Nyla Usha Gopakumar is an Indian actress, television host, and

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from

Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

, Kerala. After working for nearly a decade as an RJ at

Hit 96.7 Hit 96.7 is a radio station in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The radio station, which is a part of the Arab Media Group, broadcasts in Malayalam. It was launched in June 2004. The jingle for the station is composed by Deepak Dev. Presenters ...

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

, she made her acting debut in 2013 with ''

Kunjananthante Kada ''Kunjananthante Kada'' is a 2013 Malayalam drama film written and directed by Salim Ahamed. The film stars Mammootty in the titular role, as a shopkeeper, alongside debutante actress Nyla Usha while Salim Kumar and Balachandra Menon play other ...

''.

Early life

Nyla was born to Gopakumar and Usha Kumari in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. She did her schooling at the

Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum The Holy Angels' Convent Higher Secondary School is one of the oldest educational institutions in the city of Trivandrum/Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the Kerala state in India. History This school for girls was opened on 10 November 188 ...

and pursued her college education at

All Saints College, Thiruvananthapuram All Saints' College is an undergraduate and postgraduate women's college located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It was established in the year 1964. It is a Christian minority educational institution run by the Congregation of Carmelite Religio ...

. In 2004, she moved to

and joined the radio station

where she worked as a

Career

In 2013, Nyla Usha debuted in the Malayalam film industry with

Salim Ahamed Salem Ahamed is an Indian film director, screen writer and producer. After working for a long time as a travel consultant, he joined as a creative director and script writer in a television channel. His directorial debut, '' Adaminte Makan Abu ...

's ''

'', opposite

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (; born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. He has also appeared in Tamil l ...

. Ahamed had known Nyla since she had interviewed him on several occasions in Dubai and offered her the lead female role. She played Chithira, a woman who is going through an unhappy marriage. Later that year she had her second release, ''

Punyalan Agarbattis ''Punyalan Agarbattis'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Ranjith Sankar, starring Jayasurya, Nyla Usha, Aju Varghese, Rachana Narayanankutty, Innocent and Sreejith Ravi. The film fo ...

'', in which she played "a vibrant girl, similar to the real me". Since she could relate herself to the character, she used her own looks and costumes in the film. Although she had a major role in ''Kunjananthante Kada'' she said that it was her role in ''Punyalan Agarbathis'' that fetched her recognition. She played the female lead in

Aashiq Abu Aashiq Abu (born 12 April 1978) is an Indian film director, producer, actor, and distributor, who works in Malayalam cinema. He is best known for his films such as '' Daddy Cool'' (2009), ''Salt N' Pepper'' (2011), '' 22 Female Kottayam'' (201 ...

's 2014 crime film ''

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'' and Deepu Karunakaran's 2015 thriller ''

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''. From 2016 to 2017, she hosted the Malayalam version of ''

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'' in

Mazhavil Manorama Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Free-to-air Malayalam general entertainment television channel operated and owned by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV), the publisher of the widely circulated ''Malayalam Manorama'' daily, and the Malayalam wom ...

. She essayed the role of Effymol in ''

Diwanjimoola Grand Prix ''Diwanjimoola Grand Prix'' is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language sports comedy film directed by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon. The screenplay was co-written by Menon and former Kozhikode District Collector Prasanth Nair, fondly known as Collector Bro ...

'' in 2018. In 2019, she had two releases,

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of rol ...

-directed action drama ''

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'', in which she played a TV channel executive, and

Joshiy Joshiy (born 18 July 1952) is an Indian film director and producer from Varkala in Kerala who works predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. He made his debut with ''Tiger Salim'' (1978) and has directed over 80 films. He has also directe ...

-directed action drama ''

Porinju Mariam Jose ''Porinju Mariam Jose'' is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language period action thriller film directed by Joshiy and written by Abhilash N. Chandran. Joju George, Nyla Usha, and Chemban Vinod Jose portrays the titular characters, and also features Vija ...

'', in which she played Mariam, one of the three title characters. Both the films were commercial successes.

Personal life

Nyla Usha married Rona Rajan in January 2007, before entering film industry and they have a son Aarnav Rona.

Filmography

*''All films are in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

language unless otherwise noted''.

Films

Television

Awards

References

External links

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Nyla Usha in Box Office Noon
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