The best example for the actor who worked a lot at a young age is, the actor began her acting at the age of 4 and she directly became a heroine without taking a break. She is none other than Sridevi.
In an interview Sridevi said that she missed out school and college life, because she got into the film industry and worked without a gap, from a child artist she became a leading actress. She didn't get time to think.
She said in an interview in 2013, “I lost out on going to school and college life, but I got into the film industry and worked without a gap, from child actor, I went straight to heroine. There was no time to think and I was grateful for it.”
In 1967 Sridevi made her acting debut at the age of 4 with the Tamil film Kandhan Karunai. As a child artist she worked in several films in many languages including Hindi film Rani Mera Naam in 1972.
When she was 12 years old she performed an adolescent role in the Bollywood film Julie in 1975, as an younger sister of the leading actress Lakshmi.
When she was 13 years old she did her first female leading role in the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu in 1976 under the direction of K. Balachander alongside Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth.
After that she had acted with Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth in several films.
Since 1976, she starred as a leading actress in numerous films in Tamil, Telugu and in some Malayalam films.
She made her Bollywood debut as a leading heroine in 1979 with the film film Solva Sawan, at that time she was 16 years old, which was the remake of her Tamil film 16 Vayathinile which was released in 1977 and its Telugu remake Padaharella Vayasu was released in 1978.
At a very young age she acheived big success in South Cinema, she starred opposite big actors like N. T. Rama Rao, A. Nageshwar Rao and Krishna in Telugu and also acted alongside Sivaji Ganesan in Tamil films.
In Hindi she became popular in 1983 with the film Himmatwala opposite Jeetendra. At that time she was around 20 years old. With this film she established herself in Bollywood. She acted in 16 films with Jeetendra.
She also starred opposite Rajesh Khanna in a number of films like Naya Kadam in 1984, Masterji in 1985 and Nazrana in 1987.
Nagina in 1986 and Mr. India in 1987 made her a big star in Bollywood. When she was around 23 or 24 years she became a female superstar of Bollywood. Her successful journey continued untill 1997.
After her marriage with Boney Kapoor in 1996, she took a break from acting for the first time in her life right since she was 4 years old . She continuously worked in the film industry for 30 years from 1967 to 1997.
When she was 34 years she took a hiatus of 15 years from acting. In her career she had acted in more than 300 films but after that she re-entered the film industry, she appeared in 4 to 5 films. So in 30 years of her early career she acted in maximum number of films.
Hence in all ways Sridevi is the actor who worked a lot in her young age, her total number of films is proof for that. She is such a great actress that one can rarely get to see in the film industry.