Nayanthara
The versatile actress started her career as a presenter on the Malayalam channel named Chamayam, a fashion and lifestyle show based on beauty products, jewellery and accessories and also the celebrity secrets of beauty. She hosted the show with her birth name ‘Diana’. After that, she appeared with her screen name ‘Nayanthara’.
It is during this show in 2003 that the actress got selected to play her debut in the Sathyan Anthikad Movie ‘Manassinakkare’ with Jayaram. She made her debut in Tamil cinema with Ayya along with Sarathkumar in 2005 and Telugu with Lakshmi (2006). Both were successful. She has acted in more than 75 films. She had numerous commercially successful Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films from Chandramukhi to Annaatthe. She’s among the few women actors who’ve acted with heroes across generations, from Rajinikanth to Ajith, Vijay, Suriya, Vijay Sethupathi and Sivakarthikeyan.
