Meera Jasmine (born Jasmine Mary Joseph) is an Indian actress who stars in South Indian films, primarily appears in Malayalam films She was a popular lead actress during the 2000s.
BornJasmine Mary Joseph[1]
February 15, 1982 (age 35)[2][3]
Thiruvalla, Kerala, IndiaNationalityIndianOccupationActressYears active2001 – presentHeight1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)Spouse(s)Anil John Titus
Meera Jasmine won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role inPaadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam, and is a two-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Awards and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.[4] She also won the Kalaimamani Award from theGovernment of Tamil Nadu.[5] The Hinducalled her "one of the few actors who could hold her own amongst stars and thespians in Malayalam cinema".[6]
Early life
Meera Jasmine was born on 15 February 1982 in a Syrian Christian family in Kuttapuzha village, Thiruvalla,[1][7] Kerala to Joseph and Aleyamma.[8] She was the fourth of five children.[9] She has two sisters, Jiby Sara Joseph and Jeny Susan Joseph,[10] who has also acted in films,[11][12][13] and two brothers, one of them, George worked as an assistant cinematographer.[14] She completed her schooling in Bala Vihar, Thiruvalla andMarthoma Residential School, Thiruvalla. She appeared for her Higher Secondary Exams in March 2000. She had enrolled for a BSc degree in Zoology at Assumption College,Changanassery and completed nearly three months when she was spotted by directorBlessy (who was then an assistant director to director Lohithadas) and offered a role inSoothradharan.
Meera had initially wanted to study and become a doctor and never had dreamed of becoming a film star.[1] She stated, "I was just an ordinary girl. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine being in films. I had not acted even in school plays. I never was the artistic type, I never thought I could dance, and I had not even thought of myself as being beautiful".[15] She also said that Lohithadas "is like a father figure and my guru. He initiated me into films with Soothradharan and I owe it all to him"
BornJasmine Mary Joseph[1]
February 15, 1982 (age 35)[2][3]
Thiruvalla, Kerala, IndiaNationalityIndianOccupationActressYears active2001 – presentHeight1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)Spouse(s)Anil John Titus
Meera Jasmine won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role inPaadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam, and is a two-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Awards and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.[4] She also won the Kalaimamani Award from theGovernment of Tamil Nadu.[5] The Hinducalled her "one of the few actors who could hold her own amongst stars and thespians in Malayalam cinema".[6]
Early life
Meera Jasmine was born on 15 February 1982 in a Syrian Christian family in Kuttapuzha village, Thiruvalla,[1][7] Kerala to Joseph and Aleyamma.[8] She was the fourth of five children.[9] She has two sisters, Jiby Sara Joseph and Jeny Susan Joseph,[10] who has also acted in films,[11][12][13] and two brothers, one of them, George worked as an assistant cinematographer.[14] She completed her schooling in Bala Vihar, Thiruvalla andMarthoma Residential School, Thiruvalla. She appeared for her Higher Secondary Exams in March 2000. She had enrolled for a BSc degree in Zoology at Assumption College,Changanassery and completed nearly three months when she was spotted by directorBlessy (who was then an assistant director to director Lohithadas) and offered a role inSoothradharan.
Meera had initially wanted to study and become a doctor and never had dreamed of becoming a film star.[1] She stated, "I was just an ordinary girl. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine being in films. I had not acted even in school plays. I never was the artistic type, I never thought I could dance, and I had not even thought of myself as being beautiful".[15] She also said that Lohithadas "is like a father figure and my guru. He initiated me into films with Soothradharan and I owe it all to him"
