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{{short description|Indian actress and classical dancer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Parvathy Jayaram
| image = Parvathi actress.jpg
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| birth_name = Ashwathy Kurup
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|04|07}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/jayaram-has-the-sweetest-birthday-wish-for-wifey-parvathy-check-it-out/articleshow/81945385.cms|title=Jayaram has the sweetest birthday wish for wifey Parvathy; check it out|work=Times of India|date=7 April 2021|access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Thiruvalla]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| othername =
| years_active = 1986 – 1993
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Jayaram]]|1992}}
| children = [[Kalidas Jayaram]] (b.1993)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Kalidasan-starts-shooting-on-Jayarams-birthday/articleshow/45490829.cms|title=Kalidasan starts shooting on Jayaram's birthday |website=Times of India|access-date=3 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207071210/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Kalidasan-starts-shooting-on-Jayarams-birthday/articleshow/45490829.cms|archive-date=7 February 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br /> Malavika Jayaram ( b.1996)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/malavika-jayaram-daughter-of-actors-jayaram-and-parvathy-enters-the-fashion-world/article29921179.ece |title=Malavika Jayaram, daughter of actors Jayaram and Parvathy, enters the fashion world |work=The Hindu |date=8 November 2019 |access-date=2020-03-02|last1=Kumar |first1=Pk Ajith }}</ref>
| website =
| parents = {{ubl|Ramachandra Kurup|Padma Bai}}
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
}}
'''Ashwathy Kurup''' (born 7 April 1970), better known by her [[stage name]] '''Parvathy''' and married name '''Parvathy Jayaram (Aswathi Jayaram) ''',<ref name=PJ1/><ref name=PJ2/><ref name=PJ3/> is a former Indian film actress, costume designer and [[Indian classical dance|classical dancer]], who appeared in [[Malayalam film]]s.<ref name=PJ3>{{cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/mb4eves/online/malayalam/kerala/women/articles/infocus_interview-article-148779 |title=സിനിമ എത്രയോ ദൂരെ ജീവിതം തൊട്ടടുത്തും|author=മധു.കെ.മേനോന്‍|work=Mathrubhumi|access-date=2013-12-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303192910/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/mb4eves/online/malayalam/kerala/women/articles/infocus_interview-article-148779 |archive-date=3 March 2011 |df=dmy-all |language=ml}}</ref>

Parvathy was a popular actress in Malayalam cinema during the late-1980s and early-1990s. Her first film was directed by [[Lenin Rajendran]], but was shelved and never released. She was introduced to the industry by actor-director [[Balachandra Menon]] through ''[[Vivahithare Ithile]]'' in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topmovierankings.com/blogs/five-famous-actresses-introduced-by-balachandra-menon|title = Five famous actresses introduced by Balachandra Menon}}</ref> Her notable works include ''[[Amrutham Gamaya]]'', ''[[Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam]]'', ''[[Thoovanathumbikal]]'' (1987), ''[[Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu]]'' (1988), ''[[Vadakkunokkiyantram]]'', ''[[Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal]]'' and ''[[Kireedam (1989 film)|Kireedam]]'' (1989).

Parvathy married film actor [[Jayaram]] who was her co-star in many films on 7 September 1992 at Town Hall, [[Ernakulam]]. After marriage, Parvathy effectively quit acting in films.<ref name=PJ1>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/regional/how-male-superstars-have-an-uninterrupted-run-wonders-parvathy-jayaram_126602.html|title=How male superstars have an uninterrupted run, wonders Parvathy Jayaram|date=20 January 2013|website=india.com|access-date=3 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924151817/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/regional/how-male-superstars-have-an-uninterrupted-run-wonders-parvathy-jayaram_126602.html|archive-date=24 September 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/parvathy-nazriya-five-malayalam-heroines-who-should-make-comeback-62848|work=The News Minute|accessdate=25 May 2021|date= 30 May 2017|title=From Parvathy to Nazriya, five Malayalam heroines who should make a comeback}}</ref> She now lives with her family in [[Chennai]]. She has two children, [[Kalidas Jayaram]] and Malavika Jayaram.

