Malavika Wales

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Malavika Wales is an Indian actress. She made her acting debut in Malarvaadi Arts Club (2010). [1] [2] [3]

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Career

She participated at the Miss Kerala contest in 2009. At age 17, she was the youngest contestant that year. [4] She made it till the third round and was adjudged ‘Miss Beautiful Eyes’ at the contest. Later, Vineeth Sreenivasan saw her photos and auditioned her for a role in Malarvaadi Arts Club . [5]

Although Malarvaadi Arts Club was her first release, she had acted in Lenin Rajendran’s Makaramanju before. When she was studying in Class VI, she also acted in his documentary, Aisha. [5] She starred in Nandeesha the Kannada remake of the Malayalam blockbuster, Thilakkam , where she reprised Kavya Madhavan's role. [6] She was then seen in My Fan Ramu and later in the art house flick, Aattakatha , where she played the Anglo-Indian daughter of a Kathakali artiste played by actor Vineeth. [6] Malavika made her Tamil debut in Enna Satham Indha Neram in which she was seen as a teacher of deaf-mute students. [7]

Television debut and success

In 2015, Malavika made her television debut through the Malayalam TV series Ponnambili which aired on Mazhavil Manorama which made her a common name among Malayali households. [8]

She acted in Nandini , a South Indian multilingual serial as Janaki (spirit) airing in Sun TV, Surya TV, Gemini TV and Udaya TV. [9] She also acted in Ammuvinte Amma as Anupama along with Vinaya Prasad. [10] She acted in the longest-running soap opera in Malayalam, Manjil Virinja Poovu, and took a break after appearing in up to episode 1133. [11] After a brief hiatus, she is currently working on a new TV series, Meenu's Kitchen. [12]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2010 Malarvaadi Arts Club Geethu Malayalam Debut film
2011 Makaramanju UnknownMalayalamUncredited Role
2011 Innanu Aa Kalyanam NeelimaMalayalam [13]
2012 Nandeesha Kavya Kannada
2013 My Fan Ramu ShaliniMalayalam
2013 Aattakatha MaleenaMalayalam
2014 Enna Satham Indha Neram Meenakshi Tamil
2014Arasuvai ArasanAnjuTamil
2018 Azhagumagan VasanthiTamil

Television

YearShowRoleChannelLanguageNotesRef.
2011Taste of KeralaCelebrity Presenter Amrita TV Malayalam Cookery show
Super Star The UltimateHostMusic Reality show
2015–2016PonnambiliPonnambili Mazhavil Manorama [14]
2017–2018 Nandini Janaki / Seetha Sun TV Tamil Dual role [15]
2017–2019 Kannada
2017–2018 Ammuvinte Amma Anupama Mazhavil Manorama Malayalam [16]
2019–2023 Manjil Virinja Poovu Anjana Shankaran
2021 Oru Chiri Iru Chiri Bumper Chiri HostEpisode 174 (Guest Appearance)
2024- presentMeenu's KitchenMeenu [17]

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