Divya Prabha | |
|---|---|
 Prabha in 2024 | |
| Born | Thrissur,Kerala,India |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2013–present |
Divya Prabha is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. She has starred in the independent films Ariyippu (2022) and All We Imagine as Light (2024).
Prabha gained wider attention for her roles in the films Take Off [1] and Thamaasha . [2] In 2015, she won Kerala State Television Award for Best Second Actress for her performance in the TV serial Eswaran Sakshiyayi. [3] She was nominated for Best Actress at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival in the international competition section for the movie Ariyippu directed by Mahesh Narayanan. [4] The film premiered in the Concorso internazionale (international competition section) of the 75th Locarno Film Festival on 4 August 2022, where it was nominated for the Golden Leopard. The film had a worldwide release on Netflix on 16 December 2022. She plays one of the lead roles in All We Imagine as Light , directed by Payal Kapadia, which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix. [5] In a recent interview with Manorama, she made waves with her statement: “No Need to Strip Naked,” sparking widespread controversy. [6]
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Lokpal | Marketing staff | ||
| Mumbai Police | Journalist | |||
| Cold Storage | Princy | |||
| SIM | Komalam | |||
| 2014 | Ithihasa | Aan | ||
| Kayal | Divya | Tamil film | ||
| Bhaiyya Bhaiyya | Korah's daughter | |||
| Pianist | Lekshmi | |||
| 2016 | Vettah | Asha | ||
| 2017 | Take Off | Jincy | ||
| 2018 | Kammara Sambhavam | Kamala | ||
| Nonsense | Nurse | |||
| 2019 | Prathi Poovankozhi | Jolly | ||
| Thamaasha | Babitha teacher | |||
| 2021 | Nizhal | Dr. Shalini | [7] | |
| Malik | Ayeesha | |||
| Kodiyil Oruvan | Arulmozhi | Tamil film | ||
| 2022 | Ariyippu | Reshmi | [8] | |
| 2023 | Family | Rani | [9] | |
| 2024 | All We Imagine as Light | Anu | [10] |
| Year | Title | Role | Channel | Language | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Manassariyathe | Surya TV | Malayalam | [11] | |
| 2015-2016 | Eswaran Sakshiyayi | Aparna Balachandran | Flowers TV | Malayalam | [12] |
| 2015 | Parasparam | Roma IPS | Asianet | Malayalam | |
| 2014-2015 | Amma Manasam | Surya TV | Malayalam | ||
| 2014 | Pattu Saree | Mazhavil Manorama | Malayalam | Debut |
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