Iswarya Menon

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Iswarya Menon
Born
Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater SRM Institute of Science and Technology
OccupationActress
Years active2009-present

Iswarya Menon is an Indian actress who works in Tamil, [1] Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam films. [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Iswarya Menon's family is from Chendamangalam, Kerala. She was born and brought up in Erode, Tamil Nadu. She did her higher secondary education at Vellalar Matriculation School, Erode. [4] She completed her Instrumentation engineering from the SRM Institute of Science and Technology. [5]

Career

Menon was first seen in the Tamil comedy film Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru . [6] She debuted as Akshara in the Kannada industry with Dasavala which was directed by M S Ramesh. She was cast opposite Prem, of Jogi fame. [7] The film released on 11 October 2013 and her performance as a mentally challenged girl was generally well received. [8] [9] [10] [11] Her next release was Tamil film Apple Penne. [12] The film was based on a mother and daughter relationship, where Iswarya was the daughter, while Roja essayed the role of her mother. [13] [14] She will next be seen in the Kannada horror comedy Namo Boothatma . [15] [16] [17]

Filmography

Film

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2012 Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi Shivani Tamil
2013 Apple Penne KomalavalliTamil
Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru Harini
Dasavala Aishwarya Kannada
2014 Namo Bhootatma Soumya
2016 Monsoon Mangoes Rekha Malayalam
2018 Veera RenukaTamil
Tamizh Padam 2 Ramya / Gayathri / Khaleesi
2020 Naan Sirithal Ankitha
2022 Vezham Leena
2023 Spy Agent Vaishnavi Telugu
2024 Bhaje Vaayu Vegam Indu
Bazooka †TBAMalayalamPost-production [18]

Television

List of Iswarya Menon television credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageChannel/PlatformNotesRef.
2009-2015 Thendral ShruthiTamil Sun TV
2022 Tamil Rockerz KirthanaTamil Sony Liv [19]

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