Meera Jasmine
Meera Jasmine is a leading South Indian actress, who has acted in hit movies in Malayalam ,Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, and won India's National Award for Best Actress. She has consistently impressed in good roles in all these four languages, and made herself a reputed name in the South Indian film circuit.
Biography
She was born on 15 February 1983 in Kuttappuzha, Thiruvalla to Joseph Philip and Aleyamma. She completed her schooling in Mar Thoma Residential School in Thiruvalla. She currently resides in Panampilly Nagar in Kochi (formerly Cochin). She made her debut in Malayalam movie Soothradharan, but made herself a leading actress through the phenomenal success of her first Tamil movie, Run. This was followed by critically acclaimed performances in Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam (her national-award winning Malayalam movie), Mani Ratnam's Ayutha Ezhuthu (Tamil), Ammayi Bagundi (Telugu) and Sandaikozhi (Tamil). She is currently working busy in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films.
Upcoming movies
- Tamil movie Mercury Pookkal with Srikanth as co-star and S S Stanley as director
- Malayalam movie Nilavu with Pritviraj as co-star and Lenin Rajendran as director
- Malayalam movie with Mohanlal as co-star and Sathyan Anthikad as director.
- Telugu movie Driver Ramudu with Tarakaratna as co-star
- Telugu movie with GVG Raju as producer and Gopichand as co-star
Awards
- National Award for the Best Actress in 2004 for the film Paadhom Onnu: Oru Vilaapam (roughly translates to 'Lesson One: A Wail') in which she portrayed a Muslim girl who is a victim of child marriage.
- Kerala State Award for the Best Actress in 2004 for the films Kasthooriman ('Musk Deer') and Paadhom Onnu: Oru Vilaapam ('Lesson One: A Wail').
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 2004 for Paadhom Onnu: Oru Vilaapam.
Filmography
- Sandaikozhi (Tamil, 2005) as Hema directed by Lingusamy.
- Kasthoorimaan (Tamil, 2005) as Uma directed by Lohithadas.
- Bhadra (Telugu 2005) as Anu. Directed by Boyapati Srinu
- Achuvinte Amma (Malayalam, 2005) as Ashwathi. Directed by Sathyan Anthikkad
- Maurya (Kannada, 2004) as Alamelu.
- Perumazhakkalam (Malayalam, 2004) as Raziya. Directed by Kamal .
- Gudumba Shankar (Telugu, 2004) as Gauri. Directed by Veera Shankar
- Ammayi Bagundi(Telugu, 2004) as Janani and Satya
- Ayutha Ezhuthu (Tamil, 2004) as Sasi. Directed by Mani Ratnam
- Joot (Tamil, 2003) as Meera. Directed by Azhagam Perumal.
- Chakram (Malayalam, 2003) as Indrani. Directed by Lohithadas
- Anjaneya (Tamil, 2003) as Divya. Directed by Maharajan
- Swapnakkoodu (Malayalam, 2003) as Kamala. Directed by Kamal
- Paadhom Onnu Oru Vilaapam (Malayalam, 2003) as Shahina. Directed by T. V. Chandran
- Pudhiya Geethai (Tamil, 2003) as Sushi. Directed by Jagan
- Gramophone (Malayalam, 2003) as Jennifer. Directed by Kamal
- Kasthooriman (Malayalam, 2003) as Priyamvada. Directed by Lohithadas
- Bala (Tamil, 2002) as Aarthi. Directed by Deepak
- Run (Tamil, 2002) as Priya. Directed by Lingusamy
- Soothradharan (Malayalam, 2001) as Shivani. Directed by Lohithadas