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Uma Riyaz Khan is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil television shows and in supporting roles in a few Tamil films.

Uma Riyaz Khan
Born	Uma Kamesh Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Uma Riyaz
Occupation	Actress dancer
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Riyaz Khan ​ (m. 1992)​ [1]
Children	2

Personal life

Uma was the only child of her artist parents. Her father, Kamesh, was a music director and her mother, Kamala Kamesh, was a famous actress who is well respected in the industry.[2] After losing her father at age of nine, she was single-handedly brought up by her mother.[3] She married Malayalam actor Riyaz Khan in 1992.[4] They have two sons, Shariq Hassan and Shamarth Hassan.[3]

Khan went to Fatima Convent School in Kodambakkam. She was a state level athlete in 100 meters, Javelin throw, and a professional dancer. She was a trained classical dancer, and later switched to salsa and other Latin American dance forms.[3]

Career

Uma's first film was the Hindi film Muskurahat (1992) by director Priyadarshan. In the film she played Amrish Puri's daughter. She described her first movie as a 'superb' experience.[3] She calls her work in the film Anbe Sivam (2003) as her magnum opus.[3] For her performance in Mouna Guru (2011), she received a lot of appreciation in the form of awards that year.[3]

She took part in second season of the much talked about show, Jodi Number One, which aired on Vijay TV in 2007. After that she judged a show called Kalakka Povathu Yaaru.[3] Uma Riyaz Khan acted in the negative role in Chandrakumari serial along with Raadhika Sarathkumar in Sun TV .

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1984	Anbulla Rajinikanth	Siriya Pushpam	Tamil
1992	Muskurahat	Gopichand Verma's daughter	Hindi
2003	Anbe Sivam	Mehrunnissa	Tamil
2004	Kanavu Meipada Vendum	Pusphavalli	Tamil
2011	Mouna Guru	Inspector Palaniammal	Tamil	Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actor or Actress in a Supporting Role – Tamil
2012	Ambuli	Ponni	Tamil
2013	Maryan	Seeli	Tamil
2013	Biriyani	Hitwoman	Tamil
2015	Thoongaa Vanam	Maheswari	Tamil
2016	Sutta Pazham Sudatha Pazham		Tamil
2017	Nibunan / Vismaya	Dr. Ramya	Tamil / Kannada	Bilingual Tamil-Kannada film
2018	Saamy 2	Sub-Inspector Noorjahan	Tamil
2022	D Block	Warden	Tamil
2022	Aadhaar		Tamil
2022	Flash Back	TBA	Tamil	Filming[citation needed]

Television

Serials

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language
2000–2001	Irandaam Chanakyan		Sun TV	Tamil
2001–2002	Marumagal		Vijay TV
2016	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Gayatri
	Vamsam		Sun TV
2017–2018	Ninaika Therintha Manamae	Mallika	Vijay TV
2018–2019	Chandrakumari	Devika	Sun TV
2022–Present	Kayal	Sivasankari
2022–Present	Raja Rani 2	Gowri IPS	Star Vijay

Shows

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language
2019–2020	Cooku with Comali	Contestant (Runner Up)	Star Vijay	Tamil
2021	Cooku with Comali Season 2	Guest
	Comedy Raja Kalakkal Rani	Judge

Awards

Vijay Awards

• 2011 - Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress - Mouna Guru[5]

Vikatan Award

• 2011 - Vikatan Award for Best Supporting Actress - Mouna Guru [6]

References

External links

• Uma Riyaz Khan at IMDb

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