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{{Short description|Indian actress and model}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Priya Prakash Varrier
| image = Priya Prakash Varrier at PCJ Outlook Social Media Awards 2018.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|10|28|df=yes}}<ref name="Personal" />
| birth_place = [[Punkunnam]], [[Kerala]], India
| other names =
| alma_mater = [[Vimala College|Vimala College, Thrissur]]
| education = [[Bachelor of Commerce]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|playback singer}}
| years_active = 2019 – present
| website =
}}

'''Priya Prakash Varrier''' (born 28 October 1999) is an Indian actress, model, and playback singer who primarily appears in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] films. Her [[wink]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/priya-prakash-varrier-went-viral-with-a-wink-cant-believe-it-she-tweets-1811672|title=Priya Prakash Varrier Went Viral With A Wink. 'Can't Believe It,' She Tweets|date=|work=NDTV|access-date=2018-02-12|archive-date=2018-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080154/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/priya-prakash-varrier-went-viral-with-a-wink-cant-believe-it-she-tweets-1811672|url-status=live}}</ref> in the film ''[[Oru Adaar Love]]'' went [[Viral video|viral]], making her the most-searched-for personality through [[Google]] in India in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trends.google.com/trends/yis/2018/IN/ |title=Year in Search 2018 |publisher=Google Trends |access-date=1 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213151234/https://trends.google.com/trends/yis/2018/IN/ |archive-date=13 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/who-is-priya-prakash-varrier-beats-sunny-leone-katrina-kaif-deepika-padukone-alia-bhatt-google-search-trend-2018-oru-adaar-love/1064341/|title=Priya Prakash Varrier beats Sunny Leone, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt on Google search trends|date=2018-02-13|work=The Financial Express|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-13|archive-date=2018-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319095006/http://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/who-is-priya-prakash-varrier-beats-sunny-leone-katrina-kaif-deepika-padukone-alia-bhatt-google-search-trend-2018-oru-adaar-love/1064341/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/priya-prakash-varrier-garners-1-million-followers-on-instagram-co-actor-crosses-just-a-lakh-1167751-2018-02-12|title=Priya Prakash Varrier garners 1 million followers on Instagram, co-actor crosses just a lakh|author=Vivek Surendran|date=2018-02-08|work=India Today|access-date=2018-02-12|archive-date=2018-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212144703/https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/priya-prakash-varrier-garners-1-million-followers-on-instagram-co-actor-crosses-just-a-lakh-1167751-2018-02-12|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/who-is-internet-s-latest-sensation-priya-prakash-varrier/story-TQ9KO5gSm4YD97Mnco8YcP.html|title=Who is internet's latest sensation Priya Prakash Varrier?|date=|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2018-02-12|archive-date=2018-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212124633/https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/who-is-internet-s-latest-sensation-priya-prakash-varrier/story-TQ9KO5gSm4YD97Mnco8YcP.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life==
Priya Prakash Varrier was born on 28 October 1999 to Prakash Varrier, a Central Excise Department employee and Preetha, a homemaker at [[Punkunnam]], [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]] in [[Kerala]].<ref name="Personal">{{cite news |title= Who is the wink sensation Priya Prakash Varrier's father? Ashish Vidyarthi?|url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/entertainment/who-is-the-wink-sensation-priya-prakash-varriers-father-ashish-vidyarthi|work=Asianet News |access-date=26 March 2021| url-status=live }}</ref> She attended school at Sandeepani Vidya Nikethan, [[Thrissur]].<ref name="TIMES">{{cite news |author= |title=Who is Priya Prakash Varrier? Know all about the girl who took over the internet with her killer ‘wink’ |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/who-is-priya-prakash-varrier-know-all-about-the-girl-who-took-over-the-internet-with-her-killer-wink/articleshow/62942972.cms |work=The Times of India |location=Mumbai |date=19 February 2018 |access-date=2 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224235513/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/who-is-priya-prakash-varrier-know-all-about-the-girl-who-took-over-the-internet-with-her-killer-wink/articleshow/62942972.cms |archive-date=24 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="IEWF">{{cite news |last=Dutta |first=Amrita |date=11 March 2018 |title=Priya Prakash Varrier: World Famous in Thrissur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/priya-prakash-varrier-world-famous-in-thrissur-5092857/ |work=The Indian Express |access-date=21 May 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926182528/https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/priya-prakash-varrier-world-famous-in-thrissur-5092857/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Varrier enrolled in [[Bachelor of Commerce]] course at [[Vimala College|Vimala College, Thrissur]].<ref name="TIMES" />

