Priya Prakash Varrier (born 28 October 1999) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in
Malayalam
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films. Her wink in the film ''
Oru Adaar Love
''Oru Adaar Love'' () is a 2019 Malayalam-language romantic comedy film. The screenplay was written by Sarang Jayaprakash and Lijo Panadan from a story by Omar Lulu, and produced by Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy under his production company Ousepachan ...
'' went
viral, making her the most searched-for personality through
Google
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in
India
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in 2018.
Early life and education
Priya was born on 28 October 1999 to Prakash Varrier, a
Central Excise
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Department employee, and Preetha, a homemaker at
Punkunnam
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,
Thrissur
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, in
Kerala
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.
She attended school at Sandeepani Vidya Nikethan,
Thrissur
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.
In 2018, she enrolled in a
Bachelor of Commerce
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course at
Vimala College, Thrissur.
Career
![Priya_Prakash_Varrier_at_PCJ_Outlook_Social_Media_Awards_2018](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Priya_Prakash_Varrier_at_PCJ_Outlook_Social_Media_Awards_2018.jpg)
She played the role of Priya in the 2019 film ''
Oru Adaar Love
''Oru Adaar Love'' () is a 2019 Malayalam-language romantic comedy film. The screenplay was written by Sarang Jayaprakash and Lijo Panadan from a story by Omar Lulu, and produced by Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy under his production company Ousepachan ...
'', a romantic drama set in a school.
The official teaser on
YouTube
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, which includes Priya
wink
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ing. Her wink was said to have gone
viral.
In 2019, the song "Nee Mazhavillu Polen", which she sings with
Naresh Iyer for the film ''
Finals
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'' was released.
She was cast in the
Hindi
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film ''Sridevi Bungalow'', which was in production as of January 2020.
She made her
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
debut in ''
Check
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Places
* Check, Virginia
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Check'' (film), a 2021 Indian Telugu-language film
* ''The Checks'' (episode), a 1996 TV episode of ''Seinfeld''
Games and sports
* Check (chess), a thr ...
'' (2021) in which she played a
honey trapper opposite
Nithin
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and
Rakul Preet Singh
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.
Filmography
Discography
References
External links
*
Priya Prakash Varrierat
Instagram
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21st-century Indian actresses
1999 births
Indian film actresses
Living people
Malayali people
People from Thrissur district
Actresses from Kerala
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses from Thrissur