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Nithya Ram | |
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 Nithya in a scene from Nandhini | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active |
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| Known for | Nandhini Anna |
| Relatives | Rachita Ram (sister) |
Nithya Ram is an Indian actress who works in Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu soap operas with few Kannada and Malayalam films. She is the elder sister of Kannada film actress Rachita Ram. [1] Known for her act in the Tamil TV series Nandini .
Nithya Ram comes from a family of artists with her father K. S. Ramu and sister Rachita Ram being classical dancers themselves, and the latter has since appeared in films. Nithya is a trained classical dancer from Welight Academy as well. She holds a graduate degree in biotechnology and worked for some time, but her "dream of becoming a heroine never died." [2]
Nithya started her career as an actress with a Kannada television show opera Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu, which aired on Zee Kannada, that co-starred her sister as well. She went on to appear in other Kannada shows such as Karpoorada Gombe, Rajkumari and Eradu Kanasu. [3] Following this, she worked in one Telugu soap opera, i. e., Muddhu Bidda. After that, she had been signed for a film opposite Diganth, which however failed to take off. [2] In 2014, she was signed to play a lead role in Muddu Manase opposite Aru Gowda. Around the time, she signed to her second soap opera in Telugu, Amma Naa Kodala. [4] Later, She also played the lead role in the Tamil superhit television serial Nandini .
| Year | Series | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu | Malli | Kannada | Debut serial |
| 2012–2013 | Aval | Shalini | Tamil | Tamil debut |
| 2013 | Karpoorada Gombe | Shravani | Kannada | |
| Rajkumari | Rajakumari | |||
| 2012–2014 | Muddu Bidda | Geetha/Sangeetha | Telugu | Dual role & First Telugu serial |
| 2014–2017 | Amma Naa Kodala | Madhumita chaitu | ||
| 2015 | Eradu Kanasu | Kannada | ||
| 2016 | Girija Kalyana | Parvathi | Debut in Mythological TV series | |
| 2017–2018 | Nandini | Nandini and Ganga- Dual Role (Season 1) | Tamil-Kannada | Won Best Actress and Best Jodi Sun Kudumbam Awards 2018 |
| Killadi Kids | Judge | Kannada | Udaya TV | |
| Asathal Chutties | Tamil | Sun TV | ||
| 2018 | Saavale Samali | Contestant | Sun TV | |
| Savalige Sye | Anchor | Kannada | Udaya TV | |
| Nandhini Kudumbam | Herself | Tamil | special show on Sun TV for Nandini series celebration | |
| Masala Cafe | Judge | Tamil | Sun Life program | |
| 2019– 2020 | Lakshmi Stores | DC Nithya | Extended Cameo | |
| Nandini 2 | Nandini , Ganga and Janani - Triple role (Season 2) | Kannada | Udaya TV | |
| 2023–present | Anna | Bharani Shanmugam | Tamil | Zee Tamil |
| 2024–present | Shanthi Nivasa | Shanthi and Archana - Dual Roles | Kannada | Udaya TV [5] |
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Muddu Manase | Poorvi | Kannada | Debut Kannada film |
| 2022 | Kaypakka | Seetha | Malayalam |