Manya is a South India

South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

n actress and movie star. She started her film career in the Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 movie industry and quickly captivated a large following. Her popularity then expanded into Malayalam

Malayalam language

Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

, Kannada

Kannada language

Kannada or , is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 50 million, is one of the 30 most spoken languages in the world...

, and Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 movies. Manya is a unique actress because she has acted, and won prestigious film awards, in 4 major languages within the Indian Film Industry. In 2000, she was introduced to Malayalam

Malayalam language

Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

 films by famous director Lohithadas where she acted in the smash hit Joker

Joker (2000 film)

Joker is a 2000 Malayalam film directed by Lohithadas, starring Dileep, Manya and Nishanth Sagar in the lead roles.-Plot:Royal Circus, owned by Govindan , is on rocks. With the help of his manager Khader , Govindan just manages to run the company, though not in a satisfactory manner...

opposite Dileep

Dileep (actor)

Dileep is an Indian film actor, mimicry artist and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema.Dileep started his career as a mimicry artist in the Cochin Kalabhavan troupe. He later started his film career as an assistant director to Kamal with the film Vishnu Lokam...

. The success of the movie, led to a series of more Malayalam movies and credibility of doing films outside of her mother language Telugu.

Film Awards

• 2000: Ballen Venumadhau Best Debut Actress of 1999. Film: Devaa, 1999 (Telugu)
• 2001: 24th Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Actress of 2000. Film: Joker, 2000 (Malayalam)
• 2006: Sun Feast Udaya Film Awards. Best Debut Actress. Film: Varsha, 2005 (Kannada)
• 2006: Sun Feast Udaya Film Awards. Best Debut Actress. Film: Shastri, 2005 (Kannada)

Other Awards

• 2002: Drisya Television & Audio Awards: Best Actress (Special Jury) Award. Tele-film: Kanmani, 2002 (Malayalam)

Kannada

• Varsha (2005)
• Shastri (2005)
• Shambu (2006)
• Belli Betta (2005)
• Ambi (2006)
• Ee Preethi Onthara (2007)

Malayalam

• Pathinonnil Vyazham
  Pathinonnil Vyazham
  Pathinonnil Vyazham is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by debutant Suresh Krishna, starring Mukesh and Manya.-Synopsis:Appu works as a bearer in a five star hotel at Palakkad. He happens to meet Chandran Pillai once, who is a millionaire based in Ooty...
  
   (2010)
• Rakshakan (2007)
• Paranju Theerathu Visheshangal (2007)
• Aparichithan
  Aparichithan
  Aparichithan is a 2004 suspense thriller Malayalam film directed by Sanjeev Sivan. Mammootty plays the lead role Raghuram. The theme of the film is Ouija board and spiritualism...
  
   (2004)
• Udayam (2004)
• Swapnakoodu
  Swapnakoodu
  Swapnakoodu is a 2003 Malayalam film co-written and directed by Kamal. It stars Prithviraj, Meera Jasmine, Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya and Bhavana in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Mohan Sithara...
  
   (2003)
• Vakkalath Narayanan Kutty (2001)
• Rakshasa Rajavu
  Rakshasa Rajavu
  Rakshasa Rajavu is a 2000 Malayalam film co-written and directed by Vinayan and starring Mammootty in the title role. Dileep, Meena, Kavya Madhavan, Rajan P. Dev, Kalabhavan Mani, Cochin Hanifa and Sukumari played other major roles...
  
    (2001)
• Shingari Bolona (2005)
• One Man Show
  One man show
  The term one-man show often referred to comedian, who would stand on stage and entertain an audience. With the advent of feminism, words and phrases such as one-woman show and comedienne have entered the modern-day lexicon....
  
   (2001)
• Kunjikoonan
  Kunjikoonan
  Kunjikoonan is a 2002 Malayalam film, made in India, by Sasi Shankar and starring Dileep and Navya Nair. Dileep played dual roles in this movie.This movie was later remade to Tamil as Perazhagan, starring Surya Sivakumar and Jyothika Saravanan...
  
   (2002)
• Joker
  Joker (2000 film)
  Joker is a 2000 Malayalam film directed by Lohithadas, starring Dileep, Manya and Nishanth Sagar in the lead roles.-Plot:Royal Circus, owned by Govindan , is on rocks. With the help of his manager Khader , Govindan just manages to run the company, though not in a satisfactory manner...
  
  (2000)

• Kanmani [Asianet TeleFilm] (Double role) (2002)

Telugu

• Devaa [with actin hero Srihari] (1999)
• College (2000)
• Ganapathi (2002)
• Sivana (2001)
• Bachelors (1999)
• Bramacharulu (2004)
• Sambiah
• English Pellam - East Godavari Mogudu (1999)
• Sitaramaragu (1998)
• Tamasha
• Sahasabaludu - Vichitrakoti (1999)
• Enthavaaralaina (2007)