Rakul Preet Singh is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Kannada cinema. She made her acting debut in the Kannada film Gilli (2009), followed by her Telugu debut in Keratam (2011) and Tamil debut in Thadaiyara Thaakka (2012).
Her breakthrough in Telugu cinema came with Merlapaka Gandhi's Venkatadri Express (2013), for which she received a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu nomination. She made her Hindi starring debut in Divya Khosla Kumar's Yaariyan (2014). Her subsequent Telugu films included Loukyam (2014), Current Theega (2014), Pandaga Chesko (2015), Kick 2 (2015), Bruce Lee: The Fighter (2015), Sukumar's Nannaku Prematho (2016), Boyapati Srinu's Sarrainodu (2016), Surender Reddy's Dhruva (2016), Rarandoi Veduka Chudham (2017), Jaya Janaki Nayaka (2017), and A. R. Murugadoss's bilingual thriller Spyder (2017). She also appeared in H. Vinoth's Tamil action thriller Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017).
Her Hindi film roles included the romantic comedy De De Pyaar De (2019), Marjaavaan (2019), Attack (2022), Runway 34 (2022), Doctor G (2022), Thank God (2022), and the social comedy-drama Chhatriwali (2023). Her later South Indian films included Krish Jagarlamudi's Konda Polam (2021), R. Ravikumar's Tamil science-fiction film Ayalaan (2024), and S. Shankar's vigilante action sequel Indian 2 (2024). Her other credits include Mudassar Aziz's comedy Mere Husband Ki Biwi (2025), the romantic comedy sequel De De Pyaar De 2 (2025), Pati Patni Aur Woh Do (2026), and Nitesh Tiwari's mythological film Ramayana: Part 1 (2026), in which she portrays Surpanakha.
