opol is ▁Awards ▁for ▁excell ence ▁in ▁rest oration . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Ch urch es ▁in ▁Char l eston , ▁South ▁Carolina <0x0A> </s> ▁Sri ya ▁Red dy ▁( born ▁ 2 8 ▁November ▁ 1 9 8 2 ) ▁is ▁an ▁Indian ▁film ▁actress ▁who ▁mainly ▁appears ▁in ▁T amil ▁language ▁films , ▁anchor ▁and ▁former ▁V J . ▁Born ▁to ▁former ▁Indian ▁test ▁cr ick eter ▁B har ath ▁Red dy , ▁Sri ya ▁worked ▁as ▁successful ▁V J ▁at ▁SS ▁Music ▁before ▁purs uing ▁an ▁acting ▁career ▁as ▁well . ▁Following ▁her ▁debut ▁in ▁Sam ur ai ▁( 2 0 0 2 ), ▁she ▁appeared ▁in ▁nearly ▁a ▁dozen ▁T amil , ▁Tel ug u ▁and ▁Mal ay al am ▁films , ▁with ▁Black , ▁Th imir u ▁and ▁Kan ch iv aram ▁probably ▁being ▁her ▁best ▁known ▁projects . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Sri ya ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁B har ath ▁Red dy , ▁an ▁Indian ▁cr ick eter . ▁She ▁did ▁her ▁school ing ▁at ▁Good ▁She ph erd ▁School ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁study ▁at ▁Eth ira j ▁College ▁Chen na i . ▁When ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁child , ▁cr ick eters ▁R avi ▁Sh ast ri ▁and ▁San deep ▁Pat il ▁visited ▁their ▁home ▁and ▁compl iment ed ▁her ▁good ▁voice . ▁During ▁school , ▁she ▁received ▁mod elling ▁offers , ▁but ▁had ▁to ▁decl ine ▁them , ▁since ▁her ▁father ▁wanted ▁her ▁to ▁finish ▁her ▁education ▁first . ▁When ▁she ▁was ▁offered ▁an