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| name = Nithya Menen
| name               = Nithya Menen <!--Do not change to Menon. She and multiple reliable sources confirmed Menen, which is an acronym of her parents names - unusual, yes -->
| image         = Nithya Menen Thalsamayam 2011.jpg
| image             = Nithya Menen at the trailer launch of her film 'Mission Mangal'.jpg
| caption       = Menen in 2011
| caption           = Menen in 2019
| birth_date = {{birthdate and age|1988|4|8|df=y}}| birth_place   =[[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|04|08}}<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.in/happy-birthday-nithya-menen-lesser-known-facts-rare-unseen-photos-ok-kanmani-actress-628454 Happy Birthday Nithya Menen: Lesser Known Facts, Rare and Unseen Photos of 'OK Kanmani' Actress]. Ibtimes.co.in (8 April 2015). Retrieved on 21 October 2017.</ref>
| nationality = [[India]]
| birth_place       = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India<ref name="newscrunch">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newscrunch.in/2016/09/melting-pot-india-i-am-not-kerala-kutti-kannada-my-mother-tongue-says-Kerwls-girl-nithya |title=Melting pot India: I am not a Kerala kutti, Kannada my mother tongue, says Bangalore girl Nithya Menon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815102819/http://www.newscrunch.in/2016/09/melting-pot-india-i-am-not-kerala-kutti-kannada-my-mother-tongue-says-bangalore-girl-nithya |archive-date=15 August 2017}}</ref>
| occupation    = [[Actress]], [[playback singer]]
| alma_mater        = [[Mount Carmel College, Bangalore]]<br />[[Manipal Academy of Higher Education]]
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| occupation        = {{hlist|Actress|singer}}
| yearsactive  = 2005–present
| years_active      = 1998(child artist);<br> 2006 {{endash}} present
}}
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'''Nithya Menen''' is an Indian film actress and playback singer. She has acted in  [[Kannada]], [[Malayalam]], [[Telugu language|Telugu and]] [[Tamil language|Tamil]] films.  She won 2 [[w:Filmfare Awards South|Filmfare Awards]] for the Telugu films ''[[w:Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde|Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde]]'' and ''[[w:Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju|Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju]]''.


