Laya(Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam)

Laya(Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam)

Laya is a Telugu film actress and a Kuchipudi dancer. She entered the Telugu film industry in a movie called "Swayam Varam" along with another popular actor, Venu. She had acted in about 40 Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films.

Biography

Laya is from a Telugu Brahmin family in Vijayawada in the South-Eastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and had settled later as classical dancer in Hyderabad. She performed more than 50 stage shows before getting married to a doctor in Hyderabad and emigrating to the USA.

Filmography

• Rashtram, 2006
• Udayon, 2005
• Thommanum makkalum, 2005
• Adirindayya Chandram, 2005
• Swarabhishekam, 2004
• Vijayendra Varma, 2004
• Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila, 2004
• Missamma, 2003
• Donga Ramudu And Party, 2003
• Pellamtho Panenti, 2003
• Nee Premakai, 2002
• Siva Rama Raju, 2002
• Preminchu, 2001
• Hanuman Junction, 2001
• Manoharam, 2000
• Manasunna Maaraju, 2000
• Maa Balaji, 1999
• Swayam Varam, 1999
• Naalo Vunna Prema
• Gelupu
• Kodandaramudu
• Nenu Pelliki Ready
• Ramma! Chilakamma

Awards

She won the Nandi Award for Best Actress two times for movies Manoharam and Preminchu.