Tamannaah was born on 21 December 1989 in Mumbai, to Santosh who is a financial consultant and Rajani Bhatia. Tamanna did her schooling in Maneckji Cooper Educational Trust School, and currently she is pursuing a BA degree through distance education.
Tamanna started her acting career in her only Hindi film, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra, before working with south Indian movies. She debuted to south by talugu movie Sri and followed by Tamil movie Kedi. commercial successes of movies like Padikathavan, Ayan, Paiyaa and Siruthai, Tamanna proved that she is one of the leading actress in the Tamil and Telugu movie industry.