Nithya Menen

Known for ActingBorn 1988-04-08 (age 38)Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Nithya Menen (born April 8, 1988) is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi cinema. After appearing on screen as a child artist in *The Monkey Who Knew Too Much* (1998), she made her debut in a leading role with the Malayalam film *Aakasha Gopuram* (2008) and entered Kannada cinema with *Josh* (2009). Her breakthrough in Telugu cinema came with the romantic comedy *Ala Modalaindi* (2011), for which she won the Nandi Award for Best Actress. Over the following years, Menen established a prolific career across South Indian film industries, appearing in *Urumi* (2011), *Ishq* (2012), *Ustad Hotel* (2012), and *Bangalore Days* (2014). She won two Filmfare Awards for Best Actress – Telugu for *Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde* (2013) and the romantic drama *Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju* (2015). Her notable releases during this period also included *S/O Satyamurthy* (2015), the romantic drama *O Kadhal Kanmani* (2015), *24* (2016), *Janatha Garage* (2016), the psychological thriller *Awe!* (2018), and the Tamil action thriller *Mersal* (2017), which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil. In 2019, she made her Hindi film debut in *Mission Mangal*. For her performance in the drama *Thiruchitrambalam* (2022), Menen won the National Film Award for Best Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil. In streaming, she starred in the thriller series *Breathe: Into the Shadows* (2020–2022), the comedy-drama series *Kumari Srimathi* (2023), and *Masterpeace* (2023). Her subsequent credits include *Kadhalikka Neramillai* (2025), *Thalaivan Thalaivii* (2025), and *Idli Kadai* (2025).Read more

Movies & web series

Skylab

Bangalore Days

Ustad Hotel

Wonder Women

Thiruchitrambalam

Gamanam

Breathe: Into the Shadows

Mersal

24

Awe!

Kumari Srimathi

O Kadhal Kanmani

Janatha Garage

JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai

Ninnila Ninnila

Urumi

Ishq

Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju

Geetha Govindam

Son of Satyamurthy

Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde

Ala Modalaindi

Mission Mangal

Kerala Cafe

Idli Kadai

Thalaivan Thalaivii

Makaramanju

100 Days of Love

Anwar

Apoorvaragam

Praana

180

Kotigobba 2

Bheemla Nayak

Masterpeace

Modern Love Hyderabad

19(1)(a)

Hanuman

Bachelor Party

Kadhalikka Neramillai

Iru Mugan

Veppam

N.T.R: Kathanayakudu

Psycho

Kanchana 2

Rudhramadevi

Malini 22 Palayamkottai

Karmayogi