Nithya Menen — Actress, Artist, Musician, Indian

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Nithya Menen

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Born: Apr 8, 1990age 36
height: 5'3" (or 160 cm)
body type: Average
nationality: Indian

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Career

Active 1998 – present

Biography

About Nithya Menen

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Nithya Menen has spent over two decades in Indian cinema, building a reputation across several film industries. She is an Indian actress, artist, and musician, and her work has appeared in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. Her career began early, as a child artist in the French-Indian English film Hanuman (1998), where she played the younger sister to Tabu's character. She later made her screen debut in the Kannada film 7 O' Clock (2006).

Her breakthrough came with the 2011 Telugu romance Ala Modalaindi, which earned her a Nandi Award for Best Actress. She followed that with notable performances in Telugu films like Ishq (2012), Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde (2013), which won her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress, and Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju (2015), which brought her a Filmfare Critics Award. She also took on roles in Rudhramadevi (2015), Janatha Garage (2016), Awe (2018), and Bheemla Nayak (2022).

In Tamil cinema, she starred in the romantic drama O Kadhal Kanmani (2015), winning the SIIMA Critics Award. She continued with successful films like Kanchana 2 (2015), 24 (2016), Mersal (2017), and Thiruchitrambalam (2022). The latter earned her both a National Film Award and a Filmfare Critics Award. Her Malayalam films include Ustad Hotel (2012), Bangalore Days (2014), and 100 Days of Love (2015). She also appeared in the Hindi film Mission Mangal (2019), which became her highest-grossing release.

Beyond the big screen, Menen has worked in web series such as Breathe: Into the Shadows (2020-2022), Modern Love Hyderabad (2022), and Kumari Srimathi (2023). She also served as a judge on Telugu Indian Idol in 2022. With over 59 films to her credit, she has received multiple awards, including a National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards South, two South Indian International Movie Awards, and two Nandi Awards. She is straight and has brown hair and brown eyes, standing 5'3" with an average build.