Jolly Chirayath | |
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Born | Chirayath Lona Jolly Nashik, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2017–present |
Children | 2 |
Chirayath Lona Jolly, better known as Jolly Chirayath [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] is an Indian actress who acts predominantly in Malayalam films. Chirayath made her acting debut with the film Angamaly Diaries directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery
Chirayath was born in Nashik, Maharashtra to Lona Chirayath, a business man and Lilly Lona, both originally from Thrissur district of Kerala. Working as an actor in the Malayalam film industry since 2017. She used to live in the United Arab Emirates from 1996 to 2010 and worked with Almarai as a sales professional and entrepreneur at Al Faisal Photography Studio, Sharjah, UAE. [8] Her autobiographical book, titled Burning Seas, was released at the 2023 Sharjah International Book Fair. [9] [10] [11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Angamaly Diaries | Vincent Pepe's mother | Debut film |
Kaattu | |||
Aadu 2 | |||
2018 | Suvarna Purushan | ||
Eeda | |||
Koode | |||
Irratta Jeevitham | |||
Pathirakalam | |||
2019 | June | Alex's mother | |
Vikruthi | |||
Ottam | |||
Thottappan | |||
Virus | Pradeep's mother | ||
2020 | Kappela | Saramma | |
Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte | Linda's mother | ||
Kozhipporu | Beena | ||
2021 | Malik | Inspector General of Prisons | |
2022 | Salute | ||
Nizhal | Vathsala | ||
Kaduva | Victor's mother | ||
Vichithram | Jasmine | [12] | |
2023 | Sulaikha Manzil | Haleema | [13] |
Pappachan Olivilanu | Eliamma | ||
Pulimada | Sherly | [14] | |
Dance Party | [15] | ||
Family | [16] | ||
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