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Richa Gangopadhyay Langella (née Gangopadhyay ; born 20 March 1986)[2] is an Indian-born American former actress and model who predominantly appeared in Telugu language films. She resides at Portland, Oregon.

She was cast along with the prominent actors like Venkatesh Daggubati, Ravi Teja, Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Dhanush and Silambarasan.

Her notable films include Leader (2010) and later worked on several commercially successful Telugu films such as Nagavalli (2010), Mirapakaay (2011), Sarocharu (2012) and Mirchi (2013).

Early life
Richa Gangopadhyay was born on 20 March 1986 in New Delhi. Her family moved to the United States at the age of three.[3][4]

Her father works as the Vice President of Netshape Technologies, while her mother works as the deputy director of the prestigious Institute of Museums and Library Services, after having been nominated by President Obama to serve as a member of the IMLS Board. Her parents settled in the U.S. in 1989 after spending her first year in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, with Gangopadhyay being brought up in Pennsylvania and Michigan.

While attending Okemos High School, as a Junior, she was featured in the local media for founding a youth-tutoring program for at-risk children in Lansing, which she ran for four years.[5] She went on to major in Dietetics and Health Administration at Michigan State University[6] but graduated with a Bachelor of Science in communications with a minor in Theatre Arts. After completing her undergraduate studies, she completed her master's degree in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.