Parvathy Thiruvothu

To play Maari, a village girl, in the Tamil film Poo (2008), Parvathy Thiruvothu learned Tamil, and the performance drew strong reviews. Often billed simply as Parvathy, she acts in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. She was born on 7 April 1988 in Kozhikode and grew up in Thiruvananthapuram, studying at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pangode, and taking a BA in English literature at All Saints College. A trained Bharatanatyam dancer, she was an anchor on Kiran TV before films. Out of Syllabus (2006) came first, then Notebook and Vinodayathra. Her first lead was in the Kannada film Milana, which turned into a major hit. Wider recognition arrived with Bangalore Days (2014), in which she played Zara, and with Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015) and Charlie (2015). Take Off (2017), Virus (2019) and Uyare (2019), where she was Pallavi Raveendran, came next. She holds a National Film Award, two Kerala State Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards. Off screen, she is one of the founding members of the Women in Cinema Collective. This year brought her first police role in Malayalam, as Aleena Abraham in Shahad Nilambur's Pradhama Drishtya Kuttakkar (2026). The film streamed on Netflix and has since moved to Tamil theatres.