'''Nithya Menen'''<!-- it's reliably sourced that her surname is spelled Menen!! Don't change it!! --><ref name="rediff1">{{cite web|url=http://tfpc.in/nithya-menon-latest-photos/|title=Nithya Menen Latest Photos|publisher=TFPC|date=17 April 2015|access-date=17 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417004021/http://tfpc.in/nithya-menon-latest-photos/|archive-date=17 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="rediff5">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-nithya-menen-on-ala-modalaindi/20110120.htm |title='I'm not inclined towards commercial cinema'|publisher=Rediff|date=20 January 2011 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="thehindu1">{{cite news|author=Narasimham, M. L. |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article528184.ece |title=Arts / Cinema : Charm of romantic comedies |work=The Hindu |date=22 July 2010 |access-date=7 April 2011 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> (born 8 April 1989) is an Indian actress and singer who works primarily in [[Malayalam]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], and [[Kannada]] films. She has acted in more than 50 films. She is a recipient of several accolades, including three [[Filmfare Awards South]], and two [[Nandi Awards]].
Nithya Menen appeared first on-screen as a child, when she was eight, in the English film, ''The Monkey Who Knew Too Much'' (1998), playing the younger sister to [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]'s character. She started her acting career at the age of 17 by appearing in a supporting role in the [[Kannada film]] ''[[7 O' Clock]]'', which was released in 2006. She made her debut in leading roles in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] with ''[[Akasha Gopuram]]'' (2008), in [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] with ''[[Ala Modalaindi]]'' (2011) and in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] with ''[[180 (2011 Indian film)|180]]'' (2011). In 2019, she made her [[Bollywood|Hindi]] debut with ''[[Mission Mangal]]''.
==Early life==
Nithya Menen was born in [[Bangalore]] to [[Malayali]] parents settled in [[Karnataka]]. Menen cannot read or write [[Malayalam]] and identifies herself as a [[Kannadiga]].<ref name="newscrunch" /> She was educated at Poorna Prajna School and [[Mount Carmel College, Bangalore]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-23|title=Kanmani's dilemma|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/kanmani-s-dilemma-756476.html|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> She later studied journalism at the [[Manipal Academy of Higher Education]].<ref name="Youtube">{{Cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=gwRzgTNXuR4&t=736s#menu|title=Nithya Menen interview}}</ref>{{Time needed|date=July 2021}} She once said in an interview that she never wished to become an actress but a journalist,<ref name="rediff2">{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/mar/03/slide-show-1-south-nithya-menon-on-apoorvaragam.htm |title='I love to do intelligent films like Kerala Cafe' |work=Rediff.com |date=3 March 2010 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-03/news-interviews/29374848_1_first-film-telugu-film-siddharth |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102846/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-03/news-interviews/29374848_1_first-film-telugu-film-siddharth |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 May 2012 |title=Nithya plays a journalist in next|date=3 April 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> but ultimately found journalism unappealing, so she pivoted to filmmaking,<ref name="indiatimes1"/><ref name="indiatimes2">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-22/news-interviews/28625193_1_films-ala-modalaindi-nithya-menon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426183828/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-22/news-interviews/28625193_1_films-ala-modalaindi-nithya-menon |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 April 2012 |title=I forced myself to learn Telugu: Nithya|date=22 February 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-30/news-interviews/28310303_1_film-nithya-menon-actress |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426183819/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-30/news-interviews/28310303_1_film-nithya-menon-actress |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 April 2012 |title=I've never wanted to be an actress: Nithya|date=30 July 2010 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> and enrolled in a [[cinematography]] course at the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] at Pune. During the [[educational entrance examination|school's entrance exam]], she met [[B. V. Nandini Reddy]], who convinced Menen to take up acting.<ref name="indiatimes1" /> Reddy would later turn director and sign Menen for a lead role in her first Telugu film.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfCYCbJcjic</ref>
==Career==
===1998: Debut as Child Actress===
As a child, Nithya has acted in an English film named ''The Monkey Who Knew Too Much'', at the age of 8, playing younger sister to Tabu's character.<ref>Gupta, Rinku (6 April 2011) [http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article373258.ece Nithya Menen enters Kollywood]. The New Indian Express. Retrieved on 29 April 2016.</ref>
===2006–2010: Debut in Kannada and Malayalam ===
In 2006, Menen started her acting career in a supporting role with the [[Kannada]] film ''[[7 O' Clock]]'' directed by cinematographer Santosh Rai Pataje.<ref>[http://m.indiaglitz.com/nithya-menon-in-jogaiah-kannada-news-66798.html Nithya Menon in ‘Jogaiah’-Kannada Movie News]. M.indiaglitz.com (18 May 2011). Retrieved on 29 April 2016.</ref> The 2008 off-beat film ''[[Aakasha Gopuram]]'', directed by National Film Award-winning director [[K. P. Kumaran]], marked her Malayalam debut in a leading role in which she was paired with [[Mohanlal]]. She was in the midst of her 12th class exams when she was offered the role, after Mohanlal had spotted her on the front cover of a tourism magazine, Stark World Kerala.<ref name="rediff1"/><ref name="rediff2"/> Her performance was well received, with critics writing that she shows "sparkle in her debut venture" and "makes her entry in an impressive role",<ref name="india">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/review/10003.html |title=Akasha Gopuram Malayalam Movie Review |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=25 August 2008 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="sify">{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/aakasha-gopuram-review-malayalam-14744808.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602111115/http://www.sify.com/movies/aakasha-gopuram-review-malayalam-14744808.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 June 2014 |title=Movie Review:Aakasha Gopuram|publisher=Sify |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> though the film, based on the Norwegian play ''[[The Master Builder]]'', got mixed reviews and was a financial failure.<ref name="india"/><ref name="sify"/> She next made a comeback into Kannada films with the super hit film ''[[Josh (2009 Kannada film)|Josh]]''. She played a supporting role in the film, which received rave reviews,<ref>{{cite news|author=Kumar, G. S. |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/kannada/movie-reviews/Josh/movie-review/4384074.cms |title=Josh movie review|work=The Times of India |date=10 April 2009 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/review/10497.html |title=Josh Kannada Movie Review |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=14 April 2009 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/reviews/2009/movie-josh-review-130409.html |title=Movie Josh Review &#124; Akshay Alok Jagannath|publisher=One India |date=13 April 2009 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> and became a commercial success as well, with her performance garnering her a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category at the [[57th Filmfare Awards South]]. In 2010, she starred in the Malayalam film, [[Apoorvaragam]] where she plays Nancy, a young girl who gets involved with two male students ([[Nishan (actor)|Nishan]] and [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]) who are later discovered to be con-artists. The film received mixed to negative reviews,<ref>{{cite news|author=Palicha, Paresh C. |url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/jul/19/south-review-apoorvaragam.htm|title=Apoorvaragam is disappointing|work=Rediff |date=19 July 2010 |access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/apoorvaragam-review-malayalam-pclxCPegghhcc.html|title=Apoorvaragam Malayalam Movie Review |publisher=Sify |date=24 July 2010 |access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref> but became a hit at the box office.
===2011-2012: Telugu debut and breakthrough===
In 2011, her first release was Nandini Reddy's [[romantic comedy]] ''[[Ala Modalaindi]]'', which was Menen's maiden Telugu venture as well.<ref name="thehindu1"/> The film opened to favourable reviews by critics and turned out to become a [[sleeper hit]],<ref name="rediff3">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-nandini-reddys-debut-film-ala-modalaindi/20110406.htm |title=Overwhelmed by response for Ala Modalaindi|publisher=Rediff|access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> while Menen received critical praise for her performance. ''Idlebrain''{{'}}s Jeevi in his review cited that she "epitomized Nitya character with her fabulous performance", "looks beautiful in all kinds of dresses" and was "the best debut in recent years of Telugu cinema after [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu|Samantha]] in ''[[Ye Maaya Chesave|YMC]]''",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-alamodalaindi.html |title=Ala Modalaindi film review – Telugu cinema Review – Nani & Nitya Menon |publisher=Idlebrain.com |date=21 January 2011 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> while another critic wrote that she was a "charming find" and "...quite the [[Genelia D'Souza|Genelia]] replacement that our cinema so badly needs right now."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fullhyderabad.com/profile/movies/4021/2/ala-modalaindi-movie-review |title=Ala Modalaindi Review - Ala Modalaindi Movie Review on fullhyd.com |publisher=Fullhyderabad.com |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> She eventually won the [[Nandi Award for Best Actress]] for her performance and received a nomination for [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu|Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] at the [[59th Filmfare Awards South]].