Samantha Akkineni's 7 lesser-known facts: From facing financial problems to being diabetic

Here are seven lesser-known facts about The Family Man 2's actress Samantha Akkineni, her fans must know.
 

Samantha Akkineni is a beautiful and successful south Indian actress who has worked in many Tamil and Telugu movies. Recently, Samantha gave a fabulous performance in Manoj Bajpayee's The Family Man 2", as the antagonist, the Tamil terrorist Raji. 

Samantha Akkineni, the Telugu and Tamil film industry, had hit films in her names like Majili, Eega, Mersal, Rangasthalam and others. A few days back, Samantha featured NO 1 as the Chennai Times Most Desirable Women of 2020 list. 

Samantha has beaten top south heroines like Sai Pallavi, Nayanthara, Kajal Aggarwal, Rashmika Mandanna, Keerthy Suresh, Nayanthara, Nithya Menen, Andrea Jeremiah and others to achieve this milestone. So here are seven lesser-known facts about Samantha.

Samantha was going through a bad time financially in her early life. Therefore, she started modelling and taking up small part-time jobs for her daily requirements. Popular cinematographer-director Ravi Varman noticed and introduced her to the film industry. Since then, there is no looking back for the actress.

According to reports, Sam was a brilliant student and used to top the class. She worked hard to score well in her academics. Going by her marks and teacher comments, she seems to be a meticulous student in high school with an impressive academic record.

We all call her Samantha. However, a few people know that she has another name too. The actress is called Yashoda by her family and close friends.

Samantha enjoys Sushi which is Japanese food prepared by steaming the mixture of raw fish, vegetables and boiled rice. She also loves to eat Dairy Milk chocolate bars. Paalakova is her favourite sweet dish.

Sam's favourite book is Rhonda Byrne's The Secret. All over the world, more than 19 million copies of this book have been sold so far.

Samantha has diabetes. Yes, she was diagnosed with diabetes in 2013 and with her determination, has overcome the disease.

Samantha is motivated by Breakfast at Tiffany's actress Audrey Hepburn.