==Personal life==

Ashwathy Kurup was born as second among three children to Ramachandra Kurup and Padma Bai in [[Thiruvalla]]. Her father is from [[Champakulam]], [[Alappuzha]] and her mother is from [[Kaviyoor]], [[Thiruvalla]]. She has an elder sister Jyothi and a younger sister Deepthi (deceased).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/malayalam-cinema/celebrity-news/former-actress-parvathy-jayaram-remembers-her-younger-sister-deepthi-on-her-25th-death-anniversary/articleshow/83035610.cms|title = സിനിമയിൽ സജീവമാകും മുമ്പ് ദീപ്തി പോയി; സഹോദരിയുടെ ഓ‍ർമ്മകളുമായി പാർ‍വതി}}</ref> She had her primary education at Devaswom Board Higher Secondary School, Thiruvalla. Her mother was a maths teacher at the same school she studied at.<ref>{{cite web|title=Katha Ithuvare with Parvathy|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FkFg-9s1LM|publisher=Mazhavil Manorama|access-date=9 November 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324214416/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FkFg-9s1LM|archive-date=24 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She pursued a Pre-degree from [[NSS Hindu College, Changanassery]]. This was where she was discovered by director [[Lenin Rajendran]], who cast her as the lead in a film that was shelved and was never released. She then acted in her first movie ''[[Vivahitare Itihile]]'' (1986), directed by [[Balachandra Menon]] at the age of 16.

Parvathy met her future husband [[Jayaram]] on the set of ''[[Aparan (film)|Aparan]]'', at [[Udaya Studio]] in [[Alappuzha]], in 1988. After her marriage on 7 September 1992, Parvathy stopped acting and later said that she has no regrets. "One spouse has to sacrifice their career, otherwise, it will be difficult to bring up the children properly. If there is a good salary earned by the husband, why should the wife work?"<ref name="newindianexpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article337986.ece?service=print|title=He is an instant story-maker: Parvathy|website=newindianexpress.com|access-date=3 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202701/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article337986.ece?service=print|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=PJ2>{{cite web|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/parvathy-jayaram-love-story-malayalam-celebrity-couple-actors-kalidas-jayaram-movies-films-1.3985840 |title='പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട പാര്‍വതി; ഞാന്‍ കലാഭവനിലെ മിമിക്രി ആര്‍ട്ടിസ്റ്റാണ്, പേര് ജയറാം'|publisher=Mathrubhumi.com |date=2019-07-25 |access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>

