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Meera Jasmine
Born	February 15, 1984 (age 23) Kerala, India

Meera Jasmine (born Jasmine Mary Joseph on 15 February 1984) is an Indian actress from Kerala. She won India's National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role in 2003 Malayalam film Paadhom Onnu: Oru Vilaapam.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Awards 4 Personal life 5 Filmography 5.1 Tamil Films 5.2 Malayalam Films 5.3 Telugu Films 5.4 Kannada Films 6 References 7 External links

Born as Jasmine Mary Joseph to Joseph Philip and Aleyamma in Kuttappuzha, Tiruvalla, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. She also has brother named George. She completed her schooling in Mar Thoma Residential School in Tiruvalla, before her entry into films.

A chance meeting with Malayalam screenwriter Lohithadas gave way to her debut in Malayalam Cinema through the movie Soothradharan in 2001.^[1]

Soothradharan did not do well at the box office. However, she continued to receive offers from Malayalam and Tamil film-makers, including the 2002 Tamil films Run and Bala.

The success of Run made her a well-known star in Kollywood. She acted in a number of Tamil movies with popular actors, and then proceeded to work with director Mani Ratnam in the film Aayitha Ezhuthu.

She entered Telugu cinema in 2004 with Ammayi Bagundi and Gudumba Shankar. She also entered Kannada cinema in 2004 with the film Mourya, in which she co-starred with Puneet Rajkumar.

After making her entry into all four South Indian languages, she has acted concurrently in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her successful movies include Achuvinte Amma (Malayalam), Bhadra (Telugu) and Rasatantram (Malayalam).Her 2005 Tamil film Sandakozhi completed 200 days at the box office.

Her latest film, Arrasu, in Kannada is a super hit and Meera had got rave reviews as scene stealer when she is on screen. Rajnikant is said to have shown interest in remaking this film in Tamil with his son-in-law Dhanush

Year	Award	Film
2004	National Film Award for Best Actress	Padam Onnu:Oru Vilapam
2004	State Film Award for the Best Actress	Padam Onnu:Oru Vilapam

ujala asianet film award three consequtive times

Despite being a Christian by birth, Meera Jasmine is known for visiting Hindu temples ^[2]. She is a self-confessed fan of Tamil cinema's composer Ilayaraaja ^[3]. She currently lives in Panampilly Nagar in Kochi. She is often the target of the South's yellow press.

Year	Title	Role	Director	Cast
2007	Nepali	(filming)	V. K. Durai	Bharath
2007	Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram	(filming)	Suresh Krishna	Dhanush, Archana
2007	Thirumagan	Ayyakka	Rathnakumar	S.J. Suryah, Malavika
2006	Mercury Pookkal	Anbu Chelvi	S.S.Stanley	Srikanth, Samiksha
2005	Sandakozhi	Hema	Linguswamy	Vishal
2005	Kasthuri Maan	Uma	Lohitadas	Prasanna
2004	Aayitha Ezhuthu	Sasi	Maniratnam	Madhavan, Surya Sivakumar, Esha Deol, Trisha Krishnan
2004	Joot	Meera	Azhagam Perumal	Srikanth
2003	Anjaneya	Divya	Maharajan	Ajith
2003	Pudhiya Geethai	Sushi	Jagan	Vijay, Amisha Patel
2002	Bala	Aarthi	Deepak	Shaam
2002	Run	Priya	Linguswamy	Madhavan

Year	Title	Role	Director	Cast
2007	Vinodayathra	filming	Sathyan Anthikkad	Dileep, Sita, Parvati
2007	Ore Kadal	filming	Shyamaprasad	Mammootty
2007	Rathri Mazha	Meera	Lenin Rajendran	Vineeth
2006	Rasathantram	Kanmani,velayudhankutty	Sathyan Anthikkad	Mohanlal
2005	Achuvinte Amma'	Ashwathy	Sathyan Anthikkad	Urvashi, Narain
2004	Perumazhakkalam	Raziya	Kamal	Dileep, Vineeth, Kavya Madhavan
2003	Chakram	Indrani	Lohitadas	Prithwiraj
2003	Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam	Shahina	T.V.Chandran	Mamukoya
2003	Swapnakoodu	Kamala	Kamal	Prithwiraj, Kunchacko Boban, Bhavana, Jayasurya
2003	Kasthoorimaan	Priyamvada	Lohitadas	Kunchacko Boban
2003	Gramaphone	Jennifer	Kamal	Dileep, Navya Nair
2001	Soothradharan	Shivani	Lohitadas	Dileep

Year	Title	Role	Director	Cast
2006	Rakshabandham			Arjun
2006	Maharadhi	Kalyani	P.Vasu	Balakrishna, Sneha, Jayapradha
2006	Raraju	Jyothi	Uday Shankar	Gopichand, Ankitha
2005	Bhadra	Anu	Boyapati Srinu	Ravi Teja
2004	Gudumba Shankar	Gowri	Veera Shankar	Pawan Kalyan
2004	Ammayi Bagundi	Janani/Satya	Balashekharan	Shivaji

Year	Title	Role	Director	Cast
2006	Arasu	Aishwarya	Mahesh Babu	Puneet Rajkumar, Ramya
2004	Maurya	Alamelu	S.Narayan	Puneet Rajkumar

1. ^ Meera Jasmine's interview with The Hindu newspaper on 24th March 2006
2. ^ Interview with Meera Jasmine on www.rediff.com on 25th August 2004
3. ^ Interview with Meera Jasmine in www.movies.bizhat.com

• Meera Jasmine at the Internet Movie Database
• Meera Jasmin