<ref>[http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2010.html Nandi awards 2010 announced – Telugu cinema news]. Idlebrain.com (5 August 2011). Retrieved 10 August 2011.</ref> Further more, she also sang two songs for the soundtrack album of the film, tuned by [[Kalyani Malik]].<ref name="cinegoer1">{{cite web|url= https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gwRzgTNXuR4&t=739s/ |title=Nithya Menon &#124; BV Nandini Reddy – Interviews |publisher=CineGoer.com |date=21 November 2010 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/jun/21/south-ala-modalaindi-first-look.htm |title=First look: Nandini Reddy's Ala Modalaindi |work=Rediff.com |date=21 June 2010 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> Nandini Reddy, later, went on to describe Menen as "the discovery of the decade".<ref name="rediff3"/> Following ''Ala Modalaindi'', she starred in [[Santosh Sivan]]'s historical fiction ''[[Urumi (film)|Urumi]]'' as part of an [[ensemble cast]].<ref name="rediff4">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-nithya-menon-on-urumi/20110331.htm |title=Urumi was difficult to shoot for|publisher=Rediff|date=31 March 2011 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> She portrayed a [[Chirakkal, Kannur|Chirakkal]] princess named Bala, playing the love interest of [[Prabhu Deva]]'s character,<ref name="rediff4"/> which gained positive remarks, with a Sify review claiming that she "looks pretty and is a scene stealer".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/urumi-review-review-malayalam-14966427.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224110134/http://www.sify.com/movies/urumi-review-review-malayalam-14966427.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 December 2013 |title=Movie Review:Urumi- Review|publisher=Sify |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> Menen quoted that much of her character was based on "Santosh's perception of who I am", with Sivan stating that he had written that role for her and that only she could play it. She received a nomination for [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Malayalam|Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]] at the [[59th Filmfare Awards South]]<ref name="rediff4"/> She next appeared in ad-filmmaker Jayendra's bilingual venture ''[[180 (2011 Tamil film)|180]]''/''Nootrenbadhu'', made and released in Tamil and Telugu, in which she played a [[photo journalist]] named Vidhya.<ref name="rediff.com">[http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-nithya-menen/20110622.htm Nithya Menen: The character I play in 180 is like me – Rediff.com Movies]. Rediff.com (22 June 2011). Retrieved 10 August 2011.</ref> She described the character as "bubbly, full of life, nosey, wide-eyed and innocent in life" and to be similar to herself.<ref name="rediff.com"/> Later the year, she was seen in [[Sibi Malayil]]'s ''[[Violin (2011 film)|Violin]]'' in Malayalam and the [[Gautham Menon]]-produced ''[[Veppam]]'' in Tamil. She also featured in [[V. K. Prakash]]'s Kannada anthology film [[Aidondla Aidu]] where she played a young bride who is obsessed with making payasam for her new husband much to his chagrin. She had sung and also choreographed one of the songs, titled "Payasa".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-nithya-menen/20110622.htm |title=I am enjoying my own space |publisher=Rediff|date=1 July 2011 |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref>
Menen's first 2012 release was the Telugu romance film ''[[Ishq (2012 film)|Ishq]]'' with Nitin Reddy. She received the CineMAA Award for Best Actress (jury) while receiving best actress nomination at the same event and at the SIIMA Awards. She was later seen in 5 Malayalam films: ''[[Karmayogi (2012 film)|Karmayogi]]'', [[V. K. Prakash]]'s Malayalam adaptation of [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]'' co-starring [[Indrajith Sukumaran]], ''[[Poppins]]'', the Malayalam remake of ''[[Aidondla Aidu]]'' in which she reprised her role from the original and sang the Malayalam version of "Payasa", [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]'s ''[[Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty]]'', in which she portrayed a village woman whose daily life is filmed and broadcast as a reality show for a month,<ref>{{cite news|agency=TNN|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-31/news-interviews/30341377_1_kumar-s-thalsamayam-oru-pennkutty-film-shweta-menon|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708020955/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-31/news-interviews/30341377_1_kumar-s-thalsamayam-oru-pennkutty-film-shweta-menon|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2012|title=When life becomes a TV show for Nithya Menen|date=31 October 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=27 August 2013}}</ref> [[Amal Neerad]]'s ''[[Bachelor Party (2012 film)|Bachelor Party]]'' in which she played [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]'s wife and young mother to their baby and ''[[Ustad Hotel]]'' directed by [[Anwar Rasheed]] where she paired up for the first time with [[Dulquer Salmaan]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Sidhardhan, Sanjith |agency=TNN|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-13/news-interviews/30398032_1_producers-nithya-menen-film|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701154625/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-13/news-interviews/30398032_1_producers-nithya-menen-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2012|title=Nithya Menen forges ahead|date=13 November 2011|work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=27 August 2013}}</ref>
===2013–2015: Critical acclaim===
In 2013, she starred in three Telugu films, ''[[Okkadine]]'', ''[[Jabardasth (film)|Jabardasth]]'' and ''[[Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde]]'' and one Kannada movie [[Myna (film)|Mynaa]]. She played a character with two shades in ''[[Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde]]'' and she dubbed for herself as well as for the character of her co-star [[Isha Talwar]]. For this movie, she received her first [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu|Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress]] at the [[61st Filmfare Awards South]].<ref>[http://idlebrain.com/news/today/nityamenen-ishatalwardubbing.html Nitya Menen dubs for Isha Talwar in GJG – Telugu cinema news]. Idlebrain.com (20 April 2013). Retrieved 19 June 2013.</ref> Her Kannada film ''[[Myna (film)|Mynaa]]'' which won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada]]<ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/article/79206.html Myna reality check! – Kannada Movie News]. Indiaglitz.com (12 March 2012). Retrieved on 29 April 2016.</ref> in which she plays a character of a physically challenged girl, became a huge blockbuster hit completing 100 days in many centers across Karnataka and her performance was well praised by the critics. She also sang the female version of "Modele Maleyante" which was well received. In 2014, she made a cameo in the Malayalam movie ''[[Bangalore Days]]'', which became the highest grosser of that year.<ref>[http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/No-Hyderabad-days-yet/articleshow/45781766.cms No Hyderabad days yet]. Bangalore Mirror (6 January 2015). Retrieved on 30 April 2015.</ref>
In 2015, Menen starred in numerous films which gave her more critical and commercial recognition. In the beginning of the year, she paired up with [[Sharwanand]] for the Telugu movie, ''[[Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju]]'', a love story between a Muslim girl and a Hindu boy which is tragically separated by fate. Her performance as the young Muslim student in love who later becomes a successful businesswoman in Malaysia was well praised by the critics eventually receiving her [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South|Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress South]], [[Nandi Special Jury Award]] and also receiving her second nomination at Filmfare. With this Menen became the first Telugu actress ever to win Critics Award & the Best Actress Award at Filmfare. She did minor roles in the films ''[[S/O Satyamurthy]]'' directed by [[Trivikram Srinivas]], ''[[Kanchana 2]]'' directed by and starring [[Raghava Lawrence]] and ''[[Rudhramadevi (film)|Rudhramadevi]]'' where she shared scenes with [[Anushka Shetty]].<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/anushka-is-one-of-the-nicest-people-ive-ever-met-nithya-menen/articleshow/47251067.cms Anushka is one of the nicest people I've ever met- Nithya Menen]. Times of India (27 May 2015). Retrieved on 29 June 2021.</ref> She appeared opposite ''[[Dulquer Salmaan]]'' in two films in 2015, ''[[100 Days of Love]]'', a romantic Malayalam film and ''[[OK Kanmani]]'', a Tamil film directed by [[Mani Ratnam]] which explored a live-in relationship between a male video game designer and a female architectural student. Dulquer and Menen's on-screen chemistry was praised in the reviews of both films. For OK Kanmani, she received near universal acclaim for her role as Tara and garnered her first [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil|Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress]] nomination.<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.in/100-days-love-movie-review-breezy-romantic-comedy-flick-featuring-dulquer-salmaan-nithya-menen-626817 '100 Days of Love' Movie Review: A Breezy Romantic Comedy Flick Featuring Dulquer Salmaan, Nithya Menen]. Ibtimes.co.in (20 March 2015). Retrieved on 30 April 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.aptoday.com/moviereviews/ok-bangaram/108/ Review: Ok Bangaram / Ok Kanmani / O Kadhal Kamnai Movie, Story, Public Talk]. Aptoday.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2015.</ref>
===2016–present===