The couple have two children, Kalidas Jayaram and Malavika. [[Kalidas Jayaram]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist]] for his work in the film ''[[Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum]]'' (2003), in which he acted in along with his father, Jayaram.<ref name="newindianexpress.com"/> Currently, she resides at [[Valasaravakkam]], [[Tamil Nadu]] with family.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No !! Year !! Film !! Role !! Director !! Notes
|-
|1 || 1986 || ''[[Vivahitare Itihile]]'' || Manju ||[[Balachandra Menon]] || Voiced by [[Bhagyalakshmi]]
|-
|2 || 1987 || ''[[Amrutham Gamaya]]'' || Sreedevi ||[[T.Hariharan|T. Hariharan]] ||
|-
|3 || 1987 ||''[[Ezhuthappurangal]]'' || Seetha ||[[Sibi Malayil]] ||
|-
|4 ||1987 ||''[[Jaalakam]]'' ||Latha ||Harikumar ||
|-
|5 ||1987||''[[Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam]]'' || Unnimaya ||[[Bharathan]] ||
|-
|6 ||1987|| ''[[Thoovanathumbikal]]'' || Radha ||[[P. Padmarajan]] ||
|-
|7 ||1987 || ''[[Thaniyavarthanam]]'' ||Sreedharan's lover ||[[Sibi Malayil]] || Cameo
|-
|8 ||1987|| ''[[Oru Maymasa Pulariyil]]''||||V. R. Gopinath ||
|-
|9 ||1988 || ''[[Abkari]]'' ||Sharadha||[[I. V. Sasi]] ||
|-
|10 ||1988|| ''[[Aranyakam]]'' || Shailaja ||[[T.Hariharan]] ||
|-
|11 ||1988||''[[Dinarathrangal]]'' || Treesa ||[[Joshi (director)|Joshi]] ||
|-
|12 ||1988|| ''[[Vaishali (film)|Vaishali]]''|| Shantha || [[Bharathan]] ||
|-
|13 ||1988|| ''[[Witness (1988 film)|Witness]]''|| Indu.R.Nair ||[[Viji Thampi]] ||
|-
|14 ||1988|| ''[[1921 (Malayalam film)|1921]]'' ||Aasiya ||[[I. V. Sasi]] ||
|-
|15 ||1988|| ''[[Aparan (film)|Aparan]]'' || Sindhu||[[P. Padmarajan]] ||
|-
|16 ||1988|| ''[[Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu]]'' ||Hajiyar's third wife ||[[Sathyan Anthikkad]] || Cameo
|-
|17 ||1988|| ''Ashokante Aswathikuttikku'' || Aswathi ||Vijayan Karott ||
|-
|18 ||1988|| ''[[Mrithunjayam]]'' ||Sabeena ||Paul Babu ||
|-
|19 ||1988|| ''[[Kudumbapuranam]]''|| Rama ||[[Sathyan Anthikkad]] ||
|-
|20 ||1988|| ''[[Sangham (1988 film)|Sangham]]'' ||Aswathy ||[[Joshi (director)|Joshi]] ||
|-
|21 ||1988|| ''[[Ulsavapittennu]]'' ||Karthika ||[[Bharath Gopi]] ||
|-
|22 ||1988|| ''[[Oozham (1988 film)|Oozham]]''||Seetha || [[Hari Kumar (director)|Harikumar]] ||
|-
|23 ||1988 || ''[[Poovukkul Boogambam]]'' (Tamil) ||Santhi ||[[Thiagarajan]] ||
|-
|24 ||1989|| ''[[Douthyam]]''|| Biji ||Anil ||
|-
|25 ||1989 || ''[[Adharvam]]''||Usha ||[[Dennis Joseph]] ||
|-
|26 ||1989|| ''[[Artham]]'' || Geetha ||[[Sathyan Anthikkad]] ||
|-
|27 ||1989|| ''[[Jagratha]]'' || Aswathy ||[[K. Madhu]] ||
|-
|28 ||1989|| ''[[Carnival (1989 film)|Carnival]]'' ||Gouri ||[[P. G. Vishwambharan]] ||
|-
|29 ||1989|| ''[[Njangalude Kochu Doctor]]'' ||Ayisha ||[[Balachandra Menon]] ||
|-
|30 ||1989|| ''[[Kireedam (1989 film)|Kireedam]]''|| Devi ||[[Sibi Malayil]] ||
|-
|31 ||1989|| ''[[Mudra (1989 film)|Mudra]]'' || Sarala ||[[Sibi Malayil]] ||
|-
|32 ||1989|| ''[[Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal]]''|| Kunjulekshmi ||[[Kamaluddin Mohammed|Kamal]] ||
|-
|33 ||1989|| ''[[Puthiya Karukkal]]''|| Sridevi ||[[Thampi Kannanthanam]] ||
|-
|34 ||1989|| ''[[Swagatham (1989 film)|Swagatham]]'' ||Veni (Ammal) ||[[Venu Nagavalli]] ||
|-
|35 ||1989|| ''[[Utharam]]''|| Shyamala Menon || [[V. K. Pavithran]] ||
|-
|36 ||1989|| ''[[Vadakku Nooki Yanthram]]''|| Shobha ||[[Sreenivasan]] ||
|-
|37 ||1989|| ''[[Vachanam]]'' || ||[[Lenin Rajendran]] ||
|-
|38 ||1989||''[[Devadas (1989 film)|Devadas]]'' || Parvathi||Cross Belt Mani ||
|-
|39 ||1989||''[[Anagha]]'' || Nalini / Mini || PRS Babu || Double role
|-
|40 |||1989|| ''[[Varnam (film)|Varnam]]'' || Revathy ||Ashokan ||
|-
