Anu Hasan was born on 15 July 1970 to Chandra Haasan, the brother of actors Kamal Haasan and Charuhasan. Hasan is the first cousin of film actresses Shruti Haasan, Suhasini Maniratnam and Akshara Haasan.

Hasan made a schooling at R.S.Krishnan higher secondary school, Trichy and earned a MSc degree in Physics and Management from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan.

By 2000, she ventured into television, acting first in the series Anbulla Snehgidhiye, which was adapted from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's award-winning novel Sister of My Heart. She then starred in a number of TV series like Avan Aval Avargal, Ammaavukku Rendula Raagu and Vivahita (Malayalam), following which she turned anchor for the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu (named after herself), aired on STAR Vijay. The show, which she hosted for over four years, soon became very popular and made her ultimately a household name in Tamil Nadu.^[2]

In 2014 she joined the Ask How India social movement and made a series of videos pertaining to social issues.^[4]

In addition, Anu has worked as a dubbing artiste, lending her voice for many non-Tamil-speaking actresses, including Raveena Tandon, Preity Zinta and Geetu Mohandas.^[5]

Films

Television

Dubbing artist

• Preity Zinta (Uyire)
• Raveena Tandon (Aalavandhan)
• Geethu Mohandas (Nala Damayanthi)