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Honey Rose in 2019
Born
Honey Rose Varghese [1]

(1991-09-05) 5 September 1991 (age 33) [2]
Moolamattom, Kerala, India
Nationality Indian
Other namesDhwani, Ponnu [3]
Education Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater St. Xavier's College for Women, Aluva
OccupationActress
Years active2005 – present

Honey Rose Varghese (born 5 September 1991) [4] is an Indian actress who mainly acts in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. [5] [3] She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film Boyy Friennd . Her breakthrough role came in 2012 with Trivandrum Lodge . [6]

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Early life

Honey Rose Varghese was born in Moolamattom, Kerala on 5 September 1991 in a Syro-Malabar Catholic family. [7] [8] She was educated at S.H.E.M High School, Moolamattom. [8] She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communicative English from the St. Xavier's College for Women, Aluva. [9]

Career

Starting her career at age 14 in 2005, Honey Rosa [10] acted in the Malayalam film Boyy Friennd directed by Vinayan. [7] [11] [12] She played the role of Manikuttan's friend. [13] In 2007, she accepted her first non-Malayalam project, her first Tamil film the romantic drama Mudhal Kanave.[ citation needed ] She acted in Muthyala Subbiah's 50th film Aalayam (2008), which was her Telugu debut. [14]

Her comeback character is that of 'Dhwani Nambiar' in Trivandrum Lodge , it gave her a breakthrough in her career. She decided to change her screen name to Dhwani after that film, [15] but reverted to Honey Rose in Anju Sundarikal. [16]

In 2011 Rose had completed one Tamil project, Mallukattu which she signed in 2009 [17] and a Malayalam film, Pithavinum Puthranum Parishudhatmavinum, but the latter is on hold. She plays a nun called Sister Elsita in director Deepesh's Pithavinum Puthranum Parisudhalmavinum. [18] She also acted with Jayasurya in Hotel California and in Thank You as Jayasurya's wife, with Fahadh in the 5 Sundarikal featurette called Aami and Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus with Mammootty in which she plays a bold and strong Malayali woman. [16]

In 2015, she played Shirley, an aspiring singer and model, who falls in love with a married man in You Too Brutus . She starred in the notable films such as Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus with Mammooty, My God with Suresh Gopi, Kanal , Ittymaani: Made in China and Big Brother with Mohanlal, Sir C. P. with Jayaram, and Ring Master with Dileep.

Honey Rose returned to Tamil cinema after a gap of eight years with Pattaampoochi (2022), starring Sundar C and Jai. [19] Then she acted in Monster directed by Vysakh starring Mohanlal and her performance in the film was well acclaimed. [20] In 2023, she appeared in the Telugu film Veera Simha Reddy starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, which marked her return to Telugu cinema after a gap of nine years. [21]

On January 2025, Rose filed case against businessman and CEO of Chemmanur group Boby Chemmanur for harassing her which lead to the arrest of Chemmanur. [22] [23] [24]

Filmography

Film

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of Honey Rose Film Performances
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2005 Boyy Friennd Julie
2007 Mudhal Kanave JenniferTamil film
2008AalayamNavyaTelugu film
Sound of Boot Meera Nambiar
2009 Ajantha AjanthaKannada film
2010Nanjangud NanjundaParvathiKannada film; Credited as Hamsini
2011 Singam Puli GayatriTamil film
Uppukandam Brothers: Back in Action Sreelakshmi
MallukattuAmudhaTamil film
2012 Ajantha Ajantha
Trivandrum Lodge Dhwani NambiarCredited as Dhwani
2013 Hotel California Swapna Joseph
Thank You Remya
5 Sundarikal NancySegment: Aami
Buddy SaraSpecial appearance
Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus Lakshmi
2014 Kantharvan MeenaTamil film [25]
Ring Master Diana / Sarasamma
1 by Two Dr. Prema
Ee Varsham Sakshiga Telugu film
2015 You Too Brutus Shirley
Sir C. P. Alice
Kumbasaram Meera
Kanal Anna
My God Dr. Arathi Bhattathiripadu
2017 Avarude Raavukal Shivani
Chunkzz Riya Pappachan/ Pinky
2018 Chalakkudykkaran Changathy Kavitha
2019 Ittymaani: Made in China Jessy Pothen
2020 Big Brother Vandhana
2022 Aquarium Sister Elcita [26]
Pattaampoochi VijayalakshmiTamil film [27]
Monster Rebecca / Bhamini Anil Chandra / Christina Luther / Raziya Fatima / Rakhi Takur [28]
2023 Veera Simha Reddy Meenakshi Veera Simha ReddyTelugu film [21]
Pookkaalam HerselfSpecial appearance [29]
Rani: The Real Story Nimmi [30]
TBARachelRachelFilming [31]

Television

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