In 2016, Menen starred in three [[Tamil language|Tamil]] films. Beginning the year was [[24 (2016 film)|''24'']] where she was paired opposite [[Suriya]] for the first time.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} The film was opened to high critical acclaim, with critics praising her screen presence and garnered her a [[Filmfare Awards South|Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil]] nomination at 64th [[Filmfare Awards South]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} She played the main heroine in [[K. S. Ravikumar]]'s bilingual project titled ''[[Kotigobba 2]]'' opposite [[Sudeep]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/kannada/news/2015/nithya-menon-to-romance-kiccha-sudeep-in-kotigobba-2-192438.html|title=Nithya Menon To Romance Kichcha Sudeep In 'Kotigobba 2'|publisher=Filmibeat|date=30 July 2015}}</ref> Towards the end of the year, she starred alongside [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]] and [[Nayanthara]] in a science-fiction thriller ''[[Iru Mugan]]'' where she had a limited screen presence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/iru-mugan/movie-review/54218501.cms|title=Iru Mugan Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Iru Mugan by Times of India|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> In Telugu, she starred in two films, ''[[Okka Ammayi Thappa]]'' opposite [[Sundeep Kishan]] and ''[[Janatha Garage]]'' opposite [[Jr. NTR]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/janatha-garage/movie-review/53960106.cms|title=Janatha Garage Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India|website=indiatimes.com}}</ref>
In 2017, her only release was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film [[Mersal (film)|''Mersal'']] opposite [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], where she was praised for her role as a tough yet supportive wife and garnered her a [[Filmfare Awards South|Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil]] at [[65th Filmfare Awards South]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://regional.pinkvilla.com/tamil/news/nithya-menen-gets-candid-about-her-role-in-vijay-starrer-mersal-my-character-is-the-emotional-pillar-in-the-film/|title=Nithya Menen gets candid about her role in Vijay starrer Mersal: My character is the emotional pillar in the film|website=pinkvilla.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/showbiz/mersal-movie-review-vijay-steals-the-show-with-his-amazing-performance-2540302/|title=Mersal Movie Review: Critics Give A Thumbs Up To Vijay's Film|first=Leona|last=Nathan|date=18 October 2017|website=india.com}}</ref>
In 2018, Menen's first release was [[Nani (actor)|Nani]]'s Production venture, an anthology psychological thriller [[Awe (film)|''Awe'']],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/nanis-film-awe-first-look-out-telugu-news-201461|title=Nani's film: 'Awe' First Look out - Telugu Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com|website=indiaglitz.com|date=25 November 2017}}</ref> where she became the first mainstream South Indian actress to play a [[LGBTQ]] character who is a psychologist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.https://www.indiaglitz.com/nithya-menon-lesbian-lover-of-eesha-rebba-in-awe-movie-tamil-news-207047|title=Nithya Menon - the first mainstream South heroine to play a lesbian - details - Tamil Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com|website=indiaglitz.com}}</ref> In the film, she and [[Eesha Rebba]] portray a lesbian couple who try to get the latter's parents to approve their relationship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qplus.me/lesbian-relationship-portrayed-in-telugu-movie-awe/|title=The Lesbian Love tale of Krishna and Radha- Q+|date= 25 June 2020|website=qplus.me}}</ref> The film opened to unanimous critical acclaim with her performance garnering much praise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/awe-movie-review-in-awe-of-this-nani-film-its-director-prasanth-varma/story-DtVNKVlpQxLMNrhLiDUMXM.html|title=Awe movie review: Nani and Prasanth Varma's film is technically brilliant- Hindustan Times|date= 17 February 2018|website=hindustantimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/180218/awe-movie-review-awe-is-a-must-watch.html|title='Awe' movie review: Awe is a must watch- Deccan Chronicle|date= 18 February 2018|website=deccanchronicle.com}}</ref>
She reunited with [[V. K. Prakash]] after [[Karmayogi (2012 film)|''Karmayogi'']], ''[[Aidondla Aidu]]'' and its remake ''[[Poppins]]'' in the experimental film ''[[Praana]]'' which also marks her comeback to [[Malayalam]] industry after 2015's romantic flick ''[[100 Days of Love]]''. She plays an English writer named Tara Anuradha who battles intolerance in society and is the sole actor in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2017/nithya-menen-nithya-menon-is-back-malayalam-cinema-after-brief-break-268625.html|title=WOW! Nithya Menen Is Back To Malayalam After A Brief Break!|date=10 October 2017|website=filmibeat.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/nithya-menen-plays-a-english-writer-battling-intolerance-in-vk-prakashs-multi-lingual/articleshow/60971947.cms|title=Nithya Menen plays an English writer battling intolerance in VK Prakash's multi-lingual – Times of India|website=indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/nithya-menens-praana-is-a-one-actor-movie-made-in-four-languages-5071396|title=Nithya Menen's Praana is a one-actor movie made in four languages|website=indianexpress.com|date=20 February 2018}}</ref>
In 2019, she made her [[Hindi]] debut with ''[[Mission Mangal]]'' alongside [[Akshay Kumar]] and [[Vidya Balan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/nithya-menen-mission-mangal-bollywood-debut-south-indian-films/|title=On Mission Mangal set, I was the South Indian representative: Nithya Menen – The Indian Express|website=indianexpress.com|date=12 August 2019}}</ref>
In 2020, she starred alongside [[Udhayanidhi Stalin]] and [[Aditi Rao Hydari]] in [[Mysskin]]'s ''[[Psycho (2020 film)|Psycho]]'', where she played Kamala Das, a bitter, foul-mouthed quadriplegic ex-police officer who helps nab a psychopathic serial killer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/asked-mysskin-if-he-really-wanted-me-swear-nithya-menen-intv-psycho-116915/|title=Asked Mysskin if he really wanted me to swear: Nithya Menen intv on 'Psycho' – The News Minute|date= 27 January 2020| website=thenewsminute.com/}}</ref> She also made her [[Over-the-top media service|OTT]] debut in the [[Amazon Prime]] series ''[[Breathe: Into the Shadows]]'' alongside [[Abhishek Bachchan]] and [[Amit Sadh]] which received mixed to negative reviews, however she was praised for her role as a desperate mother. She received her first nomination for 'Best Actor, Series (Female): Drama' at the [[Filmfare OTT Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-ott-awards-2020/nominations/|title=Flyx Filmfare OTT Awards 2020| website=filmfare.com/}}</ref>
In 2021, Menen starred in ''[[Ninnila Ninnila]]'', written and directed by Ani Sasi, co-starring [[Ashok Selvan]] and [[Ritu Varma]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=அசோக் செல்வனின் 'தீனி' படம் அப்டேட்..!|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tamil-cinema/movie-news/ashok-selvan-theeni-movie-update-released/articleshow/80689725.cms|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Samayam Tamil|language=ta}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===As an actress===
<!--Do not split this into separate article without establishing consensus through discussion-->{{Pending films key}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Language
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|1998
|''The Monkey Who Knew Too Much''
|Tabu's younger sister
|[[English language|English]]
|Child artist
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Seven O' Clock]]''
|| Anu || [[Kannada language|Kannada]] || Career debut,<br>Kannada debut
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Akasha Gopuram]]''
|| Hilda Varghese || [[Malayalam]] || Malayalam debut (First lead role)
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2009
|''[[Josh (2009 Kannada film)|Josh]]''
|| Meera || Kannada ||
|
|-
| ''[[Vellathooval]]''
|| Jiya || Malayalam ||
|
|-
| ''[[Kerala Cafe]]''
|| Nithya
|Malayalam||
|
|-
|''[[Angel John]]''
|| Sofia
|Malayalam||
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2010
| ''[[Apoorvaragam]]''
|| Nancy
|Malayalam||
|
|-
| ''[[Anwar (2010 film)|Anwar]]''
|| Asna
|Malayalam||
|
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2011
|''[[Ala Modalaindi]]''
|| Nithya || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || Telugu debut
|
|-
| ''[[Urumi (film)|Urumi]]''
|| Chirakkal Bala || Malayalam ||
|
|-
| ''[[180 (2011 Indian film)|180 /<br> Nootrenbadhu]]''
| rowspan="1" | Vidya ||[[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br>Telugu|| Tamil debut
|
|-
|''[[Violin (2011 film)|Violin]]''
|| Angel ||Malayalam ||
|
|-
|''[[Veppam]]''
|| Revathy ||Tamil||
|
|-
| ''[[Aidondla Aidu]]''
|| Gowri  || Kannada ||
|
|-
|''[[Makaramanju]]''
||Model ||Malayalam ||
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |2012
|''[[Ishq (2012 film)|Ishq]]''
|| Priya ||Telugu||
|
|-
|''[[Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty]]''
|| Manjula Ayyapan || Malayalam ||
|
|-
|''[[Karmayogi (2012 film)|Karmayogi]]''
|| Moonumani
|Malayalam||
|
|-
|''[[Doctor Innocent Aanu]]''
|| Anna
|Malayalam|| Special appearance
|
|-
|''[[Bachelor Party (2012 film)|Bachelor Party]]''
|| Neethu
|Malayalam||
|
|-
|''[[Ustad Hotel]]''
||Shahana
|Malayalam||
|
|-
|''[[Poppins]]''
||Ammu
|Malayalam||
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2013
| ''[[Okkadine]]''
|| Shailaja || Telugu ||
|
|-
| ''[[Jabardasth (film)|Jabardasth]]''
|| Saraswati
|Telugu||
|
|-
| ''[[Myna (film)|Myna]]''
|| Myna || Kannada ||
|
|-
|''[[Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde]]''
|| Shravani || Telugu||
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2014
| ''[[Malini 22 Palayamkottai]]''
|| Malini ||Tamil|| Telugu version released in 2016
|
|-
|''[[Appavin Meesai]]'' {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
|| Sunanda || Tamil || Unreleased film
|
|-
|''[[Bangalore Days]]''
|| Natasha Francis || Malayalam || Cameo appearance
|
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2015
| ''[[Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju]]''
|| Nazira || Telugu ||
|
|-
|''[[JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai]]''
|Nithya || Tamil|| Telugu version released later in 2016
|
|-
| ''[[100 Days of Love]]''
|| Sheela || Malayalam ||
|
|-
|''[[S/O Satyamurthy]]''
|| Valli || Telugu||
|
|-
| ''[[Kanchana 2]]''
|| Ganga||Tamil||
|
|-
|''[[O Kadhal Kanmani]]''
|| Tara Kalingarayan
|Tamil||
|
|-
|''[[Rudramadevi (film)|Rudramadevi]]''
|| Muktamba  ||Telugu ||
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2016
|''[[24 (2015 film)|24]]''
||Priya  || Tamil ||
|
|-
|''[[Okka Ammayi Thappa]]''
||Mango/Satyabhama || rowspan="1" |Telugu ||
|
|-
|''[[Kotigobba 2|Kotigobba 2 /<br> Mudinja Ivana Pudi]]''
|Subhashini/Shubhasree ||Kannada<br>Tamil||
|
|-
|''[[Janatha Garage]]''
|| Anu || Telugu ||
|
|-
|''[[Iru Mugan]]''
||Ayushi ||Tamil||
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2017
| ''[[Mersal (film)|Mersal]]''
|Aishwarya Vetrimaaran
|Tamil
||
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
| ''[[Awe (film)|Awe]]''
| Krishnaveni || Telugu ||
|
|-
| ''[[Geetha Govindam]]''
| Nithya
|Telugu|| Special appearance
