Manya (actress)

Manya (born 17 October 1982) is an Indian actress who mainly worked in Malayalam and Telugu films and a few Kannada movies.^[1] She began her acting career in Telugu cinema. In 2000, she was introduced to Malayalam films by director Lohithadas and acted in Joker opposite Dileep.^[2]

Manya
Born	(1982-10-17) 17 October 1982 (age 42)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–2010
Spouses	Satya Patel ​ ​ (m. 2008, divorced)​ Vikas Bajpai ​ (m. 2013)​

Personal life

Manya was born on 17 October 1982^[3] to Dr. Prahladan and Padmini in a Naidu family of Andhra Pradesh. She grew up in England and until her family moved back to India when she 9. She has a younger sister, Anjana.^[4] Manya married Satya Patel on 31 May 2008 and later they got divorced.^{[citation needed]} In 2013, Manya married Vikas Bajpai and they have a daughter who was born in 2016.^[5]

Career

Manya started modelling at the age of 14. She soon started getting movie offers and went on to act in more than 40 movies in many South Indian languages.^[6] Manya holds a dual degree in Maths and Statistics and an MBA from Columbia University^[6] She has worked as Assistant Vice President in Credit Suisse, New York and currently works with Citi as Vice President.^[7]

Awards

2002: Drisya Television & Audio Awards: Best Actress (Special Jury) Award : Kanmani, 2002 (Malayalam) (Asianet)

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1989	Swantham Ennu Karuthi	Child artist	Malayalam
1992	Kizhakke Varum Paattu	Child artist	Tamil
1997	Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam	Uncredited	Malayalam
1999	Seetharama Raju	Suma	Telugu	Debut
	Devaa	Swathi
	Sahasabaludu - Vichitrakoti	Gunjala
	English Pellam East Godavari Mogudu	Gowri
	Bachelors	Preethi
	Sambayya	Unknown
2000	College	Lekha
2000	Joker	Kamala	Malayalam
	Love	Madhumati	Telugu
2001	Sivana	Anusha
	Vakkalathu Narayanankutty	Kukkoo Kurien	Malayalam	Choreography also
	Rakshasa Rajavu	Malathy
	One Man Show	Dr. Rasiya
2002	Kunjikoonan	Lakshmi
	Naina	Vaanathi	Tamil
	Ganapathi	Mahalakshmi	Telugu
	Premaku Swagatam	Nammi
2003	Shingari Bolona	Anjali	Malayalam
	Swantham Malavika	Malavika
	Swapnakoodu	Kurjeet
2004	Bramacharulu	Ganga	Telugu
	Tamasha	Unknown
	Dobivala	Unknown	Malayalam
	Aparichithan	Devi
	Udayam	Anitha
2005	Varsha	Varsha	Kannada
	Shastri	Kanakambari
2006	Shambu	Sahana
	Belli Betta	Easwari
	Ambi	Pallavi
	Suntaragaali	Actress		Special appearance
	Kusthi	Divya	Tamil
2007	Ee Preethi Onthara	Priyanka	Kannada
	Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal	Anjana Menon	Malayalam
	Enthavaaralaina	Unknown	Telugu
	Rakshakan	Aswathy	Malayalam
2008	Kanal Kannaadi	Gerly Fernando
2009	Unnai Kann Theduthe	Sindhu	Tamil
2010	Pathinonnil Vyazham	Meenakshi	Malayalam

Television

Year	Serial	Language	Channel
2002	Kanmani	Malayalam	Asianet