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{{short description|Indian actress}}
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'''Cuckoo Parameswaran''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] actress,dubbing artist and dancer who works predominantly in [[Malayalam film industry]].<ref>{{cite news|title = CUCKOO PARAMESWARAN|url=https://www.malayalamcinema.com/meet-star/profile/cuckoo-parameswaran |publisher = malayalamcinema |date = 2019 |accessdate = 1 March 2025|language = English }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = meet the starHome star profile |url = https://ammakerala.com/meet-the-star/view/cuckooparameswaran|publisher = ammakerala|date = 2021|accessdate = 1 March 2025|language = English }}</ref> She won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress]] in 1988 for her performance in the film ''[[Ore Thooval Pakshikal]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm|title=State Film Awards 1969 - 2008|publisher=Information and Public Relation Department of Kerala|access-date=1 March 2025 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119014326/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm|archive-date=19 November 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Cuckoo Parameswaran was elected as General Secretary of [[Association of Malayalam Movie Artists]] (AMMA) in 2025.<ref name="Shwetha Menon, Kukku Parameswaran create history as first women to lead Malayalam actors’ body AMMA">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=15 August 2025 |title=Shwetha Menon, Kukku Parameswaran create history as first women to lead Malayalam actors’ body AMMA |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/shwetha-menon-kukku-parameswaran-create-history-as-first-women-to-lead-malayalam-actors-body-amma/article69936676.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816152447/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/shwetha-menon-kukku-parameswaran-create-history-as-first-women-to-lead-malayalam-actors-body-amma/article69936676.ece |archive-date=16 August 2025 |access-date=16 August 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Shwetha Menon becomes first woman president of Malayalam film body">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=15 August 2025 |title=Shwetha Menon becomes first woman president of Malayalam film body |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/shweta-menon-first-woman-president-amma-artistes-of-malayalam-movie-association-2771764-2025-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816152452/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/shweta-menon-first-woman-president-amma-artistes-of-malayalam-movie-association-2771764-2025-08-15 |archive-date=16 August 2025 |access-date=16 August 2025 |publisher=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Shweta Menon, Kukku Parameswaran Elected As AMMA's First Women President And Secretary">{{cite news|title=Shweta Menon, Kukku Parameswaran Elected As AMMA's First Women President And Secretary|url=https://timelinedaily.com/entertainment/shweta-menon-kukku-parameswaran-elected-as-ammas-first-women-president-and-secretary|accessdate=21 August 2025|publisher=TimelineDaily|date=15 August 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250821161704/https://timelinedaily.com/entertainment/shweta-menon-kukku-parameswaran-elected-as-ammas-first-women-president-and-secretary|archivedate=21 August 2025|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Women on top in AMMA: Shwetha Menon is new president, Kukku Parameswaran general secretary">{{cite news|title=Women on top in AMMA: Shwetha Menon is new president, Kukku Parameswaran general secretary|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2025/08/15/women-on-top-in-amma-shwetha-menon-is-new-president-kukku-parameswaran-general-secretary.html|accessdate=21 August 2025|work=The Week|publisher=The Week|date=15 August 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250821161823/https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2025/08/15/women-on-top-in-amma-shwetha-menon-is-new-president-kukku-parameswaran-general-secretary.html|archivedate=21 August 2025|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Cuckoo started her acting career as a [[child artist]]. she is also a classical dancer, [[Fashion designer]] and [[theatre actress]].She studied at the [[School of Drama and Fine Arts]], [[University of Calicut]], specialising in direction. Later, she studied [[textile design]] at the [[National Institute of Fashion Technology]]. Her performances in the films ''[[Cotton Mary]], Moonilonnu, [[Oridathu]], [[Kazhakam]], [[Sammohanam (1994 film)|Sammohanam]], [[Vanaprastham]], [[Janam (1993 film)|Janam]], [[Anantaram|Anantharam]], [[Thinkalaazhcha Nalla Divasam]]'' and ''[[Nizhalkuthu]]'' have been noted. Her husband is director Murali Menon.<ref>{{cite news|title = Actress and designer renders homage to Kerala through her creation "Cuckoo Designs"
|url=https://bookofachievers.com/articles/made-in-kerela-an-actress-cuckoos-design-creations-to-render-homage-to-keralites
|publisher = bookofachievers |date = 2021
|accessdate = 1 March 2025 |language = English }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|title = Former Film Star Cuckoo Parameswaran Is Reinventing Kerala Weaves
|url = https://eshe.in/2020/02/25/cuckoo-parameswaran/ |publisher = eshe
|date = 25 February 2020 |accessdate = 1 March 2025 |language = English }}</ref>

==Filmography==
===As an actor===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Thinkalaazhcha Nalla Divasam]]'' || Sheenu ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Oridathu]]'' || Panchami ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Anantaram]]'' || Nurse ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Ore Thooval Pakshikal]]'' || ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Janam (1993 film)|Janam]]'' || Anjana ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Sammohanam (1994 film)|Sammohanam]]'' || Kunjuni ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1995 || ''[[Ormakalundayirikkanam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kazhakam]]'' || Nandhini ||
|-
| ''[[Mini (1995 film)|Mini]]'' || Mini's mother ||
|-
| 1996 || ''Moonilonnu'' || Kalyani ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1999 || ''[[Cotton Mary]]'' || Nurse || English film
|-
| ''[[Vanaprastham]]'' || Savithri ||
|-
| 2001 || ''Jeevan Masai'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2002 || ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' || Sundari || Tamil film
|-
| ''[[Nizhalkuthu]]'' || Woman seeking treatment in Kaliyappan ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Udayon]]'' || Malli ||
|-
| 2023 || ''Avakasikal'' || ||
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0660911}}

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[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Kerala]]
[[Category:Kerala State Film Award winners]]

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