|41 ||1989|| ''[[Pradeshika Varthakal]]''|| Mallika ||[[Kamaluddin Mohammed|Kamal]] ||
|-
|42 ||1989|| ''[[Adhipan]]''||Radhika ||[[K. Madhu]] ||
|-
|43 ||1990 || ''[[Akkare Akkare Akkare]]''|| Sethulakshmi ||[[Priyadarshan]] ||
|-
|44 ||1990|| ''Dr. Pasupathy''|| Ammukkutty ||[[Shaji Kailas]] ||
|-
|45 ||1990|| ''[[Kuruppinte Kanakku Pustakom]]'' || Beena ||[[Balachandra Menon]] ||
|-
|46 ||1990|| ''[[Maalayogam]]'' ||Rema ||[[Sibi Malayil]] ||
|-
|47 ||1990|| ''[[Orukkam]]''|| Kausalya ||[[K. Madhu]] ||
|-
|48 ||1990|| ''[[Pavakkoothu]]''|| Sumithra||K. Sreekuttan ||
|-
|49 ||1990|| ''[[Purappadu (1990 film)|Purappadu]]'' ||Mallika || Jeasey ||
|-
|50 ||1990|| ''[[Radha Madhavam]]''||Ammu || Suresh Unnithan ||
|-
|51 ||1990|| ''[[Saandhram]]'' || Indulekha ||Ashokan -Thaha ||
|-
|52 ||1990|| ''[[Subhayathra]]''|| Arundhati ||[[Kamaluddin Mohammed|Kamal]] ||
|-
|53 ||1990|| ''[[Thalayanamanthram]]''|| Shailaja ||[[Sathyan Anthikkad]] ||
|-
|54 ||1990|| ''[[Vyooham]]''|| Tessy ||[[Sangeeth Sivan]] ||
|-
|55 ||1990|| ''[[Noottonnu Raavukal]]'' ||Malati ||Sasi Mohan ||
|-
|56 ||1991 || ''[[Amina Tailors]]'' || Amina ||Sajan ||
|-
|57 ||1991|| ''[[Souhrudam]]'' || Sridevi ||[[Shaji Kailas]] ||
|-
|58 ||1991|| ''[[Abhayam (1991 film)|Abhayam]]'' ||Lakshmi ||Sivan ||
|-
|59 || 1991 || ''[[Apoorvam Chilar]]'' ||Annie || Kala Adoor ||
|-
|60 || 1992 || ''[[Kunukkitta Kozhi]]''|| Indu ||Thulasidas ||
|-
|61 || 1992||''[[Soorya Gayathri]]'' || Sreelakshmi ||Anil ||
|-
|62 ||1992|| ''[[Kamaladalam]]''|| Seetha ||[[Sibi Malayil]] ||
|-
|63 ||1992|| ''Gowri'' || ||Sivaprasad ||
|-
|64 ||1992|| ''[[Kizhakkan Pathrose]]''||Molly|| T. S. Suresh Babu ||
|-
|65 ||1992|| ''[[Valayam (film)|Valayam]]'' || Seetha||[[Sibi Malayil]] ||
|-
|66 ||1992|| ''[[Kavacham]]'' || Customs officer|| ||
|-
|67 || 1993 || ''[[Ghoshayaathra]]'' ||Nazeema ||G. S. Vijayan ||
|-
|68 ||1993 || ''Oru Neenda Yathra'' || Parvathi ||Murali Nair ||
|-
|69|| 1993 || ''[[Chenkol]]'' || Devi ||Sibi Malayil ||Archive footage from Kireedam
|-
|70||2020||''[[Putham Pudhu Kaalai]]'' ||Rajeev's wife (Photo presence)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/putham-pudhu-kaalai-movie-review-the-amazon-prime-anthology-film-brings-well-acted-heartwarming-stories-of-love-bonding-and-miracles|title=Putham Pudhu Kaalai Movie Review: The Amazon Prime Anthology Film Brings Well-Acted Heartwarming Stories of Love, Bonding and Miracles! - Zee5 News|date=15 October 2020}}</ref> ||Sudha Kongara ||Tamil film; Segment : Ilamai Idho Idho
|}

==As Costume Designer==

* 2005 {{endash}} ''[[Finger Print]]''
* 2005 {{endash}} ''[[Sarkar Dada]]''
* 2006 {{endash}} ''[[Madhuchandralekha]]''
* 2009 {{endash}} ''[[My Big Father]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m3db.com/parvathi-jayaram|work=m3db|title=Parvathy}}</ref>

==Television==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year!!Show!!Role!!Channel!!Notes
|-
|2012||''[[Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran]]''||[[Contestant]]||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||Reality show
|-
|90's ||''Kumilakal''||Actress||[[DD Malayalam]]||TV Serial
|-
|90's ||''Mohangal''||Actress||[[DD Malayalam]]||TV Serial
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0664104}}

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[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Indian female classical dancers]]
[[Category:Performers of Indian classical dance]]
[[Category:Dancers from Kerala]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women artists]]
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[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam television]]

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