a short scene in ''Sivaji'' (2007), which did not make the final cut. She later starred in ''Maasilamani'' (2009), Vamsam (2010) in which she appeared as a beautiful village girl and did very well, and continued with a performance oriented films where she secured her first Filmfare nomination for ''Neerparavai'' (2012), in which she played Esther. Her performance was critically praised and she was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil.After that she appeared in films like ''Samar'' (2013), ''Vanmam'' (2014) and also gave a guest appearance opposite Vijay in ''Theri'' (2016). She then appeared in ''Nambiyaar'' (2016), ''Kavalai Vendam'' (2016), ''Thondan'' (2017). In 2018, she acted in the drama film ''Kaali'' starring Vijay Antony and Anjali. Next, she appeared in ''Nila Nila Odi Vaa'', Viu original romantic thriller vampire web series from 24 July to 5 September 2018. Her performance was critically praised and she was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil.After that she appeared in films like ''Samar'' (2013), ''Vanmam'' (2014) and also gave a guest appearance opposite Vijay in ''Theri'' (2016). She then appeared in ''Nambiyaar'' (2016), ''Kavalai Vendam'' (2016), ''Thondan'' (2017). In 2018, she acted in the drama film ''Kaali'' starring Vijay Antony and Anjali. Next, she appeared in ''Nila Nila Odi Vaa'', Viu original romantic thriller vampire web series from 24 July to 5 September 2018. She has also done ''Sillu Karupatti'' (2019), and comedian Yogi Babu’s film titled ''Trip'' (2021). Sunainaa plays the female lead in the action film ''Laththi'' (2022) marking her second association with Vishal after ''Samar''.