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\"Nayantara\" redirects here. For other uses, see Nayantara (disambiguation).

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Nayanthara K
Nayanthara at the 2013 Filmfare Awards
Born	Diana Mariam Kurian (1984-11-18) 18 November 1984 (age 40) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	Mar Thoma College (BA)
Occupations	Actress film producer
Years active	2003\u2013present
Works	Full list
Spouse	\n Vignesh Shivan (m. 2022)
Children	2
Awards	Full list
Signature

Nayanthara (born Diana Mariam Kurian; 18 November 1984)^[1] is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam cinema. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, Nayanthara was the only South Indian actress to be featured in the Forbes India \"Celebrity 100\" list of 2018.^[2]^[3] She has acted in more than 75 films in a career spanning over two decades and has won numerous awards, such as five Filmfare Awards South, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award, a Nandi Award and seven SIIMA Awards. ^[4]^[5]\n

Nayanthara made her acting debut with the Malayalam film Manassinakkare (2003). She made her debut in Tamil cinema with Ayya (2005), in Telugu with Lakshmi (2006) and Kannada with Super (2010).^[6] \n

Her portrayal of Goddess Sita in the mythological film Sri Rama Rajyam (2011) earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress \u2013 Telugu and the Nandi Award for Best Actress. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress \u2013 Tamil and Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress, for her performances in the romantic comedy Raja Rani (2013), the action comedy Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (2015) and the political drama Aramm (2017). She was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Actress \u2013 Malayalam for her performance in the crime drama Puthiya Niyamam (2016).^[7]\n

Nayanthara went on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses of South Indian cinema with such female-led films as Anaamika (2014), Maya (2015), Dora (2017), Aramm (2017), Imaikkaa Nodigal (2018), Airaa (2019), Mookuthi Amman (2020), Netrikann (2021) and Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food (2023).\n

Her other notable films include Chandramukhi (2005), Ghajini (2005), Billa (2007), Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008), Bodyguard (2010), Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012), Thani Oruvan (2015), Kaashmora (2016), Viswasam (2019), Bigil (2019), Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019). She expanded into Hindi cinema with Jawan (2023).^[8]^[9]\n

In addition to her acting career, Nayanthara is a philanthropist and owns a production house called \"Rowdy Pictures\". Nayanthara is married to filmmaker Vignesh Shivan, with whom she has two children.^[10]\n

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v t e Nandi Award for Best Actress
Nandi Awards
1977\u20131980	\n Lakshmi (1977) \n Roopa (1978) \n Jayasudha (1979) \n Shakuntala (1980) \n
1981\u20131990	\n Jayasudha (1981) \n Jayasudha (1982) \n Jayasudha (1983) \n Suhasini (1984) \n Vijayashanti (1985) \n Lakshmi (1986) \n Sumalatha (1987) \n Bhanupriya (1988) \n Vijayashanti (1989) \n Vijayashanti (1990) \n
1991\u20132000	\n Sridevi (1991) \n Meena (1992) \n Aamani (1993) \n Ooha (1994) \n Aamani (1995) \n Soundarya (1996) \n Vijayashanti (1997) \n Roja (1998) \n Maheswari (1999) \n Laya (2000) \n
2001\u20132010	\n Laya (2001) \n Kalyani (2002) \n Bhumika Chawla (2003) \n Kamalinee Mukherjee (2004) \n Trisha Krishnan (2005) \n Nandita Das (2006) \n Charmy Kaur (2007) \n Swathi Reddy (2008) \n Theertha (2009) \n Nithya Menen (2010) \n
2011\u2013present	\n Nayanthara (2011) \n Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2012) \n Anjali Patil (2013) \n Anjali (2014) \n Anushka Shetty (2015) \n Ritu Varma (2016) \n
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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress
1972\u20131979	\n Jayalalithaa (1972) \n Jayalalithaa (1973) \n Lakshmi (1974) \n Sujatha (1975) \n Sujatha (1976) \n Sujatha (1977) \n Latha (1978) \n Shoba (1979) \n
1980\u20131999	\n Saritha (1980) \n Sridevi (1981) \n Poornima Jayaram (1982) \n Lakshmi (1983) \n Saritha (1984) \n Radha (1985) \n Radhika (1986) \n Radhika (1987) \n Archana (1988) \n Bhanupriya (1989) \n Radhika (1990) \n Gautami (1991) \n Revathi (1992) \n Revathi (1993) \n Revathi (1994) \n Manisha Koirala (1995) \n Shruti (1996) \n Meena (1997) \n Kausalya (1998) \n Ramya Krishnan (1999) \n
2000\u20132019	\n Jyothika (2001) \n Laila (2002) \n Simran (2003) \n Laila (2004) \n Sandhya (2005) \n Asin (2006) \n Bhavana (2007) \n Priyamani (2008) \n Parvathy Thiruvothu (2009) \n Anjali (2010) \n Anjali (2011) \n Samantha (2012) \n Nayanthara (2013) \n Malavika Nair (2014) \n Nayanthara (2015) \n Ritika Singh (2016) \n Nayanthara (2017) \n Trisha (2018) \n Lijomol Jose (2020\u20132021) \n Sai Pallavi (2022) \n Nimisha Sajayan (2023) \n

