Anna Reshma Rajan is an Indian film actress and nurse, who appears in

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. She made her acting debut in 2017 with '' Angamaly Diaries''. She previously worked as a nurse in a private hospital in

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Personal life

Anna Rajan was born in

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to Sheeba and K. C. Rajan. She has an elder brother named Shaun. Her father died of a heart attack while she was studying in college, the sudden demise of her father put a lot of financial pressure on her family, so she had to take up jobs while in college to support the family financially. Most of Anna's education took place in Aluva, where she did her schooling at the Nirmala Higher Secondary School, after which she completed her eleventh and twelfth standard at St. Francis College in Aluva. She studied nursing from

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Career

She worked as a nurse in

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before foraying into films. She was identified by producer

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and director

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after seeing her face in a hoarding in Kerala. They made her audition for the role of Lichy in '' Angamaly Diaries''. Including her, the film introduced 86 debutant actors. In the film she is credited as Reshma Rajan. After that, she preferred to be credited as Anna Rajan. For her performance, she received nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam. Her second film was the

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-directed ''

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'' (2017), in which she played the female lead role opposite

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. In 2019, she acted in '' Lonappante Mamodeesa'' starring

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and ''

Madhura Raja ''Madhura Raja'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Vysakh, written by Udaykrishna and starring Mammootty, Jagapathi Babu and Jai alongside Anusree, Siddique, Nedumudi Venu, Vijayaraghavan, Salim Kumar, M ...

'' opposite

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. In 2020, she played the role of Koshy's wife Ruby in the action drama ''

Ayyappanum Koshiyum ''Ayyappanum Koshiyum'' () is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Sachy (in his last film as director). Produced by Ranjith and P. M. Sasidharan, starring Biju Menon and Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lea ...

'' alongside

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (Help:IPA/Malayalam, /pr̩t̪ʰʋiɾaːd͡ʒ/; born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, producer, director, and playback singer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Bollywood, Hin ...

Filmography

Awards and nominations

;

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*2018: Nominated - Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam – '' Angamaly Diaries''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajan, Anna Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian film actresses Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses from Kochi 21st-century Indian actresses People from Aluva Actors from Ernakulam district