Annie (actress)

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{{short description|Indian actress}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Annie
| image =
| birthname = Annie Jobbie
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|07|21}}<ref name="mangalam1">[http://www.mangalam.com/life-style/success/12537 ദി കിംഗ്‌ മേക്കര്‍]. mangalam.com (1 December 2012). Retrieved on 28 December 2013.</ref>
| birth_place = [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]], [[Kerala]], India
| othername = Chitra Shaji Kailas
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|[[Television presenter]]}}
| yearsactive = 1993 – 1996 (Films)<br>2015 – present (TV)
| spouse = {{married|[[Shaji Kailas]]|1996}}
| children = 3
}}

'''Chitra Shaji Kailas''' (born '''Annie Jobbie'''; 21 July 1975), better known mononymously as '''Annie''', is an Indian film actress and television host from [[Kerala]], who appears in [[Malayalam]] films and television. Her film career spanned three years from 1993 to 1996 with a total of 16 films in [[Malayalam cinema]], she retired from acting post-marriage and returned as a television host in 2015.

She debuted as an actress in 1993 in the film ''[[Ammayane Sathyam]]'' directed by [[Balachandra Menon]]. She won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam]] for her role in ''[[Mazhayethum Munpe]]'' (1995).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfare.com/site/nov96/faward.htm|title=Filmfare Awards|work=www.filmfare.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991010171143/http://www.filmfare.com/site/nov96/faward.htm|archive-date=November 1996}}</ref> Her other most noted films include ''[[Rudraksham]]'' (1994), ''[[Parvathy Parinayam]]'' (1995), ''[[Tom & Jerry (1996 film)|Tom & Jerry]]'' (1995), ''[[Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan]]'' (1995), and ''[[Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran]]'' (1996).

==Personal life==
She hails from a Christian family in [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]], [[Kerala]], India and raised in [[Thiruvalla]]. She was born to Jobbie and Mariamma in 1975. She has three older sisters, Lissy, Mary and Tessy. Her mother died when she was in eighth grade.<ref>{{cite web|title=അടുക്കള തന്നെ അരങ്ങ്‌|url=http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/380565|publisher=mangalamvarika.com|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> Though she was from Pala the family was settled at [[Thiruvananthapuram]] due to her father's job. She studied at Holy Angel's Convent Higher Secondary School, [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and then joined at All Saints College for higher studies and it was during that time she entered in to films.

She is married to [[Shaji Kailas]]. She [[List of converts to Hinduism from Christianity|converted to Hinduism]] three months after her marriage with [[Shaji Kailas|Shaji]] and changed her name to Chitra Shaji Kailas. She has three sons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mrs Shaji Kailas speaks|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2012/apr/08/mrs-shaji-kailas-speaks-356654.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-07-19|website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Kireedamillatha Rajakkanmar]]''
| Nancy & Bincy
| Ansar Kalabhavan
|-
| 1996
| ''Mookkilla Rajyathu Murimookkan Rajavu''
|Chandini Varma
| Sasi Mohan
|-
| 1996
| ''Mr. Clean''
| Nandini Thampi
| [[Vinayan]]
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran]]''
| Chandrika
| [[Rajasenan]]
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Sakshyam]]''
|Daisey
| Mohan
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan]]''
| Geethu
| [[Rafi Mecartin]]
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Indian Military Intelligence]]''
| Song appearance
| T.S. Suresh Babu
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Tom & Jerry (1996 film)|Tom & Jerry]]''
| Meenakshi
| Kaladharan
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Kalyanji Anandji (film)|Kalyanji Anandji]]''
| Nirmala, Shivagami
| Balu Kiriyath
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Mazhavilkoodaram]]''
| Binu
| Siddique Shameer
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Parvathy Parinayam]]''
| Parvathi
| [[P. G. Viswambharan]]
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Alancheri Thamprakkal]]''
| Meera/Lekha Varma
| Sunil
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Mazhayethum Munpe]]''
| Shruthi
| [[Kamaluddin Mohammed|Kamal]]
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Aksharam]]''
| Meenakshi
| [[Sibi Malayil]]
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Rudraksham]]''
| Gouri
| [[Shaji Kailas]]
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Ammayane Sathyam]]''
| Parvathi / Thomas / Ramkumar Chengammanad
| [[Balachandra Menon]]
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Program
! Role
! Channel
! Notes
|-
|1993||''Chitrageetham''||Host||Doordarshan||
|-
| 2015–2020 || ''Annie's Kitchen'' || Host || [[Amrita TV]] ||
|-
| 2017 || ''Comedy Stars'' || Judge || [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] ||
|-
|2018||''Annieyude Ruchikootukal'' || Host || [[Amrita TV]] ||
|-
| 2018 || ''Tasty days in Dubai with Annie'' || Host || [[Amrita TV]] ||
|-
|2018||''Super Jodi''||Judge||[[Surya TV]]||Replaced [[Shwetha Menon]]
|-
|2019||''Sakalakalavallabhan''||Judge||Asianet||
|-
| 2020 || ''Red Carpet'' || Herself|| [[Amrita TV]] ||
|}

==Awards==
*1996 - [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam]] for ''[[Mazhayethum Munpe]]''
*2016 - Vayalar Awards - Best Television Host

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1503859}}

{{FilmfareMalayalamBestActress}}

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[[Category:People from Pala, Kerala]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses from Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Converts to Hinduism from Christianity]]
[[Category:Indian former Christians]]
[[Category:1975 births]]

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