Birth Day: 1984-06-04
Place of birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Priyamani (born Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer; 4 June 1984) is an Indian actress and former model who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi cinema. She made her acting debut in the Telugu romantic drama *Evare Atagaadu* (2003), followed by her Tamil debut in Bharathiraja's *Kangalal Kaidhu Sei* (2004) and her Malayalam debut in *Sathyam* (2004). Her breakthrough came with Ameer Sultan's Tamil romantic rural drama *Paruthiveeran* (2007). Her performance as Muthazhagu won her the National Film Award for Best Actress, the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil, and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Her other films include S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy film *Yamadonga* (2007), the Malayalam drama *Thirakkatha* (2008), the Kannada film *Raam* (2009), Ranjith's satire *Pranchiyettan and the Saint* (2010), Mani Ratnam's bilingual films *Raavanan* / *Raavan* (2010), Ram Gopal Varma's *Rakht Charitra II* (2010), and the horror thriller *Chaarulatha* (2012), for which her dual role earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada. She also appeared in the song "1-2-3-4 Get on the Dance Floor" from *Chennai Express* (2013) and starred in Prakash Raj's bilingual films *Idolle Ramayana* / *Mana Oori Ramayanam* (2016). She portrayed Suchitra Tiwari in Raj & DK's spy thriller series *The Family Man* (2019–present). Her subsequent work includes Srikanth Addala's *Naarappa* (2021), Venu Udugula's *Virata Parvam* (2022), the dark comedy thriller films *Bhamakalapam* (2022) and *Bhamakalapam 2* (2024), Jeethu Joseph's courtroom drama *Neru* (2023), Atlee's action film *Jawan* (2023), Aditya Suhas Jambhale's political thriller *Article 370* (2024), Amit Sharma's sports biographical drama *Maidaan* (2024), the crime action film *Quotation Gang* (2024), the Malayalam thriller *Officer on Duty* (2025), and the legal drama series *Good Wife* (2025). Her later credits include the Tamil biopic *G.D.N* (2026), *S Saraswathi* (2026), and *Jana Nayagan* (2026).
Credits
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As Lakshmi -
As Chellammal -
As Sheela Rani -
As Chitra -
As Geetha -
As Anupama -
As Saira -
As Shakunthala -
As Rajeshwari Swaminathan -
As Dakshayani -
As Laxmi -
As Poornima -
As Bharathakka -
As Anupama -
As Nanda -
As Priya Krishna -
As Sundaramma, Naarappa's wife -
As Janvi -
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As Gouri Vasudev -
As Shyni -
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As Item number -
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As Susheela -
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As Bhavana -
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As Special Appearance in "1 2 3 4 Get on the Dance Floor" Song -
As Priya aka Reshma -
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As Kavitha -
As Cauvery -
As Charu/Latha -
As Deepthi -
As Meera -
As Lakshmi (Naga Penchalamma) & Sohini Agarwal -
As Meera -
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As Jamuni -
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As Muniamma, Karunakar's cousin -
As Suhani -
As Gangula Bhanumati -
As Pavitra -
As Vennila -
As Ashta Lakshmi -
As Padmashree -
As Meera -
As Anjana Shivaraman -
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As Yamini -
As Pooja -
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As Indu -
As Malavika -
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As special appearance -
As Nalina -
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As Malar -
As Muththazhagu -
As Maheshwari -
As Anjali aka Ammu -
As Lakshmi -
As Mercy -
As Thulasi -
As Sona -
As Vidhya / Cinderella -
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