Parvathy Nair

Parvathy Nair is an Indian model and actress, who works in the South Indian film industry. Born into a Malayali family in Abu Dhabi, she trained as a software professional and also pursued a career in modelling before becoming an actress. During her modelling career, she appeared in a number of commercials and won titles such as "Miss Karnataka" and "Miss Navy Queen" in 2010.

After a short stint with modelling, Nair made her acting debut with the 2012 Malayalam film Poppins directed by V. K. Prakash. Since then, she has appeared in a number of critically acclaimed films across all four South Indian film industries, such as Story Kathe (2013), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Uttama Villain (2015). Her performance as a young journalist in her first Kannada film Story Kathe won her the Best Kannada Debut Actress Award at the South Indian International Movie Awards, while her portrayal of a vengeful wife in Yennai Arindhaal won her praise from critics. In 2015, she also starred in the critically and commercially successful film Vascodigama, portraying an English lecturer.