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress
1972\u20131980	\n Jayalalithaa (1972) \n Vanisri (1973) \n Vanisri (1974) \n Vanisri (1975) \n Jayasudha (1976) \n Jayasudha (1977) \n Talluri Rameshwari (1978) \n Sujatha (1979) \n Jyothi (1980) \n
1981\u20132000	\n Radhika (1981) \n Jayasudha (1982) \n Jaya Prada (1983) \n Suhasini (1984) \n Vijayashanti (1985) \n Lakshmi (1986) \n Vijayashanti (1987) \n Bhanupriya (1988) \n Vijayashanti (1989) \n Vijayashanti (1990) \n Sridevi (1991) \n Revathi (1992) \n Vijayashanti (1993) \n Aamani (1994) \n Soundarya (1995) \n Tabu (1996) \n Vijayashanti (1997) \n Soundarya (1998) \n Soundarya (1999) \n Richa Pallod (2000) \n
2001\u20132018	\n Bhumika Chawla (2001) \n Sadha (2002) \n Asin (2003) \n Trisha (2004) \n Trisha (2005) \n Genelia D'Souza (2006) \n Trisha (2007) \n Swathi Reddy (2008) \n Anushka Shetty (2009) \n Anushka Shetty (2010) \n Nayanthara (2011) \n Samantha (2012) \n Nithya Menen (2013) \n Shruti Haasan (2014) \n Anushka Shetty (2015) \n Samantha (2016) \n Sai Pallavi (2017) \n Keerthy Suresh (2018) \n
2020\u2013present	\n Sai Pallavi (2020\u20132021) \n Mrunal Thakur (2022) \n Keerthy Suresh (2023) \n

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actress
1972\u20131989	\n Roja Ramani (1972) \n Nanditha Bose (1973) \n Lakshmi (1974) \n Lakshmi (1975) \n Lakshmi (1976) \n Sheela (1977) \n Jayabharathi (1978) \n Srividya (1979) \n Srividya (1980) \n Jalaja (1981) \n Poornima Bhagyaraj (1982) \n (1983) \n (1984) \n (1985) \n (1986) \n Sharada (1987) \n Revathi (1988) \n Rekha (1989) \n
1990\u20132009	\n Shobana (1990) \n Amala Akkineni (1991) \n Geetha (1992) \n Madhavi (1993) \n (1994) \n Annie (1995) \n Manju Warrier (1996) \n Manju Warrier (1997) \n Manju Warrier (1998) \n Manju Warrier (1999) \n Samyuktha Varma (2000) \n Samyuktha Varma (2001) \n Navya Nair (2002) \n Meera Jasmine (2003) \n Geetu Mohandas (2004) \n Meera Jasmine (2005) \n Padmapriya Janakiraman (2006) \n Meera Jasmine (2007) \n Priyamani (2008) \n Shwetha Menon (2009) \n
2010\u2013present	\n Mamta Mohandas (2010) \n Kavya Madhavan (2011) \n Rima Kallingal (2012) \n Ann Augustine (2013) \n Manju Warrier (2014) \n Parvathy Thiruvothu (2015) \n Nayanthara (2016) \n Parvathy Thiruvothu (2017) \n Manju Warrier (2018) \n Nimisha Sajayan (2020-2021) \n Darshana Rajendran (2022) \n Vincy Aloshious (2023) \n

v t e SIIMA Award for Best Actress \u2013 Telugu
2011\u20132020	\n Nayanthara (2011) \n Shruti Haasan (2012) \n Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2013) \n Shruti Haasan (2014) \n Shruti Haasan (2015) \n Rakul Preet Singh (2016) \n Kajal Aggarwal (2017) \n Keerthy Suresh (2018) \n Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2019) \n Pooja Hegde (2020) \n
2021\u2013present	\n Pooja Hegde (2021) \n Sreeleela (2022) \n Keerthy Suresh (2023) \n

v t e SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress \u2013 Telugu
2011\u20132020	\n \u2013 (2011) \n Nayanthara (2012) \n Tamannaah Bhatia (2013) \n Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2014) \n Anushka Shetty (2015) \n \u2013 (2016) \n Ritika Singh (2017) \n Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2018) \n Rashmika Mandanna (2019) \n Aishwarya Rajesh (2020) \n
2021\u2013present	\n Pooja Hegde (2021) \n Mrunal Thakur (2022) \n Mrunal Thakur (2023) \n

v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
1967\u20131980	\n K. R. Vijaya (1967) \n Padmini (1968) \n Sowcar Janaki (1969) \n K. R. Vijaya (1970) \n \u2014 (1971) \n \u2014 (1972) \n \u2014 (1973) \n \u2014 (1974) \n \u2014 (1975) \n \u2014 (1976) \n Latha (1977) \n Lakshmi (1978) \n Saritha (1979) \n Suhasini (1980) \n
1981\u20132000	\n Sridevi (1981) \n Saritha (1982) \n \u2014 (1983) \n \u2014 (1984) \n \u2014 (1985) \n \u2014 (1986) \n \u2014 (1987) \n Saritha (1988) \n Radhika (1989) \n Revathy (1990) \n Khushbu Sundar (1991) \n Sukanya (1992) \n Meena (1993) \n Rajashree (1994) \n Khushbu Sundar (1995) \n Shruti (1996) \n Meena & Devayani (1997) \n Roja (1998) \n Simran (1999) \n Devayani (2000) \n
2001\u2013present	\n Sneha (2001) \n Meena (2002) \n Laila (2003) \n Jyothika (2004) \n Jyothika (2005) \n Priyamani (2006) \n Jyothika (2007) \n Sneha (2008) \n Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) \n Amala Paul (2010) \n Ineya \n Lakshmi Menon (2012) \n Nayanthara (2013) \n Aishwarya Rajesh (2014) \n

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Early life

Career

Debut in Malayalam cinema (2003\u20132004)

Early work in Tamil and Telugu cinema (2005\u20132007)

Public recognition and widespread success (2007\u20132013)

Stardom and further expansion (2014\u20132022)

Expansion to Hindi films and recent work (2023\u2013present)

Personal life

Off-screen work

Rowdy Pictures

Public image and legacy

In the media

Artistry and reception

In popular culture

Controversies

Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

Nayanthara

Talks

18 November, 1984