Amala Akkineni Biography

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• Being a part of the Kalakshetra Dance Troupe, toured in India and abroad before she started working as a model to earn pocket money
• Made her debut as an actor with the Tamil movie Mythili Ennai Kaathali (1986)
• Made a comeback as an actor after a 20-year hiatus with her role in the movie Life is Beautiful (2012)
• In 2011, posed as a mermaid for a PETA advertisement to help save aquatic animals
• Participated in the protest against coal mining in forest areas as a Greenpeace representative in 2012
• Works as the director of Annapurna International School for Film and Media
• Is the co-founder and chairperson of Blue Cross, a Hyderabad-based non-profit animal welfare organization
• Is a Union Ministry-appointed ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign)