Madonna Sebastian

Madonna Sebastian is an Indian actress and singer who has acted in Malayalam , Tamil Cinema and Telugu films. She made her cinematic debut in the 2015 Malayalam film Premam.[1]

Madonna Sebastian
Madonna in 2020
Born (1992-10-01) 1 October 1992
Cherupuzha, Kannur, Kerala
Alma materChrist University, Bangalore
Occupation
  • Actor
  • singer
  • television presenter
Years active2015–present
Notable work
Premam, Virus

Personal life

Madonna was born to Babycd Devasia and Shyla Babycd at Cherupuzha, Kannur, India and raised in Angamaly. She did her higher studies at St Peter's Senior Secondary School, Kadayiruppu.[1] She did a one year Master Training course at START Kozhikode. She graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Christ University, Bangalore.[1]

Career

Films

Madonna has sung tracks for composers like Deepak Dev and Gopi Sunder.[1] Her participation in Malayalam musical program Music Mojo was well received by the audience and acclaimed. After seeing her host a program for Surya TV, Premam director Alphonse Putharen called her to audition for his upcoming project.[1] Even though she was not interested in acting, she auditioned and was considered for the role of Mary. However, on her insistence that she related more with Celine, Mary's role was given to Anupama Parameswaran.[1]

After Premam, she then made her Tamil debut opposite Vijay Sethupathi in Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum which was an instant hit. Her second Malayalam movie King Liar, in which she starred opposite Dileep also did well at the box office. Madonna then reprised her role for the Telugu remake of Premam with Naga Chaitanya and Shruti Hassan replacing Nivin Pauly and Sai Pallavi, respectively.[2][3]

Currently, she will be playing a lead role in English feature film Humans of Someone directed by Sumesh Lal and written by Nitin Nath. Sebastian has also paired up with Vijay Sethupathi again after her debut with him in the Tamil film Kavan directed by K.V. Anand.[4] She also made a special appearance in Dhanush's directorial debut Power Paandi.

Music

From childhood, Madonna had a strong interest in music. A trained singer in Carnatic and Western music, she has performed for Music Mojo of Kappa TV and numerous popular Malayalam music directors and singers.[5] In 2015, she sang a song titled Raavukalil for the movie You Too Brutus with musical backing from Roby Abraham. The pair subsequently formed a band named 'Everafter'.[6]

In January 2016, the band released online its first music video titled 'Veruthe'.[7] Singing before acting or acting before singing? Madonna very clearly states, "Singing has been a part of my life since childhood and I cannot think of a Madonna without singing. Singing will always remain my life blood!”

In 2016, she also sang a song for the movie Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti titled 'Pularkalam Pole' which became a popular hit.

Madonna has also sung the jingle composed by Deepak Dev for Hit 96.7, a radio station based in Dubai.[8]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes
2015PremamCeline GeorgeMalayalam Nominated, SIIMA Awards for Best Female Debut – Malayalam
2016Kadhalum Kadandhu PogumYazhini BakthirajanTamilWon, Vikatan Awards – Best Debut Heroine
King LiarAnjaliMalayalam
PremamSindhuTeluguTollywood debut
2017KavanMalar Tamil
Pa PaandiYoung PoonthendralTamil
2018JungaThoppuliTamil
IblisFida Malayalam
2019VirusDr.Sara Yakub AliMalayalam
Brother's DayJema GeorgeMalayalam
2020 Vaanam KottatumPreetha GeorgeTamil
2021 Kombu Vatcha SingamdaTBATamilFilming
Kotigobba 3TBAKannada Kannada debut
Filming
Shyam Singa RoyTBATeluguFilming

References
  1. Soman, Deepa (3 June 2015). "While acting, I let myself go, says Madonna". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. "Madonna Sebastian reprises her role in Telugu remake of Naga Chaitanya-starrer Premam". 20 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. "Premam girl Madonna Sebastian not doing Vishal's next". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  4. "Madonna Sebastian aka Celine of Premam to star in English feature film Humans of Someone". International Business Times. 18 January 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. "Madonna likes to take things slowly". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. "Madonna's band to go live". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  7. "Premam' actress Madonna Sebastian releases her first music video". Daily News and Analysis. 8 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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