Jyothirmayi

Jyothirmayi
Jyothirmayi
Born	Kerala, India
Years active	2001–2013
Spouse(s)	Nishanth Kumar (2004–2011); Amal Neerad (2015–present)
Parent(s)	Unni, Saraswathi

Jyothirmayi is an Indian actress, model and television personality, who had primarily worked in Malayalam cinema. Starting her career in modelling, she ventured into television, working as an anchor and later starring in TV series. She went on to appear in feature films, gaining recognition for her critically acclaimed performance in Bhavam (2002) and her role in Meesa Madhavan (2002). Since, she has acted in nearly thirty films in Malayalam as well as in Tamil and Telugu language.

Career

She was a serial artist at first. Indraneelam is one of her famous serials. She has also acted in some Telefilms but was not successful. In her first film Pilots, she played a minor character and the film was a failure. She became a top actress after Meesha Madhavan.

Personal life

She was married to Nishanth Kumar, on 6 September 2004. Few years later the couple filed for divorce,^[4] and it was granted on 1 October 2011. She married film director and cinematographer Amal Neerad on 4 April 2015.^[5]

Awards

Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress - Bhaavam (2002)
National Film Award (Special Mention) - Bhaavam (2002)
Asianet Award for Best Female New Face of the Year - Meesa Madhavan

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2000	Pilots	Bobby's sister	Malayalam
2001	Ishtam	Jyothi	Malayalam
2002	Bhavam	Latha	Malayalam	Winner, Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress National Film Award (Special Mention)
	Meesa Madhavan	Prabha	Malayalam	Winner, Asianet Award for Best Female New Face of the Year
	Nandanam	Bride	Malayalam	Guest appearance
	Kalyanaraman	Radhika	Malayalam
2003	Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum	Meera	Malayalam
	Pattalam	Bhama	Malayalam
	Anyar	Raziya Banu	Malayalam
	Hariharan Pillai Happy Aanu	Kavya	Malayalam
2004	Kathavasheshan	Renuka Menon	Malayalam
2005	Alice in Wonderland	Dr. Sunitha Rajagopal	Malayalam
2005	10 The Strangers		Telugu
2006	Chacko Randaaman	Meenakshi	Malayalam
	Moonnamathoral	Bala	Malayalam
	Bada Dosth	Meenu	Malayalam
	Idhaya Thirudan		Tamil	Cameo appearance
	Thalai Nagaram	Divya	Tamil
	Pakal	Celine	Malayalam
2007	Periyar	Nagammal	Tamil
	Sabari	Nandhini	Tamil
	Aakasham	Bhanu	Malayalam
	Naan Avanillai	Ammukutty Menon	Tamil
	Arai En 305-il Kadavul	Buvana	Tamil
2008	Ayur Rekha	Mallika	Malayalam
	Atayalangal	Meenakshi	Malayalam
	Twenty:20	Jyothi	Malayalam
2009	Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded		Malayalam	Special appearance
	Bharya Swantham Suhruthu	Urmila	Malayalam
	Vedigundu Murugesan	Nachiyar	Tamil
	Kerala Cafe	Lalitha	Malayalam	segment Lalitham Hiranmayam
2010	Janakan	Dr. Rani Mathew	Malayalam
2010	Chandala-bhikshuki	Matangi (chandala woman)	Malayalam	Ajayan, Manjari and Tom George Kolath as Ananda bhikshu (Buddha's disciple)
2011	Seniors	Elsamma	Malayalam
	Ven Shankhu Pol	Nandan's wife	Malayalam
	Pachuvum Kovalanum	Sneha	Malayalam
2012	Navagatharkku Swagatham	Sreerekha	Malayalam
2013	Housefull	Emily	Malayalam
	Sthalam		Malayalam
	Urava		Malayalam