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 August 2018|title='Do You Know How Many Hours Nithya Shot For Geeta Govindam?'|url=https://menglish.tupaki.com/post/7188508/Nithya-Menon-for-Geetha-Govindam-Movie|website=Tupaki.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=16 August 2018|title=''Geetha Govindam' review: The good guy takes over'|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/geetha-govindam-review-this-vijay-deverakonda-film-is-an-antithesis-to-arjun-reddy/article24696712.ece|website=The Hindu|last1=Dundoo|first1=Sangeetha Devi}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |2019
|''[[N. T. R. (2018 film)|NTR Kathanayakudu]]''||[[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]
|Telugu||Special appearance
|
|-
|''[[Praana]]''||Tara Anuradha|| Malayalam  ||
|
|-
|''[[Mission Mangal]]''|| Varsha Pillai || [[Hindi]] || Hindi debut
|
|-
|''[[Kolaambi]]''{{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}|| Arundhathi || Malayalam || Unreleased film
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2020
|''[[Psycho (2019 film)|Psycho]]'' || Kamala Das IPS || Tamil ||
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nithya Menen was curious about her character in Psycho. This is why|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/regional-cinema/story/nithya-menen-was-curious-about-her-character-in-psycho-this-is-why-1640052-2020-01-25|access-date=2021-07-29|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Gamanam (upcoming film)|Gamanam]]'' {{dagger}}
|| Shailaputri Devi || Telugu || Unreleased film
|<ref name="Gamanam">{{Cite news |date=11 September 2020 |title=Shriya Saran's 'Gamanam' in five languages |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/shriya-sarans-gamanam-in-five-languages/article32580156.ece |access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
|''[[Ninnila Ninnila]]'' || Maya || Telugu ||
|
|-
|{{Pending|align=left|''[[19(1)(A) (2021 film)|19(1)(a)]]'' {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}}} || {{TBA}}||Malayalam||Post-Production
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Balach|first=Logesh|title=Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menen begin shooting for their Malayalam film 19 (1) (a)|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/vijay-sethupathi-and-nithya-menen-begin-shooting-for-their-malayalam-film-19-1-a-1738651-2020-11-06|access-date=2021-04-06|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2022||{{Pending|align=left|[[Bheemla Nayak]] {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}}} || {{TBA}}||Telugu||Filming
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ayyappanum Koshiyum Telugu remake gets an interesting title?|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/amp/cinema/tollywood/ayyappanum-koshiyum-telugu-remake-gets-an-interesting-title-693903|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Hans India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|{{TBA}}
|{{Pending|align=left|''Skylab'' {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}}} || {{TBA}} ||Telugu ||Also Producer; filming
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vyas |title=Milky Beauty Tamannaah unveils First Look, Title of 'Skylab' |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/milky-beauty-tamannaah-unveils-first-look-title-of-skylab-695290 |website=[[The Hans India]] |date=11 July 2021 |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{TBA}}
|{{Pending|align=left|''Thiruchitrambalam'' {{dagger|alt=Film has yet to be released}}}}
|{{TBA}}
|Tamil
| Filming
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 August 2021|title=Dhanush and Nithya Menen’s upcoming film ‘D44’ is titled ‘Thiruchitrambalam’|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dhanush-and-nithya-menen-s-upcoming-film-d44-titled-thiruchitrambalam-153498|url-status=live|access-date=5 August 2021|website=[[The News Minute]]|language=|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805152531/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dhanush-and-nithya-menen-s-upcoming-film-d44-titled-thiruchitrambalam-153498}}</ref>
|-
|}
===As a dubbing artist===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Language
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2013
|''[[Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde]]''||| [[Isha Talwar|Shruti]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]|| Dubbing Voice
|-
|2019
|''[[Frozen 2]]''||| [[Elsa (Frozen)|Elsa]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]||Dubbing Voice
|}
==Short films and Web series==
<!--Do not split this into separate article without establishing consensus through discussion-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Series
! Role
! Language
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2020
| ''Color Of a Nation''{{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Pregnant woman
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| Unreleased
| Short film
|-
| ''[[Breathe: Into the Shadows]]''
| Abha Sabarwal
| [[Hindi]]
| [[Amazon Prime Video]]
| Web series
|-
|}
==Discography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Song !! Title !! Language !! Composer
!Notes
!{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2010 || "Payasa" ||''[[Aidondla Aidu]]''|| [[Kannada]] || Abhijit-Joe
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2011 ||"Edo Anukunte"||''[[Ala Modalaindi]]''||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]||[[Kalyani Malik]]
|
|
|-
| "Ammammo Ammo"
|''[[Ala Modalaindi]]''||Telugu
|[[Kalyani Malik]]
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2012 || "Oh Priya Priya" ||[[Ishq (2012 film)|''Ishq'']]|| Telugu || [[Anoop Rubens]]
|
|
|-
| "Payasam" ||''[[Poppins]]''||[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] || [[Ratheesh Vegha]]
|
|
|-
|rowspan="11"|2013 || "Arere Arere" ||[[Jabardasth (film)|''Jabardasth'']] || Telugu || [[S. Thaman]]
|
|
|-
| "Doore Doore Neengi"||[[Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla|''Natholi Oru Cheria Meenalla'']]||Malayalam || Abhijith
|
|
|-
| "Modala Maleyante"||[[Myna (film)|''Myna'']]||Kannada ||[[Jassie Gift]]
|Solo singer
|
|-
| "O Premada Poojari"
|[[Myna (film)|''Myna'']]
|Kannada
|[[Jassie Gift]]
|Duet with [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
|
|-
| "Thu Hi Rey" ||''[[Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde]]''|| Telugu || Anoop Rubens
|
|
|-
| "Hi my name is malini"||''[[Malini 22 Palayamkottai]]''||[[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||Arvind & Shankar
|
|
|-
| "Kanneer Thulilye (Duet)"
|''[[Malini 22 Palayamkottai]]''
|Tamil
|Arvind & Shankar
|
|
|-
| "Madharthamma (Immigrant Mix)"
|''[[Malini 22 Palayamkottai]]''
|Tamil
|Arvind & Shankar
|
|
|-
| "Hi my name is malini"||[[Malini 22 Palayamkottai|''Malini 22'']]||Telugu
|Arvind & Shankar
|
|
|-
| "Navve Kaluva (Duet)"
|[[Malini 22 Palayamkottai|''Malini 22'']]
|Telugu
|Arvind & Shankar
|
|
|-
| "Yennali (Immigrant Mix)"
|[[Malini 22 Palayamkottai|''Malini 22'']]
|Telugu
|Arvind & Shankar
|
|
|-
| 2015 || "Paalnilaa : Lets Do the Dandiya"||''[[Rockstar (2015 film)]]''||Malayalam || [[Prashant Pillai]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2016 || "Laalijo"||[[24 (2016 film)|''24'']]||Telugu|| A. R. Rahman
|
|
|-
| "Hrudayam Kannulatho"||''[[100 Days of Love]]''
|Telugu|| Govind Menon
|
|<ref>{{cite web|title='100 Days of Love' to be dubbed into Telugu - 123telugu.com|date=12 August 2015|url=http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/100-days-of-love-to-be-dubbed-into-telugu.html|access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dulquer's 100 Days of Love to be remade in Telugu – Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/Dulquers-100-Days-of-Love-to-be-remade-in-Telugu/articleshow/51778643.cms|access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || "Va Va Vo" ||[[Mohanlal (film)|''Mohanlal'']]||Malayalam ||[[Tony Joseph Pallivathukal]]
|
|
|-
|2021||"Thiruppavai"||''Margazhi Thingal''||Tamil||Ravi G
|
|
|}
==Awards and nominations==
[[File:Nitya Menen at Filmfare awards.jpg|thumb|Menen at the [[65th Filmfare Awards South]] ceremony]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Film
!Result
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|2009
|[[Filmfare Awards South]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada|Best Supporting Actress – Kannada]]
|''[[Josh (2009 Kannada film)|Josh]]''
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |2011
| rowspan="3" |[[Filmfare Awards South]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam|Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam]]
|''[[Urumi (film)|Urumi]]''
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu|Best Actress – Telugu]]
| rowspan="5" |''[[Ala Modalaindi]]''
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu|Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu]] (for song ''"Ammammo Ammo"'')
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1st South Indian International Movie Awards]]
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut (Telugu)|Best Female Debut (Telugu)]]
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu)|Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu)]](for song ''"Ammammo Ammo"'')
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[Nandi Awards]]
|[[Nandi Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Vijay Awards]]
|[[Vijay Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|''[[180 (2011 Indian film)|Nootrenbandhu]]''
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|[[CineMAA Awards]]
|[[CineMAA Awards|Best Actress (Jury)]]
|''[[Ishq (2012 film)|Ishq]]''
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[2nd South Indian International Movie Awards]]
|Rising Star of South Indian Cinema (Female)
| –
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013
|[[Filmfare Awards South]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu|Best Actress – Telugu]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde]]''
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[3rd South Indian International Movie Awards]]
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Telugu)|Best Actress (Telugu)]]
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[Vanitha Film Awards]]
|Best Pair (along with [[Dulquer Salmaan]])
|''[[Ustad Hotel]]''
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|2014
|[[Vijay Awards]]
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Nithya Menen
Nithya Menen at the trailer launch of her film 'Mission Mangal'.jpg
Menen in 2019
Born (1989-04-08) 8 April 1989 (age 35)[1]
Bangalore, Karnataka, India[2]
Alma materMount Carmel College, Bangalore
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1998(child artist);
2006 – present

