Deva Nandha | |
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Born | Kerala, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Years active | 2019–present |
Deva Nandha is an Indian child actress who appears in the Malayalam Cinema. She is best known for portraying Kallu in Malikappuram (2022), [1] Sarah in Thottappan (2019), Anna Theresa in My Santa (2019), Catherine in Simon Daniel (2022) and Cloudin in Neymar (2023). [2] [3] [4]
She started acting with the role of childhood of Sarah in the movie Thottappan in 2019. Her role as Kallu/Malikappuram in Malikappuram in 2022 was critically acclaimed and she has also got Best Child actress award in Kerala Film Critics Association Awards 2022. [5]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2019 | Thottappan | Sarah (childhood) | Debut film | |
My Santa | Anna Theresa | |||
2021 | Minnal Murali | Girl in bus | ||
2022 | Aaraattu | |||
Heaven | Teena Mathews | |||
Simon Daniel | Catherine | |||
The Teacher | Young Devika | |||
Malikappuram | Kalyani/Kallu | Lead role | [6] | |
2023 | 2018 | Shaji's daughter | ||
Neymar | Cloudin | |||
Salmon 3D | ||||
Somante Krithavu | ||||
2024 | Aranmanai 4 | Sakthi | Tamil | |
Baak | Telugu | |||
Gu | [7] | |||
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