==Career==
===Films===
She played the role of Priya in the 2019 movie ''[[Oru Adaar Love]]'', a romantic drama set in a school.<ref name="TIMESD">{{cite news |last=George |first=Anjana |title=Oru Adaar Love Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/oru-adaar-love/movie-review/67991076.cms |work=The Times of India |location=Mumbai |date=14 February 2019 |access-date=2 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526025635/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/oru-adaar-love/movie-review/67991076.cms |archive-date=26 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The trailer on [[YouTube]], which includes Varrier [[wink]]ing, had received over 97 million views as of April 2020. Her wink was said to have gone [[Viral video|viral]].<ref name ="BBC" /> The song "[[Manikya Malaraya Poovi]]" from ''Oru Adaar Love'' was deemed to be offensive by some Muslims, as the lyrics reference [[Khadija bint Khuwaylid]]. A [[first information report]] relating to this was filed against Varrier and the film's creators, and subsequently rejected by the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref name ="BBC">{{cite AV media |people= |date=11 March 2018 |title=The wink that stopped India |medium= |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/features/world-asia-india-43327082/43327082 |access-date=2 February 2020 |time=00:01:26 |publisher=BBC |quote=Some Muslim groups filed cases against Priya and the filmmakers }}</ref><ref name="TIMESC">{{cite news |last=Rao |first=Sushil |title=Group files complaint against 'expressions' of Priya Prakash Varrier in Malayalam song’ |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/muslims-in-hyderabad-lodge-police-complaint-against-priya-varriers-expressions-in-song/articleshow/62911577.cms |work=The Times of India |location=Mumbai |date=18 February 2018 |access-date=2 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226052121/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/muslims-in-hyderabad-lodge-police-complaint-against-priya-varriers-expressions-in-song/articleshow/62911577.cms |archive-date=26 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019 the song "Nee Mazhavillu Polen," which Varrier sings with [[Naresh Iyer]] for the film ''[[Finals (film)|Finals]]'' which starred [[Rajisha Vijayan]] in the lead role was released.<ref name="TIMESNPP" /> She was cast in the [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] film ''[[Sridevi Bungalow]]'', which was in production as of January 2020.<ref name="TIMESE">{{cite news |author= |title=Wink queen Priya Prakash Varrier meets Navya Nair; clicks a selfie together |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/wink-queen-priya-prakash-varrier-meets-navya-nair-clicks-a-selfie-together/articleshow/73667120.cms |work=The Times of India |location=Mumbai |date=27 January 2020 |access-date=2 February 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308224844/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/wink-queen-priya-prakash-varrier-meets-navya-nair-clicks-a-selfie-together/articleshow/73667120.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

She debuted in [[Telugu language]] in 2021 playing the second female lead in ''[[Check (film)|Check]]'' in which she played a honey trapper opposite [[Nithin]] and [[Rakul Preet Singh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/180221/i-like-to-identity-myself-as-a-performer-priya-prakash.html|work=Deccan Chronicle|title=I like to identify myself as a performer : Priya Prakash|access-date=29 July 2021|date=18 February 2021|first=Sashidhar|last=Adivi}}</ref>

