Nyla Usha Gopakumar is an Indian actress, television host, and

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from

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, Kerala. After working for nearly a decade as an RJ at Hit 96.7 in

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, she made her acting debut in 2013 with '' Kunjananthante Kada''.

Early life and education

Nyla was born to Gopakumar and Usha Kumari in

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. She did her schooling at the Holy Angel's Convent Thiruvananthapuram and pursued her college education at All Saints College, Thiruvananthapuram. In 2004, she moved to

and joined the radio station Hit 96.7 where she still works as a

Career

2013–2015: Debut and success

In 2013, Nyla Usha debuted in the Malayalam film industry with

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's '' Kunjananthante Kada'', opposite

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. Ahamed had known Nyla since she had interviewed him on several occasions in Dubai and offered her the lead female role. She played Chithira, a woman who is going through an unhappy marriage. Later that year she had her second release, ''

Punyalan Agarbattis ''Punyalan Agarbattis'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Ranjith Sankar, starring Jayasurya, Nyla Usha, Aju Varghese, Rachana Narayanankutty, Innocent, and Sreejith Ravi. It fol ...

'', in which she played "a vibrant girl, similar to the real me". Since she could relate herself to the character, she used her own looks and costumes in the film. Although she had a major role in ''Kunjananthante Kada'' she said that it was her role in ''Punyalan Agarbathis'' that fetched her recognition. She played the female lead in

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's 2014 crime film ''

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'' and Deepu Karunakaran's 2015 thriller '' Fireman''.

2016–present: Experimental roles and success

From 2016 to 2017, she hosted the Malayalam version of '' Minute to Win It'' in

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. She essayed the role of Effymol in '' Diwanjimoola Grand Prix'' in 2018. In 2019, she had two releases,

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-directed action drama ''

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'', in which she played a TV channel executive, and

Joshiy Joshiy (born 18 July 1952) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and also directed Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada-language films. Joshiy made his directorial ...

-directed action drama '' Porinju Mariam Jose'', in which she played Mariam, one of the three title characters.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards

References

External links

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Nyla Usha in Box Office Noon
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