Nithya Menen

Nithya Menen born April 8 1988 is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam Telugu Tamil and Hindi cinema After appearing on screen as a child artist in The Monkey Who Knew Too Much 1998 she made her debut in a leading role with the Malayalam film Aakasha Gopuram 2008 and entered Kannada cinema with Josh 2009 Her breakthrough in Telugu cinema came with the romantic comedy Ala Modalaindi 2011 for which she won the Nandi Award for Best Actress Over the following years Menen established a prolific career across South Indian film industries appearing in Urumi 2011 Ishq 2012 Ustad Hotel 2012 and Bangalore Days 2014 She won two Filmfare Awards for Best Actress Telugu for Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde 2013 and the romantic drama Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju 2015 Her notable releases during this period also included SO Satyamurthy 2015 the romantic drama O Kadhal Kanmani 2015 24 2016 Janatha Garage 2016 the psychological thriller Awe 2018 and the Tamil action thriller Mersal 2017 which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress Tamil In 2019 she made her Hindi film debut in Mission Mangal For her performance in the drama Thiruchitrambalam 2022 Menen won the National Film Award for Best Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress Tamil In streaming she starred in the thriller series Breathe Into the Shadows 20202022 the comedydrama series Kumari Srimathi 2023 and Masterpeace 2023 Her subsequent credits include Kadhalikka Neramillai 2025 Thalaivan Thalaivii 2025 and Idli Kadai 2025