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{{short description|Indian film actress, screenwriter and model}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Melissa Raju Thomas
| image = File:Melissa Raju Thomas.jpg
| occupation = Actress, screenwriter, model
| education = [[National University of Singapore]]
| height = 5'7"
| known_for = [[Moothon]]
| years_active = 2019–present
}}

'''Melissa Raju Thomas''' is an Indian actress, [[screenwriter]] and model. She made her feature film debut in [[Geetu Mohandas]]' bilingual film ''[[Moothon]]'' (2019).

== Early life and education ==

At 13 years old, Melissa was scouted by a talent hunt reality contest in Kerala. At the time, she was only in 8th standard and was cast as a VJ for various shows on the leading Malayalam TV channel, [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]. She soon became a popular VJ of the Malayalam show, "Valkannadi".
She eventually stop VJ-ing to focus on her studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/interview/2019/11/08/moothon-actress-melissa-raju-thomas-on-nivin-geetu-malayalam-movies.html|title = Home}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/melissa-raju-thomas-is-on-cloud-nine-after-her-debut-in-geetu-mohandas-moothon/article29983797.ece|title=When Melissa became Amina in 'Moothon'|newspaper=The Hindu|date=15 November 2019|last1=Anand|first1=Shilpa Nair}}</ref>

Melissa ranked first in her school and state with a final percentage of 97.33% in the CBSE Class X Board Exams. She then secured the SIA Youth scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Education, [[Singapore]] to study towards her GCE A Levels at [[Meridian Junior College]]. Believing that it would be a good learning and growth experience for her, Melissa took up the opportunity and moved to Singapore at the age of 16.

In 2012, Melissa was crowned the winner of the Navy Queen 2012 beauty pageant.<ref>https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/hi/content/navy-ball-kochi</ref> After winning the pageant, she went back to Singapore to complete her undergraduate studies at the [[National University of Singapore]]. An accomplished scholar, she was part of the Dean's Honour Roll in Academic Year 2011-12 as well as Academic Year 2012-13.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bba.nus.edu.sg/student-experience/community/honour-rolls/student-honour-rolls/deans-list/|title=NUS Dean's List}}</ref>

==Career==
From 2016 to 2018, Melissa starred in various print and television advertisements including Television Commercials for major brands like "Mercedes Benz", "Kalyan Jewellers" and "Malabar Gold and Diamonds".

In January 2019, Melissa wrote and starred in the well-received short film ''Faded.''<ref>https://www.thedigitalhash.com/faded-review-a-poignant-short-film-exploring-modern-love/</ref>

In 2019, she made her feature film debut in [[Geetu Mohandas]]' bilingual film ''[[Moothon]]'' (2019),<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/melissa-raju-thomas-to-debut-with-nivin-pauly-in-moothon/articleshow/71060444.cms</ref> which premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] 2019<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/geetu-mohandas-moothon-is-going-places/article29091549.ece| title = Geetu Mohandas’ ‘Moothon’ will premiere at Toronto International Film Festival - The Hindu}} </ref> internationally and at the [[Mumbai Film Festival]] 2019 in India.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/geetu-mohandas-action-thriller-moothon-to-open-mami-mumbai-film-festival-2019/articleshow/70661653.cms</ref> She played the challenging role of the character Amina, a village girl from [[Lakshadweep]] who reaches [[Mumbai]] and undergoes transformation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/melissa-raju-thomas-is-on-cloud-nine-after-her-debut-in-geetu-mohandas-moothon/article29983797.ece|title=When Melissa became Amina in 'Moothon'|newspaper=The Hindu|date=15 November 2019|last1=Anand|first1=Shilpa Nair}}</ref>

In 2020, she was cast for an interesting special appearance role in [[Bejoy Nambiar]]’s film [[Taish]]. She has also mentioned that she is currently writing and working on new scripts.

== Filmography ==

=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2019
|''Moothon''
|Amina
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Melissa Raju Thomas in her debut feature film-Moothoon|website=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/melissa-raju-thomas-is-on-cloud-nine-after-her-debut-in-geetu-mohandas-moothon/article29983797.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

=== Web series ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Platform
!Notes
|-
|2020
|''Taish''
|Mahi
|[[ZEE5]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Melissa Raju Thomas plays an important part in Bejoy nambiar's Taish|url=https://planetbollywood.com/wp/news/melissa-raju-thomas-to-play-an-important-part-in-bejoy-nambiars-taish/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name}}
*[https://www.instagram.com/p/CMrBggQJ5MZ/ Melissa Raju Thomas] at [[Instagram]]

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[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]

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