Lavanya (actress)

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Lavanya
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Lavanya Devi
Other namesLavanya Devi Prasanna
OccupationActress

Lavanya is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil films and serials. Lavanya is a child artist. Started acting from the age of 4. She rose to fame portraying supporting roles in Tamil films during the 1990s, before moving on to work in television in the 2000s. [1]

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Career

Lavanya studied at M. A. Krishnaswamy Higher Secondary School in Chennai and then Velankanni Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Hosur, Tamil Nadu before embarking on a career in films. Early notable roles she appeared in includes her character in K. S. Ravikumar's Padayappa (1999), where she played the wife of Nassar's character, Jodi (1999), Sethu (1999), Sangamam (1999) and Thenali (2000), where she portrayed an interviewer. She also did some roles as the lead actress, notably in the Malayalam film, Aram Indriyam (2001). She subsequently went on to appear in over one hundred films, mainly in supporting roles. [2] [3] She has been as a supporting actress in Naan Than Bala (2014), a tale of Dharma's triumph over evil that has received mixed reviews from critics. [4]

Lavanya moved into work in television roles and notably portrayed a princess in the historical drama series, Romapuri Pandian . [5]

Selected filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1997 Suryavamsam Swapna
1997AaramthampuranDancerMalayalam Movie
1998 Kondattam Purushothaman's daughter
1998 Jeans Pechiappan's prospective brideUncredited role
1998 Iniyavale Latha
1998 Hello Yama Kannada film
1998 Uyirodu Uyiraga Anjali's friend
1999 Padayappa Suryaprakash's wife
1999 Suyamvaram Pallavan's sister
1999 Sangamam Selvam's sister
1999 Jodi Uma
1999 Kannupada Poguthaiya The bride
1999 Sethu Abitha's sister
2000 Thenali Raj TV reporter
2000 Kannaal Pesavaa Sandhya
2001Aram Indriyam
2001 Samudhiram
2001 Poovellam Un Vasam Chinna's sister
2002 Jagathy Jagadeesh in Town RasikaMalayalam film
2002 Kamarasu
2002 Run
2002 Seshu Abithu's sisterTelugu film
2002 Sundhara Travels TV reporter
2002 Arputham Vasanthi
2002 Samasthanam Sudha
2002 Villain
2003 Military Nandhini
2003 Aethirree Priya's friend
2003 Indru Mudhal
2003 Alai Meera's friend
2003 Anjaneya
2003 Thirumalai Uma
2003 Anbe Un Vasam
2003 Joot Eashwaran's sister-in-law
2003 Sindhamal Sitharamal
2004 Gajendra
2006Iyappa Saamy
2006 Thalaimagan Abhirami
2006 Aavani Thingal Rasathi
2007 Manikanda Manikanda's sister
2007 Mudhal Kanave Lavanya
2009 Sindhanai Sei Madhu
2009 Saa Boo Thiri Shanthi
2010 Thunichal Sakthi's elder sister
2010 Pen Singam Sivakami
2010 Naane Ennul Illai Vaani
2010 Anandhapurathu Veedu Raadhika
2011 Uchithanai Muharnthaal Mrs. Charles Antony
2013Machinichi
2013 Thirumathi Thamizh
2014 Naan Thaan Bala Poochi's wife
2023 Bakasuran

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References

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