Amala Paul Biography Profile

Amala Paul Biography Profile

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Amala Paul is an Indian film actress, who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. After appearing in supporting roles in the Malayalam film Neelathamara and a low budget venture in Tamil, she received critical acclaim for the portrayal of a controversial character in the film, Sindhu Samaveli.

PROFILE

Name: Amala Paul

Nick Name : Anakha

Category : Actress, model

Date of Birth: 26 October 1991

Education: Plus Two

Place of Birth: Ernakulam, Kerala

Biography

Amala Paul is an Indian film actress as well as model. . She  was born on 26 October 1991 in Ernakulam, Kerala. Her parents are Christian Malayali, Amala paul  Varghese and Annice Paul. After completing her intermediate (plus 2) examinations at Nirmala Higher Secondary School, Aluva she took a sabbatical to begin a career in films, but has since joined St. Teresa’s College in Kochi, to pursue a BA degree in English and is currently in her third year. Her father had been strictly against Amala pursuing a acting career, but was forced to accept Amala paul   decision with her older brother, Abijith, strongly backing her ambition. Amala paul had changed her on-screen name to Anakha, on director Samy’s insistence, who cited that another actress, Amala had already made her name popular.

Early career

Amala Paul, after finishing her Plus Two education, took a year out before planning to pursue engineering. At the time, her modelling portfolio was spotted by noted Malayalam director Lal Jose who offered her a supporting role in his remake, Neelathamara (2009). Despite emerging a success, the film failed to attract any further offers, as she had anticipated. She pursued roles in Tamil films and went on to sign the low-budget comedy film Vikadakavi which was delayed and ultimately became her sixth release, while also signing on to play the lead role in another small budget film Veerasekaran (2010).

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2009	Neelathamara	Beena	Malayalam
2010	Veerasekaran	Sugandhi	Tamil
2010	Sindhu Samaveli	Sundari	Tamil
2010	Mynaa	Mynaa	Tamil	Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress Nominated–Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil Nominated–Vijay Award for Best Actress
2011	Ithu Nammude Katha	Aishwarya	Malayalam
2011	Vikadakavi	Kavitha	Tamil
2011	Deiva Thirumagal	Shwetha Rajendran	Tamil	Nominated–Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
2011	Bejawada	Geetanjali	Telugu
2012	Vettai	Jayanthi	Tamil
2012	Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi	Parvathi	Tamil
2012	Love Failure	Parvathi	Telugu
2012	Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal	Charulatha	Tamil
2012	Akasathinte Niram		Malayalam
2012	Run Babby Run	Renuka	Malayalam
2013	Naayak		Telugu	Filming
2013	Nimirndhu Nil		Tamil	Filming
2013	Janda Pai Kapiraju		Telugu	Filming
2013	Iddarammayilatho		Telugu	Filming
2013	Untitled A. L. Vijay Project		Tamil	Pre-production

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2011	Amrita-FEFKA Film Awards	Best Actress in Tamil	Mynaa	Won
	Edison Awards	Best New Face		Won
	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress – Tamil		Nominated
	MGR-Sivaji Awards	Best New Actress		Won
	Vijay Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
		Best Débutante		Won
2012	Jaya Awards	Youth Female Icon Of The Year	Deiva Thirumagal	Won

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