Jyothirmayi Nishanth

Jyothirmayi is an Indian actress. She was at first a serial artist then got introduced to Indian films through the film savanna. She had acted in various films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English. She then paired up with great actors of Malayalam including Mohanlal and Mammootty. She also got offers opposite superstars Sathyaraj, Vijaykanth etc.

Acting career

She was a serial artist at first. "Indraneelam" is one of her famous serials. She has also acted in some Telefilms but was not successful. In her first film "Pilots", She played a minor character and the film was a failure. She became a top actress after "Meesha Madhavan". She got married to Nishanth, a software engineer on September 6, 2004.

Biography

She was born in Kottayam and is the only child of her parents. She resides in Kochi at Kochukadavanthara. She studied at Mata Nagar School (where she and Nishanth studied in the same class) and after that at St. Mary's School. Joined Maharaja's College for pre-degree. She studied for diploma in Public Relations and Journalism from Kerala Press Academy. It was then that she began anchoring programmes on Citi channel and later Asianet. Her start was with ramp shows and modelling. Later, she went into serials and from there onto movies.

Awards

* She received the Kerala State Award for Best Second Actress in 2002 for her film Bhavam
* She received the National Film Award (Special Jury Award) in 2003 for her film Bhavam

Filmography

English Films

* "Short Film" (2006) (announced)

Hindi Films

* "'Ek Phir Baar' " (2007) (announced)

Malayalam Films

* "Pilots" (2000)...Bobby's sister
* "Ishtam" (2001)... Jyothi
* "Bhavam" (2002)...Latha
* "Meesha Madhavan"(2002)...Prabha
* "Nandanam" (2002)...guest
* "Kalyanaraman" (2002)...Radhika
* "Vaalkannadi" (2003)...TV Series .... Anchor
* "Ente Veedu Appoonteyum" (2003)...Meera
* "Pattalam" (2003)...Bhama
* "Anyar" (2003)...Raziya Banu
* "Hariharan Pillai Happy Aanu" (2003)...Kavya
* "Kadhavaseshan" (2004)... Renuka Menon
* "Alice in Wonderland" (2005)...Doctor
* "Chacko Randaman" (2006)
* "Moonnamathoral" (2006)
* "Bada Dosth"(2006)
* "Ayur rekha"(2008)

Tamil Films

* "Idhaya Thirudan" (2006)...Cameo
* "Thalai Nagaram" (2006)...Divya
* "Periyar" (2007)
* "Sabari" (2007)
* "Naan Avanillai" (2007)...Ammukutty Menon
* "Arai Enn 305-il Kadavul" (2008)
* "Vedigundu Murugesan" (2008)

Telugu Films

* "10 The Strangers" (2005)

External links

*http://www.jyothirmayi.net