Lizzie Antony is an Indian actress working in the

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, mostly as a supporting actress. She is best known for her roles in Thanga Meenkal (2013) and

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(2017). Apart from films, Antony has performed in advertisements, short films and

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. Lizzie Antony became the first South Indian actress to win ‘The Phenomenal She’ award in 2022, organized by The Indian National Bar Association (INBA) for 100 woman achievers every year.

Career

'' Thanga Meenkal'', directed by acclaimed film maker

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, helped her to get noticed as her character Stella miss, an English teacher in a private school, who is a stickler for discipline was appreciated by the critics as well as the audience. Antony is a post graduate of commerce from

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and a trained classical dancer. Her natural performance in the sleeper hit ''

'' was widely appreciated and later she played the pair of

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in the commercial and critically successful film '' Peranbu'' and her mother act in ''

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'', has made her a recognizable actress of Tamil films. She played

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, the former

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in the OTT release ''Methagu'' and won critical acclaim in '' Blue Star''.

Filmography

Films

Web series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Antony, Lizzie Living people Indian film actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Year of birth missing (living people)