Pooja (born 25 June1981 as Pooja Gautami Umashankar in Sri Lanka) is an actress in Kollywood. She has a Masters Degree in Business & Management. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow).
Early life
She hails from the state of Karnataka, her mother is Sinhala and her father is Tamil. The languages she can speak are Tamil, Kannada and English although she was born in Sri Lanka she cannot speak Sinhala. She went to school and college in Bangalore, Mount Carmel College. She is currently dating a surgeon Dr. Gajanan in the US.