Uma Riyaz Khan is an Indian actress. She has appeared in

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television shows and in supporting roles in a few

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Personal life

Uma was the only child of her artist parents. Her father, Kamesh, was a music director and her mother,

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, was a famous actress who is well respected in the industry. After losing her father at age of nine, she was single-handedly brought up by her mother. She married Malayalam actor

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in 1992. They have two sons, Shariq Hassan and Shamarth Hassan. Khan went to Fatima Convent School in

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. She was a state level athlete in

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, and a professional dancer. She was a trained classical dancer, and later switched to

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and other Latin American dance forms.

Career

Uma's first film was the Hindi film '' Muskurahat'' (1992) by director

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. In the film she played

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's daughter. She described her first movie as a 'superb' experience. She calls her work in the film ''

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'' (2003) as her

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. For her performance in ''

Mouna Guru ''Mouna Guru'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Santha Kumar and produced by M. K. Thamizharasu. The film stars Arulnidhi and Ineya, while John Vijay, Madhusudhan Rao, Uma Riyaz Khan, Krishnamoorthy, and Bala ...

'' (2011), she received a lot of appreciation in the form of awards that year. She took part in second season of the much talked about show, ''

Jodi Number One ''Jodi Number One'' is an Indian Tamil-language dance competition reality television show broadcast on Star Vijay and from the year 2006. Its contestants are couples who are generally television stars in their own right, often from the televi ...

'', which aired on Vijay TV in 2007. After that she judged a show called ''Kalakka Povathu Yaaru''. Uma Riyaz Khan acted in the negative role in ''

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'' serial along with

Raadhika Sarathkumar Raadhika Sarathkumar is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, producer and politician who works predominantly in Tamil cinema along with Telugu cinema as well as a few Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is the founder and CP of the Radaan Media ...

in Sun TV .

Filmography

Films

Television

;Serials ;Shows

Awards

;

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* 2011 -

Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress The Vijay for Best Supporting Actress is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The list Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. Nominations *2007 Sujatha Siv ...

- ''

'' ; Vikatan Award *2011 - Vikatan Award for Best Supporting Actress - ''

References

External links

* 1975 births Living people Tamil actresses Indian film actresses Actresses from Chennai Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Tamil television Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema {{India-film-actor-stub