Sameera Reddy was born in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh to a Telugu Reddy family.She is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Hindi films. She has also appeared in a few Telugu and Tamil films. Sameera described herself as a "tomboy". first appeared in ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas's "Aur Aahista" music video in 1997, when she was a graduate. Sameera was meant to make her debut as an actress in Saravana Subbiah's Tamil film, Citizen, during late 2000, but eventually did not feature. She caught the attention of Bollywood and was cast in a pivotal role in the 2002 Hindi film Maine Dil Tujhko Diya. In 2004, she appeared in Musafir opposite Anil Kapoor, Aditya Pancholi and Koena Mitra.