Nithya Menen[3][4][5] (born 8 April 1989) is an Indian actress and singer who works primarily in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. She has acted in more than 50 films. She is a recipient of several accolades, including three Filmfare Awards South, and two Nandi Awards.

Nithya Menen appeared first on-screen as a child, when she was eight, in the English film, The Monkey Who Knew Too Much (1998), playing the younger sister to Tabu's character. She started her acting career at the age of 17 by appearing in a supporting role in the Kannada film 7 O' Clock, which was released in 2006. She made her debut in leading roles in Malayalam with Akasha Gopuram (2008), in Telugu with Ala Modalaindi (2011) and in Tamil with 180 (2011). In 2019, she made her Hindi debut with Mission Mangal.

Early life

Nithya Menen was born in Bangalore to Malayali parents settled in Karnataka. Menen cannot read or write Malayalam and identifies herself as a Kannadiga.[2] She was educated at Poorna Prajna School and Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.[6] She later studied journalism at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education.[7][time needed] She once said in an interview that she never wished to become an actress but a journalist,[8][9] but ultimately found journalism unappealing, so she pivoted to filmmaking,[9][10][11] and enrolled in a cinematography course at the Film and Television Institute of India at Pune. During the school's entrance exam, she met B. V. Nandini Reddy, who convinced Menen to take up acting.[9] Reddy would later turn director and sign Menen for a lead role in her first Telugu film.[12]

Career

1998: Debut as Child Actress

As a child, Nithya has acted in an English film named The Monkey Who Knew Too Much, at the age of 8, playing younger sister to Tabu's character.[13]

2006–2010: Debut in Kannada and Malayalam

In 2006, Menen started her acting career in a supporting role with the Kannada film 7 O' Clock directed by cinematographer Santosh Rai Pataje.[14] The 2008 off-beat film Aakasha Gopuram, directed by National Film Award-winning director K. P. Kumaran, marked her Malayalam debut in a leading role in which she was paired with Mohanlal. She was in the midst of her 12th class exams when she was offered the role, after Mohanlal had spotted her on the front cover of a tourism magazine, Stark World Kerala.[3][8] Her performance was well received, with critics writing that she shows "sparkle in her debut venture" and "makes her entry in an impressive role",[15][16] though the film, based on the Norwegian play The Master Builder, got mixed reviews and was a financial failure.[15][16] She next made a comeback into Kannada films with the super hit film Josh. She played a supporting role in the film, which received rave reviews,[17][18][19] and became a commercial success as well, with her performance garnering her a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category at the 57th Filmfare Awards South. In 2010, she starred in the Malayalam film, Apoorvaragam where she plays Nancy, a young girl who gets involved with two male students (Nishan and Asif Ali) who are later discovered to be con-artists. The film received mixed to negative reviews,[20][21] but became a hit at the box office.

