Lena

Also credited as Lenaa, Lena was born Lena Mohan Kumar in 1981 and went to school in Shillong and Thrissur. She took her BSc from Calicut University with a first rank and a postgraduate degree in clinical psychology in Mumbai, where she also interned. Actress, author and screenwriter, she works mostly in Malayalam film and television, with a few Tamil films. Her film debut was Jayaraj's Sneham, followed by Karunam, and by then she was already a lead on Malayalam television in serials such as Omanathinkal Pakshi, Ohari and Malayogam. Traffic (2011) drew notice, and supporting roles came in Snehaveedu, Ee Adutha Kaalathu, Spirit, Left Right Left, Ennu Ninte Moideen and Ustad Hotel (2012), where she played Fatima, Faizal's eldest sister. She hosts television programmes, runs the YouTube channel Lena's Magazine and in 2023 published a book, The Autobiography of God. She is in the ensemble of Bouma, a mystery thriller written and directed by Pendulum director Rejin S. Babu, with Vineeth, Dileesh Pothan and Sagar Surya in the leads. Planned in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada, the film is being distributed by Dileesh Pothan's Bhavana Release and is booked for 12 November.