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Shreya Dhanwanthary (Actress) Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 15, 2026 • 3 min read

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Quick Info

Date of birth30 November 1988

BirthplaceHyderabad, India

ProfessionActress, Model, Author

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilySister - Shruthi Dhanwanthary; Father worked in aviation; Mother not named

Shreya Dhanwanthary (Actress) Biography

Shreya Dhanwanthary is an Indian actress, model and author who moved from early years abroad to pursue engineering and then a career in entertainment. Sheʼ

Early life and background

Shreya Dhanwanthary was born on 30 November 1988 in Hyderabad, India, and spent much of her childhood outside the country. Raised for a significant period in the Middle East while her father worked in aviation, she lived in seven different countries during those years. Her family later relocated to Delhi, where she returned to India to continue her education after finishing school abroad.

Shreya studied engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, earning a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering. Even while pursuing technical studies she remained connected to performance: she began acting at age four and trained in theatre and classical dance forms including Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi and Kathak. In 2008, in her third year of engineering, she competed in the Pantaloons Femina Miss India South pageant and finished as first runner-up; she was also a finalist at Miss India that year.

Career

After graduation Shreya moved toward the entertainment industry, joining a talent management firm in Delhi before relocating to Mumbai to pursue acting. To support herself as she established a foothold in the film world she appeared in numerous commercials for national brands, which led to broader recognition in modelling and advertising.

Her screen debut came in Telugu cinema with the coming-of-age musical Sneha Geetham in 2010. She began working in digital and television projects as well, with an early web appearance in Ladies Room (2016). Alongside acting, Shreya developed a parallel creative life as a writer: she published her first novel, Fade to White, in 2016.

A turning point for her visibility came with the web series The Reunion (2018), in which she portrayed Devanshi Tailor. That role raised her profile among web audiences. She went on to make a Bollywood appearance in Cheat India (2019), winning the part after a competitive audition process.

Public profile

Shreya has been described as a fitness enthusiast who spends considerable time training at the gym. She maintains an active interest in many creative and recreational pursuits: reading and writing are central to her life, and she lists a range of hobbies including dancing, debating, photography, parasailing, swimming, trekking and playing games such as chess and pool.

Her tastes extend to literature and film; she has named authors and books that she enjoys and counts several prominent actresses and actors among her favourites. She carries a small Arabic tattoo on her right wrist.

Personal life and family

Shreya comes from a Telugu family. Her mother and father are not publicly identified by name in the available information; her father worked in aviation. She has a sister, Shruthi Dhanwanthary, and an unnamed brother. As of the latest available details she is unmarried.

Latest updates

Shreya continued to expand her body of work across regional cinema, web series and Bollywood through the late 2010s. Highlights from that period include her breakout web role in The Reunion (2018) and her appearance in the Emraan Hashmi-starrer Cheat India (2019). Her earlier film debut remains the Telugu title Sneha Geetham (2010), and her published novel Fade to White arrived in 2016.

She remains a public figure who balances acting, modelling and writing, with a background that spans international upbringing, technical education and early training in performance arts.

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Recent Work

The Reunion

Played Devanshi Tailor in the web series, which increased her recognition among web audiences.

2018
Cheat India

Appeared in the Bollywood film starring Emraan Hashmi after a competitive audition process.

2019
Sneha Geetham

Made her acting debut in this Telugu coming-of-age musical film.

2010
Fade to White

Published her first novel.

2016
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Career Highlights

  1. Debut in Telugu film Sneha Geetham (2010)
  2. Published novel Fade to White (2016)
  3. Web breakthrough with The Reunion (2018)
  4. Appeared in Bollywood film Cheat India (2019)
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