Mamitha Baiju

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Mamitha Baiju
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Mamitha in 2024
Born
Kidangoor, Kerala, India
Nationality Indian
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present

Mamitha Baiju is an Indian actress working primarily in Malayalam films, in addition to Tamil films. She made her debut in 2018 through Sarvopari Palakkaran . [1] [2] She is well known for her characters in Operation Java (2021), Super Sharanya (2022) and Pranaya Vilasam (2023). Her last release Premalu (2024) ranks as the sixth highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time and the fourth highest-grossing Malayalam film of 2024.

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Early life and education

Mamitha Baiju hails from Kidangoor in Kottayam district of Kerala. [3] Her parents are Dr. Baiju Krishnan and Mini. She has an elder brother, Midhun. [4]

Mamitha did her schooling at the Mary Mount Public School, Kattachira, and at N.S.S. Higher Secondary School, Kidangoor. She was pursuing B. Sc in Psychology from the Sacred Heart College in Kochi but later dropped out during her 3rd year due to attendance shortage. [5] [6]

Filmography

Films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017 Sarvopari Palakkaran Raji [7]
Honey Bee 2: Celebrations Sisily Thambi Antony [8]
2018 Dakini Arathy [9]
Krishnam Chithra [10]
Varathan Sandra [11]
School Diary Indu [12]
2019 An International Local Story Devika [13]
Vikruthi Suhara [14]
2020 Kilometers and Kilometers Kochumol [11]
2021 Operation Java Alphonsa [4]
Kho Kho Anju [15]
2022 Randu Kunjumol [16]
Super Sharanya Sona Thomas [17]
2023 Pranaya Vilasam Gopika [18]
Ramachandra Boss & Co Sophia [19]
2024 Premalu Reenu Roy [20]
Rebel Sara Mary JohnDebut Tamil film [21]
2025VV21TBAFilming; Tamil film [22]
Thalapathy 69 TBAFilming; Tamil film [23]

Short film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2021Colour PadamShalini [24]

Dubbing

YearFilmDubbed forCharacterLanguageRef.
2024 ARM Krithi Shetty LakshmiMalayalam [25]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2020 Kerala Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Kho Kho Won [26]
2022 10th South Indian International Movie Awards SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam Nominated [27]
2023 11th South Indian International Movie Awards SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam Super Sharanya Nominated [28]

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