2011-2012: Telugu debut and breakthrough

In 2011, her first release was Nandini Reddy's romantic comedy Ala Modalaindi, which was Menen's maiden Telugu venture as well.[5] The film opened to favourable reviews by critics and turned out to become a sleeper hit,[22] while Menen received critical praise for her performance. Idlebrain's Jeevi in his review cited that she "epitomized Nitya character with her fabulous performance", "looks beautiful in all kinds of dresses" and was "the best debut in recent years of Telugu cinema after Samantha in YMC",[23] while another critic wrote that she was a "charming find" and "...quite the Genelia replacement that our cinema so badly needs right now."[24] She eventually won the Nandi Award for Best Actress for her performance and received a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Actress at the 59th Filmfare Awards South.[25] Further more, she also sang two songs for the soundtrack album of the film, tuned by Kalyani Malik.[26][27] Nandini Reddy, later, went on to describe Menen as "the discovery of the decade".[22] Following Ala Modalaindi, she starred in Santosh Sivan's historical fiction Urumi as part of an ensemble cast.[28] She portrayed a Chirakkal princess named Bala, playing the love interest of Prabhu Deva's character,[28] which gained positive remarks, with a Sify review claiming that she "looks pretty and is a scene stealer".[29] Menen quoted that much of her character was based on "Santosh's perception of who I am", with Sivan stating that he had written that role for her and that only she could play it. She received a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 59th Filmfare Awards South[28] She next appeared in ad-filmmaker Jayendra's bilingual venture 180/Nootrenbadhu, made and released in Tamil and Telugu, in which she played a photo journalist named Vidhya.[30] She described the character as "bubbly, full of life, nosey, wide-eyed and innocent in life" and to be similar to herself.[30] Later the year, she was seen in Sibi Malayil's Violin in Malayalam and the Gautham Menon-produced Veppam in Tamil. She also featured in V. K. Prakash's Kannada anthology film Aidondla Aidu where she played a young bride who is obsessed with making payasam for her new husband much to his chagrin. She had sung and also choreographed one of the songs, titled "Payasa".[31]

Menen's first 2012 release was the Telugu romance film Ishq with Nitin Reddy. She received the CineMAA Award for Best Actress (jury) while receiving best actress nomination at the same event and at the SIIMA Awards. She was later seen in 5 Malayalam films: Karmayogi, V. K. Prakash's Malayalam adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet co-starring Indrajith Sukumaran, Poppins, the Malayalam remake of Aidondla Aidu in which she reprised her role from the original and sang the Malayalam version of "Payasa", T. K. Rajeev Kumar's Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty, in which she portrayed a village woman whose daily life is filmed and broadcast as a reality show for a month,[32] Amal Neerad's Bachelor Party in which she played Asif Ali's wife and young mother to their baby and Ustad Hotel directed by Anwar Rasheed where she paired up for the first time with Dulquer Salmaan.[33]

2013–2015: Critical acclaim

In 2013, she starred in three Telugu films, Okkadine, Jabardasth and Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde and one Kannada movie Mynaa. She played a character with two shades in Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde and she dubbed for herself as well as for the character of her co-star Isha Talwar. For this movie, she received her first Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress at the 61st Filmfare Awards South.[34] Her Kannada film Mynaa which won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada[35] in which she plays a character of a physically challenged girl, became a huge blockbuster hit completing 100 days in many centers across Karnataka and her performance was well praised by the critics. She also sang the female version of "Modele Maleyante" which was well received. In 2014, she made a cameo in the Malayalam movie Bangalore Days, which became the highest grosser of that year.[36]

In 2015, Menen starred in numerous films which gave her more critical and commercial recognition. In the beginning of the year, she paired up with Sharwanand for the Telugu movie, Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju, a love story between a Muslim girl and a Hindu boy which is tragically separated by fate. Her performance as the young Muslim student in love who later becomes a successful businesswoman in Malaysia was well praised by the critics eventually receiving her Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress South, Nandi Special Jury Award and also receiving her second nomination at Filmfare. With this Menen became the first Telugu actress ever to win Critics Award & the Best Actress Award at Filmfare. She did minor roles in the films S/O Satyamurthy directed by Trivikram Srinivas, Kanchana 2 directed by and starring Raghava Lawrence and Rudhramadevi where she shared scenes with Anushka Shetty.[37] She appeared opposite Dulquer Salmaan in two films in 2015, 100 Days of Love, a romantic Malayalam film and OK Kanmani, a Tamil film directed by Mani Ratnam which explored a live-in relationship between a male video game designer and a female architectural student. Dulquer and Menen's on-screen chemistry was praised in the reviews of both films. For OK Kanmani, she received near universal acclaim for her role as Tara and garnered her first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress nomination.[38][39]

2016–present

In 2016, Menen starred in three Tamil films. Beginning the year was 24 where she was paired opposite Suriya for the first time.[citation needed] The film was opened to high critical acclaim, with critics praising her screen presence and garnered her a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil nomination at 64th Filmfare Awards South.[citation needed] She played the main heroine in K. S. Ravikumar's bilingual project titled Kotigobba 2 opposite Sudeep.[40] Towards the end of the year, she starred alongside Vikram and Nayanthara in a science-fiction thriller Iru Mugan where she had a limited screen presence.[41] In Telugu, she starred in two films, Okka Ammayi Thappa opposite Sundeep Kishan and Janatha Garage opposite Jr. NTR.[42]

In 2017, her only release was a Tamil film Mersal opposite Vijay, where she was praised for her role as a tough yet supportive wife and garnered her a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil at 65th Filmfare Awards South.[43][44]

In 2018, Menen's first release was Nani's Production venture, an anthology psychological thriller Awe,[45] where she became the first mainstream South Indian actress to play a LGBTQ character who is a psychologist.[46] In the film, she and Eesha Rebba portray a lesbian couple who try to get the latter's parents to approve their relationship.[47] The film opened to unanimous critical acclaim with her performance garnering much praise.[48][49]

She reunited with V. K. Prakash after Karmayogi, Aidondla Aidu and its remake Poppins in the experimental film Praana which also marks her comeback to Malayalam industry after 2015's romantic flick 100 Days of Love. She plays an English writer named Tara Anuradha who battles intolerance in society and is the sole actor in the film.[50][51][52]

In 2019, she made her Hindi debut with Mission Mangal alongside Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan.[53]

In 2020, she starred alongside Udhayanidhi Stalin and Aditi Rao Hydari in Mysskin's Psycho, where she played Kamala Das, a bitter, foul-mouthed quadriplegic ex-police officer who helps nab a psychopathic serial killer.[54] She also made her OTT debut in the Amazon Prime series Breathe: Into the Shadows alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Amit Sadh which received mixed to negative reviews, however she was praised for her role as a desperate mother. She received her first nomination for 'Best Actor, Series (Female): Drama' at the Filmfare OTT Awards.[55]

In 2021, Menen starred in Ninnila Ninnila, written and directed by Ani Sasi, co-starring Ashok Selvan and Ritu Varma.[56]

