Kalyani Priyadarshan | |
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![]() Kalyani in 2017 | |
Born | Kalyani Nair 5 April 1993[1] Madras, Tamil Nadu, India |
Education | Parsons School of Design, New York City (BArch) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2017–present |
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Kalyani Priyadarshan (born 5 April 1993) is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam films, in addition to Tamil and Telugu films. Kalyani is a recipient of one Filmfare Award South and three South Indian International Movie Awards.[1][2]
Born to filmmaker Priyadarshan and actress Lissy, Kalyani started her career as an assistant production designer. She made her acting debut in the Telugu film Hello (2017), for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She then expanded to Tamil cinema with Hero (2019), and Malayalam cinema with Varane Avashyamund (2020). Kalyani has since starred in Chitralahari (2019), Maanaadu (2021), Hridayam (2022), Thallumaala (2022) and Bro Daddy (2022). For the last of these she won the SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Malayalam.[3][4]