Swathy Narayanan is an Indian actress who has worked in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries. After making her debut in the Malayalam film ''

Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum ''Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum'' () is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Vinayan based on a screenplay by J. Pallassery. The film features Kalabhavan Mani, Kaveri, Praveena and Sai Kumar in the lead roles. The film ...

'' (1999), she has starred in films including '' Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam'' (2015) and '' Ilai'' (2017).

Career

Born and brought up in

Perumbavoor Perumbavoor () is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is located north of the district collectorate in Thrikkakara and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. Perumbavoor is part of the Kochi metrop ...

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the central business district of the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. It is the namesake of Ernakulam district. The eastern part of Kochi city is mainly known as Ernakulam, while the western part of it after the Venduruthy Bridge ...

, Swathy Narayanan made her acting debut as a child artiste in the Malayalam drama film ''

'' (1999) portraying the younger version of

Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a Rivers of India, major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari River, Godavari and Krishna River, Krishna. The catchment area of the Kaveri basin i ...

's character, before continuing her interest in the arts by training as a dancer under the tutoring of Kuchipudi expert Anupama Mohan. Alongside her interest in dance, Swathy qualified as an Ayurvedic doctor in

Thrissur Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...

. While casting for '' Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam'' (2015), Swathy was recommended to director

Ranjith Sankar Ranjith Sankar is an Indian filmmaker who works in Malayalam films. He started his movie career with the 2009 thriller ''Passenger (2009 film), Passenger''. He launched his production house Dreams N Beyond in 2012 and his distribution house Pu ...

by her family friend

Asha Sarath Asha Sharath is an Indian actress and classical dancer, who predominantly works in Malayalam films and television shows in addition to a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She is most known for her role as Geetha Prabhakar in the ''Drishya ...

. In the film, Swathy portrayed a girl from

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

, in a cast also including

Jayasurya Jayasurya (born 31 August 1978) is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist who works in Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a National Film Awards, National Fi ...

and

Sshivada Sshivada, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is a recipient of two South Indian International Movie Awards. Personal life Sshivada was born in a Malayali family, at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu and ...

. She then featured in her first Tamil film, Bineesh Raj's period drama '' Ilai'' (2017), where she played the title role. For the role, Swathy sported a de-glam look and shot for the project in interior villages of Tamil Nadu. Narrating the importance of education for girl children, the film had a low profile opening at the box office in April 2017.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Narayanan, Swathy Indian film actresses Living people Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Malayalam cinema Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian actresses Actors from Ernakulam district Child actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses from Kochi