Lijomol Jose

A casting call got Lijomol Jose into films. She answered it, debuted in Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016) and, that same year, played the second female lead in Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan. She comes from Peermade in Idukki district, Kerala, studied mass communication and later took a master's degree in information and library science from Pondicherry University. Her work moves between Malayalam and Tamil cinema. Honey Bee 2.5 (2017) and Street Lights (2018), with Mammootty, came next, and Sivappu Manjal Pachai (2019), opposite Siddharth, took her into Tamil. The role people discuss most is Senggeni, an Irular tribal woman, in the Tamil film Jai Bhim (2021) with Suriya. It won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil. She had three Malayalam releases in 2024, Nadanna Sambhavam, I Am Kathalan and Her, and took the lead in the Tamil film Gentlewoman (2025). She then played Kannima in the Tamil film Baththa and led the Malayalam film Unmadham, both in 2026. Coming soon is the Malayalam film Aja Sundari. Across both industries, her roles are often built around a woman at the centre of the story.