Nithya Menen
- Acting
- April 8, 1988 · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Biography
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Idli Kadai · Kayal
- Thalaivan Thalaivii · Perarasi 'Arasi'
- Kadhalikka Neramillai · Shriya
- Masterpeace · Riya
- Kumari Srimathi · Srimathi
- Kolambi
- Wonder Women · Nora
- Thiruchitrambalam · Shobana
- 19(1)(a) · Penkutty
- Modern Love Hyderabad · Noori
- Bheemla Nayak · Suguna
- Gamanam · Shailaputri Devi
- Skylab · Gauri, Co-producer
- Ninnila Ninnila · Maya
- Breathe: Into the Shadows · Abha Sabharwal
- Psycho · Kamala Das
- Mission Mangal · Varsha Gowda
- Praana
- N.T.R: Kathanayakudu · Savitri
- Geetha Govindam · Passerby (Special Appearance)
- Awe! · Krishnaveni
- Mersal · Aishwarya Vetrimaaran
- Iru Mugan · Aayushi
- Janatha Garage · Anu
- Kotigobba 2 · Shubha
- JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai · Nithya
- Okka Ammayi Thappa · Mango
- 24 · Priya
- Rudhramadevi · Muktamba
- Kanchana 2 · Ganga
- O Kadhal Kanmani · Tara Kalingarayar
- Son of Satyamurthy · Valli
- 100 Days of Love · Sheela
- Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju · Nazeera Khanum
- Bangalore Days · Natasha Francis
- Malini 22 Palayamkottai · Malini
- Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde · Shravani
- Jabardasth · Saraswati
- Myna · Myna
- Okkadine · Sailaja
- Poppins
- Bachelor Party · Neethu
- Ustad Hotel · Shahana
- Doctor Innocentanu · Anna
- Karmayogi · Moonu Mani
- Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty · Manjula Ayyappan
- Ishq · Priya
- Makaramanju · Model
- Veppam · Revathi
- Violin · Angel
- 180 · Vidya
- Urumi · Chirakkal Bala / Daisy da Cunha
- Ala Modalaindi · Nithya
- Anwar · Asna Begum
- Apoorvaragam · Nancy
- Angel John · Sofia
- Kerala Cafe · JK's co-passenger
- Vellathooval · Jiya James
- Josh · Meera
- A Mango Tree in the Front Yard · Tamile
- Aakasha Gopuram · Hilda Varghese
- Hanuman · Anja's sister
- Appavin Meesai
- Dear Exes
- The Iron Lady · Jayalalithaa aka Amma
- Masoom: The Next Generation