Filmography

As an actress

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Language Notes Ref.
1998 The Monkey Who Knew Too Much Tabu's younger sister English Child artist
2006 Seven O' Clock Anu Kannada Career debut,
Kannada debut
2008 Akasha Gopuram Hilda Varghese Malayalam Malayalam debut (First lead role)
2009 Josh Meera Kannada
Vellathooval Jiya Malayalam
Kerala Cafe Nithya Malayalam
Angel John Sofia Malayalam
2010 Apoorvaragam Nancy Malayalam
Anwar Asna Malayalam
2011 Ala Modalaindi Nithya Telugu Telugu debut
Urumi Chirakkal Bala Malayalam
180 /
Nootrenbadhu 		Vidya Tamil
Telugu		 Tamil debut
Violin Angel Malayalam
Veppam Revathy Tamil
Aidondla Aidu Gowri Kannada
Makaramanju Model Malayalam
2012 Ishq Priya Telugu
Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty Manjula Ayyapan Malayalam
Karmayogi Moonumani Malayalam
Doctor Innocent Aanu Anna Malayalam Special appearance
Bachelor Party Neethu Malayalam
Ustad Hotel Shahana Malayalam
Poppins Ammu Malayalam
2013 Okkadine Shailaja Telugu
Jabardasth Saraswati Telugu
Myna Myna Kannada
Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde Shravani Telugu
2014 Malini 22 Palayamkottai Malini Tamil Telugu version released in 2016
Appavin Meesai Films that have not yet been released Sunanda Tamil Unreleased film
Bangalore Days Natasha Francis Malayalam Cameo appearance
2015 Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Nazira Telugu
JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai Nithya Tamil Telugu version released later in 2016
100 Days of Love Sheela Malayalam
S/O Satyamurthy Valli Telugu
Kanchana 2 Ganga Tamil
O Kadhal Kanmani Tara Kalingarayan Tamil
Rudramadevi Muktamba Telugu
2016 24 Priya Tamil
Okka Ammayi Thappa Mango/Satyabhama Telugu
Kotigobba 2 /
Mudinja Ivana Pudi 		Subhashini/Shubhasree Kannada
Tamil
Janatha Garage Anu Telugu
Iru Mugan Ayushi Tamil
2017 Mersal Aishwarya Vetrimaaran Tamil
2018 Awe Krishnaveni Telugu
Geetha Govindam Nithya Telugu Special appearance [57][58]
2019 NTR Kathanayakudu Savitri Telugu Special appearance
Praana Tara Anuradha Malayalam
Mission Mangal Varsha Pillai Hindi Hindi debut
KolaambiFilms that have not yet been released Arundhathi Malayalam Unreleased film
2020 Psycho Kamala Das IPS Tamil [59]
Gamanam dagger Shailaputri Devi Telugu Unreleased film [60]
2021 Ninnila Ninnila Maya Telugu
19(1)(a) Films that have not yet been released
TBA
Malayalam Post-Production [61]
2022 Bheemla Nayak Films that have not yet been released
TBA
Telugu Filming [62]
TBA
Skylab Films that have not yet been released
TBA
Telugu Also Producer; filming [63]
TBA
Thiruchitrambalam Film has yet to be released
TBA
Tamil Filming [64]

As a dubbing artist

Year Film Role Language Notes
2013 Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde Shruti Telugu Dubbing Voice
2019 Frozen 2 Elsa Telugu Dubbing Voice

Short films and Web series

Year Series Role Language Notes Ref.
2020 Color Of a NationFilms that have not yet been released Pregnant woman Telugu Unreleased Short film
Breathe: Into the Shadows Abha Sabarwal Hindi Amazon Prime Video Web series

Discography

Year Song Title Language Composer Notes Ref.
2010 "Payasa" Aidondla Aidu Kannada Abhijit-Joe
2011 "Edo Anukunte" Ala Modalaindi Telugu Kalyani Malik
"Ammammo Ammo" Ala Modalaindi Telugu Kalyani Malik
2012 "Oh Priya Priya" Ishq Telugu Anoop Rubens
"Payasam" Poppins Malayalam Ratheesh Vegha
2013 "Arere Arere" Jabardasth Telugu S. Thaman
"Doore Doore Neengi" Natholi Oru Cheria Meenalla Malayalam Abhijith
"Modala Maleyante" Myna Kannada Jassie Gift Solo singer
"O Premada Poojari" Myna Kannada Jassie Gift Duet with Shreya Ghoshal
"Thu Hi Rey" Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde Telugu Anoop Rubens
"Hi my name is malini" Malini 22 Palayamkottai Tamil Arvind & Shankar
"Kanneer Thulilye (Duet)" Malini 22 Palayamkottai Tamil Arvind & Shankar
"Madharthamma (Immigrant Mix)" Malini 22 Palayamkottai Tamil Arvind & Shankar
"Hi my name is malini" Malini 22 Telugu Arvind & Shankar
"Navve Kaluva (Duet)" Malini 22 Telugu Arvind & Shankar
"Yennali (Immigrant Mix)" Malini 22 Telugu Arvind & Shankar
2015 "Paalnilaa : Lets Do the Dandiya" Rockstar (2015 film) Malayalam Prashant Pillai
2016 "Laalijo" 24 Telugu A. R. Rahman
"Hrudayam Kannulatho" 100 Days of Love Telugu Govind Menon [65][66]
2018 "Va Va Vo" Mohanlal Malayalam Tony Joseph Pallivathukal
2021 "Thiruppavai" Margazhi Thingal Tamil Ravi G

Awards and nominations

Menen at the 65th Filmfare Awards South ceremony
Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2009 Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actress – Kannada Josh Nominated
2011 Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam Urumi Nominated
Best Actress – Telugu Ala Modalaindi Nominated
Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu (for song "Ammammo Ammo") Nominated
1st South Indian International Movie Awards Best Female Debut (Telugu) Nominated
Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu)(for song "Ammammo Ammo") Nominated
Nandi Awards Best Actress Won
Vijay Awards Best Actress Nootrenbandhu Nominated
2012 CineMAA Awards Best Actress (Jury) Ishq Won
2nd South Indian International Movie Awards Rising Star of South Indian Cinema (Female) – Won
2013 Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Telugu Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde Won
3rd South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress (Telugu) Nominated
Vanitha Film Awards Best Pair (along with Dulquer Salmaan) Ustad Hotel Won
2014 Vijay Awards Best Actress Malini 22 Palayamkottai Nominated
2015 Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Telugu Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Nominated
Best Actress – Telugu (Critics) Won
5th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress (Telugu) Nominated
1st IIFA Utsavam Awards Best Actress – Telugu Nominated
Nandi Awards Special Jury Award Won
Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Tamil OK Kanmani Nominated
5th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress – Tamil Nominated
Best Actress – Tamil (Critics) Won
Best Supporting Actress (Telugu) Rudhramadevi Nominated
Best Supporting Actress – Tamil Kanchana 2 Nominated
2016 2nd IIFA Utsavam Awards Best Supporting Actress – Telugu Rudhramadevi Nominated
2017 64th Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actress – Tamil 24 Nominated
2018 65th Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actress – Tamil Mersal Won
2020 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Actor Series: Drama (Female) Breathe: Into The Shadows Nominated [67]

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