Divya Pillai

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Divya Pillai
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NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm actress
Years active2015–present

Divya Pillai is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films. She debuted in the 2015 film Ayal Njanalla , [2] [3] followed by Oozham in 2016. [4] [5]

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Early life

Divya was born in Dubai, UAE to a Malayali Nair family. [6] [7] She began her career as a Flydubai employee prior to entering the world of cinema. [8]

Career

She made her film debut in 2015 with the romantic-comedy Ayal Njanalla opposite Fahadh Faasil, in the directorial debut of actor Vineeth Kumar. Her second project was under the direction of Jeethu Joseph in Oozham (2016), a revenge-drama starring Prithviraj Sukumaran. The film was a box office success. [8] [9] [10] In 2019 she had a guest role as Jancy in the television serial Uppum Mulakum . She made her Telugu debut with Thaggedele [11] followed by Mangalavaaram .

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Ayal Njanalla Heera
2016 Oozham Gayathri
2017 Masterpiece SreedeviCameo
2019 My Great Grandfather Delna
Edakkad Battalion 06 Sameera
Jimmy Ee Veedinte Aishwaryam Jancy
SafeNithya
2020Easy GoAnnaShort film
2021 Kala Vidya
2022 Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal Young Minah Kaif Tamil film
King FishMehrin Marakkar
Simon DanielStellaDirect OTT release [12]
LouisDivya
Shefeekkinte Santhosham Sainu
Thaggedele Devi Telugu film
Naalam MuraMini
2023 Jailer Chembaka [13]
Garudan Haritha [14]
Mangalavaaram Rajeshwari Devi ZamindarTelugu film
2024 Nadikar David's mother [15]
Raayan Annam SethuramanTamil film [16]
Bazooka TBA [17]

Television

List of television credits
YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
2019Comedy UtsavamJudge Flowers Reality show
2020 Uppum Mulakum Jancy Flowers TV series
2020–2021Mr.&.MrsJudge Zee Keralam Reality show
2021 Udan Panam 3.0Participant Mazhavil Manorama Game show
2021Let's Rock And RollMentorZee KeralamGame show
2021Onam Ruchi MelamMentorAsianetCookery show


Web series

List of web series credits
YearTitleRolePlatformLanguage
2020–2021GP StoriesDP YouTube Malayalam
2023 Master Peace Aparna Disney+ Hotstar Malayalam
2023 The Village Neha Amazon Prime Video Tamil

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