===Advertisements===
In 2018, she appeared in a [[Nestlé Munch]] commercial in [[Hindi]].<ref>{{cite news |publisher = [[Hindustan Times]] |title = Priya Prakash Varrier winks again, this time for an advertisement |url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/priya-prakash-varrier-winks-again-this-time-for-an-advertisement/story-ZCRPVs7LcCwmZDlITTeyMI.html |date = 5 July 2018 |access-date = 8 March 2021 |url-status = live |archive-date = 1 November 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201101020329/https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/priya-prakash-varrier-winks-again-this-time-for-an-advertisement/story-ZCRPVs7LcCwmZDlITTeyMI.html}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Language
! Notes
! Ref.
|-
| 2018
|''Thanaha''
| {{unknown}}
| [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]
| Uncredited; [[junior artist]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Thanaha Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of Thanaha by Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/thanaha/movie-review/66473968.cms|access-date=2021-03-28}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Oru Adaar Love]]''
| Priya
| Malayalam
| Debut film
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/omar-lulu-lashes-out-priya-prakash-varrier-says-he-not-touch-actress-793486|title=Omar Lulu lashes out at Priya Prakash Varrier, says he is not in touch with actress|first=Nirmal|last=Narayanan|date=9 March 2019|website=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2021
| ''[[Check (film)|Check]]''
| Yatra / Isabel
| [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]]
|
| <ref>{{cite web|date=October 1, 2020|first=Janani|last=K.|title=Check first look poster out: Nithiin, Rakul Preet and Priya Prakash Varrier film gets a title|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/check-first-look-poster-out-nithiin-rakul-preet-and-priya-prakash-varrier-film-gets-a-title-1727372-2020-10-01|access-date=2021-01-24|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ishq (2021 film)|''Ishq'']]
|Anasuya "Anu"
|Telugu
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wink Girl Priya Prakash Varrier and Teja Sajja's Ishq first look poster out|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/wink-girl-priya-prakash-varrier-and-teja-sajja-s-ishq-first-look-poster-out-1775852-2021-03-05|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-27|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#FFFFCC;" | ''[[Sridevi Bungalow]]'' {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Sridevi
| [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]]
| Post-production
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/sridevi-bungalow-teaser-criticism-rises-as-the-teaser-bears-resemblance-with-late-actress-sridevis-life/articleshow/67524198.cms|title='Sridevi Bungalow' teaser: Criticism rises as the teaser of Priya Prakash Varrier starrer bears resemblance with late actress Sridevi's life|website = Times of India|date = 2019-01-15|access-date = 2019-01-15}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| ''Vishnu Priya '' {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
|Priya
|[[Kannada]]
|Post-production
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-27|title=Watch: Sneak peek promo of Priya Varrier, Shreyas Manju starrer ‘Vishnu Priya’|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/watch-sneak-peek-promo-priya-varrier-shreyas-manju-starrer-vishnu-priya-146056|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Discography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Song !! Album
!Language!! Notes
|-
|2019
|''Nee Mazhavillu Polen''
|''[[Finals (film)|Finals]]'' (film)
|Malayalam
|<ref name="TIMESNPP">{{cite news |author= |title='Nee Mazhavillu Polen' song sung by Priya Prakash Varrier is making her fans go gaga |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/nee-mazhavillu-polen-song-sung-by-priya-prakash-varrier-is-making-her-fans-go-gaga/articleshow/69923434.cms |work=The Times of India |location=Mumbai |date=19 February 2018 |access-date=24 June 2019 |archive-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626052428/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/nee-mazhavillu-polen-song-sung-by-priya-prakash-varrier-is-making-her-fans-go-gaga/articleshow/69923434.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2021
|''Ladi Ladi''
|Ladi Ladi (music video)
|Telugu
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-16|title=మాస్‌ డ్యాన్స్‌తో ఆకట్టుకుంటున్న ప్రియా ప్రకాష్‌|url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/movies/priya-prakash-varrier-song-ladi-ladi-garned-1m-views-1338294|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Sakshi|language=te}}</ref>
|-
|}

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