Anjana Menon is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in

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. She made her debut in the 2011 Malayalam film ''

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''.

Early life

Anjana was born to P. N. Nirmala (mother) and K. P. Achuthan (father). She completed her high school education from Air Force School and went on to pursue her bachelor's degree and master's degree in Human Resources from

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. She briefly worked at

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as an HR associate while she got to work on a couple of modelling campaigns.

Career

Her film career began when she got a call from director

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for ''

'' (2011) through the reference of a cameraman she was acquainted with. Along with films, she also did advertisement campaigns for several brands, such as Paul Alukkas, MIR Realtors, Dewa Builders,

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among others. Post ''Traffic'', she got paired opposite

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's ''3 Dots'' and played the role of an independent widow named Grace.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Menon, Anjana Living people Indian film actresses Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses from Kochi 21st-century Indian actresses 1988 births People from Angamaly Actors from Ernakulam district Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Christ University alumni