Nithya Menen

Also known as Nithya Menon, N. S. Nithya, Nalini Sukumar Nithya

Indian actress (1987-)

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Acting · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Nithya Menen is an Indian film actress and playback singer. She has acted in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada language films, as well as an English film. She won 2Filmfare Awards for the Telugu films Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde and Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju. She once said in an interview that she never wished to become an actress but a journalist, as she was "an idealist", but felt…

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Kadhalikka Neramillai — Shriya2025
Idli Kadai — Kayal2025
Thalaivan Thalaivii — Perarasi 'Arasi'2025
Kolambi2023
Kumari Srimathi — Srimathi2023
Masterpeace — Riya2023
Wonder Women — Nora2022
19(1)(a) — Penkutty2022
Bheemla Nayak — Suguna2022
Thiruchitrambalam — Shobana2022

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N.S. Nithya, known professionally as Nithya Menen, is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She has also acted in a few Kannada films. Having appeared in over 60 films, she is noted for her strong portrayals. Menen is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards South and two Nandi Awards.

Menen started her career as a child artist, in the French-Indian English film, Hanuman (1998), playing the younger sister to Tabu's character. She made her screen debut with the Kannada film 7 O' Clock (2006). The 2011 romance film Ala Modalaindi proved to be her breakthrough and won her Nandi Award for Best Actress. Menen received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for her portrayal in Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde (2013). Further success in Telugu films came with Ishq (2012), Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju (2015), which won her the Filmfare Critics Best Actress – Telugu, Rudhramadevi (2015), Janatha Garage (2016), Awe (2018) and Bheemla Nayak (2022).