Nithya Menen
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).
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Movies (63)
Idli Kadai
2025 · Kayal
Thalaivan Thalaivii
2025 · Perarasi 'Arasi'
Kadhalikka Neramillai
2025 · Shriya
Kolambi
2023
Wonder Women
2022 · Nora
Thiruchitrambalam
2022 · Shobana
19(1)(a)
2022 · Penkutty
Bheemla Nayak
2022 · Suguna
Gamanam
2021 · Shailaputri Devi
Skylab
2021 · Gauri, Co-Producer
Ninnila Ninnila
2021 · Maya
Psycho
2020 · Kamala Das
Mission Mangal
2019 · Varsha Gowda
Praana
2019
N.T.R: Kathanayakudu
2019 · Savitri
Geetha Govindam
2018 · Passerby (Special Appearance)
Awe!
2018 · Krishnaveni
Mersal
2017 · Aishwarya Vetrimaaran
Iru Mugan
2016 · Aayushi
Janatha Garage
2016 · Anu
Kotigobba 2
2016 · Shubha
JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai
2016 · Nithya
Okka Ammayi Thappa
2016 · Mango
24
2016 · Priya
Rudhramadevi
2015 · Muktamba
Kanchana 2
2015 · Ganga
O Kadhal Kanmani
2015 · Tara Kalingarayar
Son of Satyamurthy
2015 · Valli
100 Days of Love
2015 · Sheela
Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju
2015 · Nazeera Khanum
Bangalore Days
2014 · Natasha Francis
Malini 22 Palayamkottai
2014 · Malini
Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
2013 · Shravani
Jabardasth
2013 · Saraswati
Myna
2013 · Myna
Okkadine
2013 · Sailaja
Poppins
2012
Bachelor Party
2012 · Neethu
Ustad Hotel
2012 · Shahana
Doctor Innocentanu
2012 · Anna
Karmayogi
2012 · Moonu Mani
Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty
2012 · Manjula Ayyappan
Ishq
2012 · Priya
Makaramanju
2011 · Model
Veppam
2011 · Revathi
Violin
2011 · Angel
180
2011 · Vidya
Urumi
2011 · Chirakkal Bala / Daisy da Cunha
Ala Modalaindi
2011 · Nithya
Anwar
2010 · Asna Begum
Apoorvaragam
2010 · Nancy
Angel John
2009 · Sofia
Kerala Cafe
2009 · JK's co-passenger
Vellathooval
2009 · Jiya James
Josh
2009 · Meera
A Mango Tree in the Front Yard
2009 · Tamile
Aakasha Gopuram
2008 · Hilda Varghese
Hanuman
1998 · Anja's sister
Appavin Meesai
Dear Exes
The Iron Lady
· Jayalalithaa aka Amma
Masoom: The Next Generation
Mr and Mrs Grey
