Pooja Ramachandran

Pooja Ramachandran is the daughter of an army officer.{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/02/25/stories/2006022501010300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309085224/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/02/25/stories/2006022501010300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 March 2007 |title=Metro Plus Thiruvananthapuram / Music : Dial Spice for Pooja |date=25 February 2006 |work=The Hindu |access-date=14 August 2013}} She did her schooling in Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore and later studied visual communication at the CSI Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore.{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/16/stories/2004121600940100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050215205528/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/16/stories/2004121600940100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 February 2005 |title=Metro Plus Coimbatore : Presenting Miss Coimbatore |date=16 December 2004 |work=The Hindu |access-date=14 August 2013}}

Pooja first featured in an advertisement when she was eight. Before the Miss Coimbatore title she had already done some assignments in Coimbatore and Bangalore. Pooja had also played a cameo in the Jayaram-Soundarya starrer Yathrakarude Sradhakku.

In February 2006, Pooja became a VJ at SS Music after she, along with Anuj Gurwara, Purnima Maudgil and Gibran, were selected as the winners out of 3000 contestants in SS Music's pan-India talent hunt show VJ Factor 2.{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/06/stories/2006020613700200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208024139/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/06/stories/2006020613700200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 February 2006 |title=Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Four new VJs join Southern Spice Music |date=6 February 2006 |work=The Hindu |access-date=14 August 2013}} She hosted shows like PCO,{{cite web |url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news-releases/vj-pooja-ss-music-meets-winners-of-pco-contest |title=VJ Pooja of SS Music meets winners Of 'PCO' Contest | Editorial-News Releases |publisher=Radioandmusic.com |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015214251/http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news-releases/vj-pooja-ss-music-meets-winners-of-pco-contest |url-status=live }} Gana Bajaana, Connect and Cinema Central.{{cite web |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/aug/aug171.htm |title=SS Music attempts to grow 'younger' in its sixth year |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |date=16 August 2006 |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015225221/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/aug/aug171.htm |url-status=live }} Later she hosted the show Ulagam Muzhuthum Paranthu Paranthu on Jaya TV.{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130613/entertainment-tvmusic/article/right-mix-entertainment |title=The right mix of entertainment |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=13 June 2013 |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016004338/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130613/entertainment-tvmusic/article/right-mix-entertainment |url-status=dead }} She was also a contestant in Anu Alavum Bayamillai{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/07/31/stories/2009073150321400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213054307/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/07/31/stories/2009073150321400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 February 2010 |title=Cinema Plus / Telewatch : SERIALS |date=31 July 2009 |work=The Hindu |access-date=14 August 2013}} becoming the winner of the first season,{{cite web |url=http://vijay.indya.com/serials/aab/ |title=Indya.com - STAR - VIJAY - Anu Alavum Bayamillai |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130814003130/http://vijay.indya.com/serials/aab/ |archive-date=14 August 2013 }} and acted in the thriller serial Kanchana, both on STAR Vijay.{{cite web |author=Oor Kaalan |url=http://www.kollyinsider.com/2012/07/kanchana-thriller-on-vijay-tv.html |title='Kanchana' – A Thriller on Vijay TV! | Tamil Cinema News " KollyInsider |publisher=Kollyinsider.com |date=23 July 2012 |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016064309/http://www.kollyinsider.com/2012/07/kanchana-thriller-on-vijay-tv.html |url-status=live }}

After 2012, Pooja became a full-time actress, signing feature films across Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam industries. She was seen in minor roles in the romantic comedy Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi, its Telugu version Love Failure and the thriller Pizza in 2012. The following year, she played supporting roles in the Telugu film Swamy Ra Ra and the Malayalam films Lucky Star and D Company. With regard to her performance in Swamy Ra Ra, Sify called her "perfect",{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/swamy-ra-ra-fails-to-fly-high-review-telugu-15024166.html |title=Movie Review : Swamy Ra Ra fails to fly high |website=Sify |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330133221/http://www.sify.com/movies/swamy-ra-ra-fails-to-fly-high-review-telugu-15024166.html |archive-date=30 March 2013 |url-status=dead}} Her first 2014 release, Adavi Kaachina Vennela, saw her playing a homemaker.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/No-more-glamour-roles-for-me-Pooja-Ramachandran/movie-review/22891863.cms |title=No more glamour roles for me : Pooja Ramachandran |website=The Times of India |date=23 September 2013 |access-date=10 October 2014 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124131138/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/No-more-glamour-roles-for-me-Pooja-Ramachandran/articleshow/22891863.cms |url-status=live }}

Pooja completed filming for the romantic drama Ore Nyabagam, which is reportedly India's first 2D high frame rate film. She is further more working on the suspense thriller Andhaghaaram,{{cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/blind-role-in-andhaghaaram-won-t-make-audience-empathetic-vinoth-kishan-114081200183_1.html |title=Blind role in 'Andhaghaaram' won't make audience empathetic: Vinoth Kishan |last=IANS |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=12 August 2014 |access-date=29 September 2018 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203205501/https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/blind-role-in-andhaghaaram-won-t-make-audience-empathetic-vinoth-kishan-114081200183_1.html |url-status=live }} the horror-comedy Muni 3: Ganga, the romantic comedy Nanbenda and Swamy Ra Ra{{'}}s Tamil remake Saamiyattam, while she also has been signed for two Telugu films.{{cite web |url=http://indulge.newindianexpress.com/waiting-for-impact/chennai/13742 |title=Pooja Gallyot on her new films | Indulge |access-date=10 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029072017/http://indulge.newindianexpress.com/waiting-for-impact/chennai/13742 |archive-date=29 October 2014 }}

{{Cite web |url=https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/namma-veetu-kalyanam/s-71/craig-and-pooja/1000025379 |title=Watch Namma Veetu Kalyanam TV Serial Episode 26 - Craig and Pooja Full Episode on Hotstar |website=Hotstar |language=en |access-date=24 October 2019 |archive-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024083709/https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/namma-veetu-kalyanam/s-71/craig-and-pooja/1000025379 |url-status=live }} She married VJ Craig in 2010 but divorced him in 2017.{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/pooja-opens-up-about-her-divorce/articleshow/58975236.cms |title=Pooja opens up about her divorce |website=The Times of India |date=4 June 2017 |language=en |access-date=24 October 2019 |archive-date=11 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111233756/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/pooja-opens-up-about-her-divorce/articleshow/58975236.cms |url-status=live }}

She married actor John Kokken on 15 April 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2019/04/18/pooja-ramachandran-marries-john-kokken.html |title=Bigg Boss fame Pooja Ramachandran marries actor John Kokken |website=OnManorama |language=en |access-date=24 October 2019 |archive-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024085213/https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2019/04/18/pooja-ramachandran-marries-john-kokken.html |url-status=live }} She was earlier married to former SS Music VJ, Craig Gallyot.

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