Leona Lishoy

In this Indian name, the name Lishoy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Leona.

Leona Lishoy
Born	(1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 (age 34)
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actress Model
Years active	2012–present
Parent	Lishoy

Leona Lishoy (born 26 April 1991) is an Indian actress and model who works primarily in Malayalam films. She is the daughter of Malayalam actor Lishoy.

Personal life

Leona is the daughter of Malayalam film and television actor Lishoy. She was born 26 April 1991. ^[1] She did her schooling in Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi School, Thrissur. She is an alumnus of Christ University, Bengaluru and went on to receive an MBA diploma from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bengaluru.

Career

Leona started off as a model for various advertisements. She was subsequently signed on to play the role of Sharada's daughter in '- Kalikaalam (2012). Her first substantial role was in Jawan of Vellimala , starring Mammootty, Mamtha Mohandas in which she played Asif Ali's love interest in 2012. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2013, she played the female lead in science fiction movie Red Rain , which had an international cast and crew. ^[4]

She was also seen in cameo roles in North 24 Kaatham and Haram , both of which starred Fahadh Faasil in the lead. Leona essayed a serious role as Dr. Treesa, the mother of Sara Arjun in Annmariya Kalippilannu in 2016.

Leona also signed on to play an orphan in a Yatheemkhana (Muslim orphanage) in Hadiyya (2017).

She expanded her repertoire with notable performances in Viswasapoorvam Mansoor (2017), Maradona (2018), Queen (2018) and Athiran (2019).

Her performance as Sameera, a movie actress in the movie Mayanadi was widely accepted. Leona played the role of Mariya in the thriller-drama Ishq , starring Ann Sheetal and Shane Nigam.

In Prasobh Vijayan's Anveshanam (2020), Leona starred alongside Jayasurya and Shruti Ramachandran. She received widespread acclaim for her nuanced portrayal of a police officer.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2012	Kalikaalam	Ananya	Malayalam		[5]
	Jawan of Vellimala	Jenny Varghese			[6]
2013	North 24 Kaatham	Simi
	Red Rain	Neha			[7]
2015	Haram	Isha's friend			[8]
	Onnum Onnum Moonu	Vivek's lover		Segment: Shabdharekha
	Mr. Premi		Kannada
2016	Annmariya Kalippilannu	Dr. Teresa Roy	Malayalam		[9]
	Zoom	Model Girly Zacharia			[10]
2017	Gemini	Mithila			[11]
	Viswasapoorvam Mansoor	Soumya			[12]
	History of Joy	Aparna
	Hadeeya	Khadeeja			[13]
	Mayanadi	Sameera			[14]
2018	Queen	Victim/Witness		Cameo appearance
	Kidu	Annie			[15]
	Maradona	Nadhiya			[16]
	Mangalyam Thanthunanena	Susan Thomas			[17]
	Ennaalum Sarath..?	Haseeba		Photo presence
2019	Athiran	Annamaria			[18]
	Ishq: Not A Love Story	Mariya		Nominated : 9th South Indian International Movie Awards - Best Supporting Actress	[19]
	Virus	Mrs. Paul
2020	Anveshanam	ACP Latha			[20]
	Kattu Kadal Athirukal	Abida Hassan
2021	Ishq: Not A Love Story	Jyothi	Telugu
2022	Twenty One Gms	Gouri Nandhakishore	Malayalam		[21]
	12th Man	Fida			[22]
	Varayan	Daisy			[23]
	Chathuram	CI Meritta Philip
2023	Djinn	Thara Koshi			[24]
2024	Samadhana Pusthakam				[25]
	Kanakarajyam	Venu's wife			[26]
TBA	Edhureetha	Raghavi	Telugu
TBA	Ram	Aswathy	Malayalam		[27]
TBA	Mukhapadangal		Malayalam		[28]
TBA	Musasi	TBA	Tamil		[29]

Television

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2022	Panam Tharum Padam	Participant	Malayalam	Game show
	Star Comedy Magic	Mentor	Malayalam	Fun show

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Platform	Notes
2024	Anali	TBA	Malayalam	Disney+ Hotstar	[30]

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2018	Ezhamathe Chaya Chithram	Shayari	Malayalam
2022	Kankettu - The Undefined	Woman	Malayalam

References

1. "HBD Leona Lishoy: Stunning pictures of the dive". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
2. "Leona Lishoy finds Mollywood challenging". The Times of India. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
3. "A jawan's battle". The Hindu . Retrieved 24 December 2016.
4. "Raining mystery". The Hindu . 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
5. "Leona Lishoy gets busy in Kollywood, Sandalwood". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
6. "Leona Lishoy". Manorama Online. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
7. "Leona is Mollywood's brand new heroine". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
8. "Leona Lishoy in a psychological thriller". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
9. "Leona Lishoy to play a single mom". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
10. "Leona Lishoy wishes to help autistic children". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
11. "Leona's Kakkothi avatar". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
12. "'No' to being typecast: Leona Lishoy". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
13. "Leona plays an orphan who defies odds in Hadiya". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
14. George, Anjana (16 November 2017). "Aparna Balamurali and Leona in Mayanadhi". The Times of India . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
15. "'Kidu' movie review highlights: A simple but disjointed tale of school life". The Times of India . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
16. "Maradona to release next month, confirms Tovino". The Times of India . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
17. "'Mother of roles' lies in action". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
18. "Leona Lishoy plays a nun in 'Athiran'! Here's her first look". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
19. "Leona Lishoy is all praise for Ishq team". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
20. "ജയസൂര്യയുടെ അന്വേഷണം നവംബർ ഒന്ന് മുതൽ". News18 Malayalam. 14 September 2019.
21. "Leona Lishoy to play Gowri in '21 Grams'". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
22. "Mohanlal wraps up shoot for the 12th Man". Cinema Express . 4 October 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
23. "Manju Warrier releases first look poster of 'Varayan'". The News Minute. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
24. "Soubin Shahir's 'Djinn' wrapped up". The News Minute. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
25. Features, C. E. (18 July 2024). "Samadhana Pusthakam Teaser: A comedy entertainer centered on a high school". Cinema Express. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
26. "കുടുംബ പ്രേക്ഷകർ ഏറ്റെടുത്ത് 'കനക രാജ്യം'" (in Malayalam). mathrubhumi. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
27. "Trisha's role in Jeethu Joseph's 'Ram' revealed". The News Minute. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
28. "Leona plays a bootlegger in her next". The Times of India.
29. Features, C. E. (29 March 2024). "Prabhudeva's Musasi prevue is here". Cinema Express. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
30. "Midhun Manuel Thomas announces web series 'Anali' starring Leona Lishoy and Nikhila Vimal". The Times Of India .

External links

• Leona Lishoy at IMDb
• Leona Lishoy on Instagram