Divya Prabha is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in

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films and television serials. She has starred in the independent films '' Ariyippu'' (2022) and ''

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'' (2024).

Career

Prabha started her career by doing small roles in movies and then shifted to television serials. She gained wider attention for her roles in the films '' Take Off'' and ''

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''. In 2015, she won Kerala State Television Award for Best Second Actress for her performance in the TV serial ''Eswaran Sakshiyayi''. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 2022

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in the international competition section for the movie '' Ariyippu'' directed by Mahesh Narayanan. The film premiered in the Concorso internazionale (international competition section) of the 75th Locarno Film Festival on 4 August 2022, where it was nominated for the

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. The film had a worldwide release on

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on 16 December 2022. She plays one of the lead roles in ''

'', directed by Payal Kapadia, which competed for the

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at the 77th

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and won the

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Acting credits

Filmography

TV series

Award and nominations

;Kerala State Television Awards * 2015: Kerala State Television Award for Best Second Actress– ''Eswaran Sakshiyayi'' (Malayalam Soap Opera -

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) ;Locarno International Film Festival * Nomination for the Best Actress at the

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in the International Competition Session for the Movie Ariyippu (2022).

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prabha, Divya Living people Actresses from Thrissur Actresses in Malayalam cinema Indian film actresses Actresses in Malayalam television Indian television actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema 1991 births