Manya is an Indian actress who mainly acted in Malayalam and Telugu films along with a few Kannada movies. She began her acting career in Telugu cinema. In 2000, she was introduced to Malayalam films by director Lohithadas and acted in Joker opposite Dileep.[citation needed] The success of the movie led to a series of more Malayalam movies films outside her mother language, Telugu.[citation needed]
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Manya | |
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Born | (1982-10-17) 17 October 1982 (age 39)[1][2] |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1997–2010 |
Spouses | Satya Patel
(m. 2008, divorced)Vikas Bajpai
(m. 2013) |
Manya born to Prahladan who was a doctor in England and Padmini in Naidu family of Andhra Pradesh, grew up in England and moved to South India at the age of 9. She has a younger sister, Anjana.[3] Manya married Satya Patel on 31 May 2008.[4] Later they got divorced. In 2013 Manya married Vikas Bajpai, they have a daughter born in 2016.[citation needed]
She started modelling at the age of 14, as a child artist. She soon started acting and went on to act in more than 40 movies in many South Indian languages.[5] She holds a dual degree in maths and statistics, minoring in quantitative finance; she also pursued an MBA from Columbia University.[5] She worked as Assistant Vice President in Credit Suisse, New York. Currently working with Citi as Vice President.[6]
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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1989 | Swantham Ennu Karuthi | Unknown | Malayalam | Child artist |
1992 | Kizhakke Varum Paattu | Unknown | Tamil | Child artist |
1997 | Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam | Unknown | Malayalam | Uncredited |
1999 | Seetharama Raju | Suma | Telugu | Debut |
Devaa | Swathi | |||
Sahasabaludu - Vichitrakoti | Gunjala | |||
English Pellam East Godavari Mogudu | Gowri | |||
Bachelors | Preethi | |||
Sambiah | Unknown | |||
College | Unknown | |||
2000 | Joker | Kamala | Malayalam | |
Love | Madhumati | Telugu | ||
2001 | Sivana | Anusha | Telugu | |
Vakkalathu Narayanankutty | Kukkoo Kurien | Malayalam | Choreography also | |
Rakshasa Rajavu | Malathy | |||
One Man Show | Dr.Rasiya | |||
2002 | Kunjikoonan | Lakshmi | ||
Naina | Vaanathi | Tamil | ||
Ganapathi | Mahalakshmi | Telugu | ||
Premaku Swagatam | Nammi | Telugu | ||
2003 | Shingari Bolona | Anjali | Malayalam | |
Swantham Malavika | Malavika | |||
Swapnakoodu | Kurjeet | |||
2004 | Bramacharulu | Ganga | Telugu | |
Tamasha | Unknown | |||
Dobivala | Unknown | Malayalam | ||
Aparichithan | Devi | |||
Udayam | Anitha | |||
2005 | Varsha | Varsha | Kannada | |
Shastri | Kanakambari | |||
2006 | Shambu | Sahana | ||
Belli Betta | Easwari | |||
Ambi | Pallavi | |||
Suntaragaali | Actress | Special appearance | ||
Kusthi | Divya | Tamil | ||
2007 | Ee Preethi Onthara | Priyanka | Kannada | |
Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal | Anjana Menon | Malayalam | ||
Enthavaaralaina | Unknown | Telugu | ||
Rakshakan | Aswathy | Malayalam | ||
2008 | Kanal Kannaadi | Gerly Fernando | Malayalam | |
2009 | Unnai Kann Theduthe | Sindhu | Tamil | |
2010 | Pathinonnil Vyazham | Meenakshi | Malayalam |
Year | Serial | Language | Channel |
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2002 | Kanmani | Malayalam | Asianet |