Ananya

Ayilya Gopalakrishnan, known professionally as Ananya, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil language films as well as in a few Telugu and Kannada films. She is also a singer and an archer.

She made her acting debut in the Malayalam film Positive (2008) and also debuted the following year in Tamil through the film Naadodigal, which turned out to be a critical and commercial success. She received the Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress in 2012 for the telefilm Doore and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil for Engaeyum Eppothum in 2011.

Early life Ananya was born as Ayilya to Gopalakrishnan Nair, a film producer, and Praseetha in Kochi, Kerala. She has a younger brother named Arjun. Her name was taken from her birth star (nakshatra), Aslesha, which is called Ayilyam in Malayalam. She studied at St. Joseph's High School in Kochi and thereafter pursued a B.A. degree in Communicative English at St. Xavier's College for Women, Aluva. While representing her college in a television reality show, Star Wars, Her house is situated at Perumbavoor.

Film career

Her screen name was changed to Ananya when she was working in her debut Tamil film Naadodigal. and Ananya rose to fame with her performance in the film being appreciated. She went on to reprise the same role in the film's Malayalam remake Ithu Nammude Katha. The film Shikkar alongside Mohanlal, gave her a big break in Malayalam. She did some thrilling scenes in the climax of the movie that impressed Mohanlal, which made him call her the "Vijayashanti" of Malayalam. She also played a supporting role in Kandahar, sharing screen space with Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan. In 2011, Ananya played one of the female leads in Engaeyum Eppothum, which received rave reviews and became a sleeper hit.

In 2014, she appeared in Pulivaal, her first Tamil release after three years.

Awards

Kerala State Television Awards 2012 – Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress : Doore

Filmfare Awards South 2011 – Best Supporting Actress – Tamil: Engaeyum Eppothum

Asianet Film Awards 2010 – Best Supporting Actress : Seniors & Doctor Love

Vijay Awards 2009 – Best Debut Actress: Naadodigal 2011 – Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress: Engaeyum Eppothum

Filmography

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Television