Manya is an Indian actress who mainly acted in

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films along with a few

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movies. She began her acting career in Telugu cinema. In 2000, she was introduced to

films by director

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and acted in '' Joker'' opposite

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. The success of the movie led to a series of more Malayalam movies films outside her mother language, Telugu.

Personal life

Manya born to Prahladan who was a doctor in England and Padmini in

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family of

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, grew up in England and moved to South India at the age of 9. She has a younger sister, Anjana. Manya married Satya Patel on 31 May 2008. Later they got divorced. In 2013 Manya married Vikas Bajpai, they have a daughter born in 2016.

Career

She started modelling at the age of 14, as a child artist. She soon started acting and went on to act in more than 40 movies in many South Indian languages. She holds a dual degree in maths and statistics, minoring in quantitative finance; she also pursued an MBA from

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. She worked as Assistant Vice President in

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, New York. Currently working with Citi as Vice President.https://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/

Other awards

* 2002: Drisya Television & Audio Awards: Best Actress (Special Jury) Award : Kanmani, 2002 (Malayalam) (Asianet)

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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Manya's Official Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manya Living people Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Indian film actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema Indian emigrants to the United States 1982 births Columbia Business School alumni 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Malayalam television