Charmila (born 2 October 1974) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in

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. Apart from movies in Malayalam, she acted in

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and

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movies. She completed almost 38 films in the Malayalam film industry.

Early life

Charmila was born to veterinary doctor Manoharan, who was also working in S.B.I., and Haise, a homemaker, in a

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family in

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. She studied in Holy Angels Convent and

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. She has a younger sister Angelina.

Personal life

She married

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in 1995 and was later divorced in 1999. Later, she married Rajesh in 2006, an engineer working in

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and got divorced in 2014. The couple have one son.

Film career

Charmila made her debut on the silver screen with ''Oyilattam'' and went on to act in a couple of movies including ''Kizhakke Varum Pattu''. She was recommended in Tamil movies by veteran actor S.S.Rajendran . She made her debut in the Malayalam film '' Dhanam'', directed by

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. She hosted a show ''Jillunu Oru Sandhippu'' on

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, and participated in ''

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'' on the same channel.

Partial filmography

TV shows

*''Red Carpet'' *''Mun Jenmam'' * ''JB Junction'' * ''Comedy Festival'' * ''Comedy Super Nite'' * ''My Favourites'' * ''Star Kitchen'' * ''Innalathe Tharam'' * ''Celebrity Kitchen'' * ''Rani Maharani'' * ''Manam Thirumbuthe'' * ''

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'' * ''ACV - Showcase'' *''Entertainment News'' *''Icebreak with Veena'' *''Comedy Stars'' *''Asianet News'' *''Badayi Bunglavu'' *''Editor's Hour'' *''Open Talk'' *''Star Chat'' *''Jillunu Oru Sandhippu'' *''Jodi Number One''

Television serials

Albums

* ''Fathima Beevi'' –

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* ''Uyir Naal Vare'' –

* ''A J Jewellery'' –

References

External links

*
Charmila at MSI
Living people 1974 births Indian film actresses Actresses from Chennai Actresses in Malayalam cinema 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Ethiraj College for Women alumni Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Kannada cinema Indian television actresses Actresses in Malayalam television Actresses in Tamil television {{India-film-actor-stub