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{{Short description|Indian actress and television presenter}}
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{{Infobox youtuber
| name = Jacquline Lydia
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|02|08|df=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/v-j-jacquline-vijay-tv-new-serial-interview-nimki-mukhiya-remake-anchor-kalakka-povathu-yaaru-telugu-news-241362#google_vignette|title=What is wrong in doing it at the age of 23: VJ Jacqueline questions|website=India Glitz|date=30 July 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Pannur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| education = Visual communication
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Actress]]|[[Television personality]]}}
| years_active = 2014–Present
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| other_names = VJ Jacquline Jackline (Jack)
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| known_for = [[Kalakka Povathu Yaaru?]] [[Kolamaavu Kokila]] [[Thaenmozhi B.A]] [[Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8|Bigg Boss 8]]
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'''Jacquline Lydia''' (born 8 February 1996) is an Indian actress and television presenter who appears in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] language television shows and films. She is known for hosting the standup comedy show ''[[Kalakka Povathu Yaaru?]]'' and playing the lead in [[Star Vijay]]'s soap opera ''[[Thaenmozhi B.A]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jacquline Lydia clocks 1M followers on Instagram; thanks fans for the love|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/jacquline-lydia-clocks-1m-followers-on-instagram-thanks-fans-for-the-love/articleshow/83228977.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/vijay-tv-anchor-jacqueline-lydia-buys-new-car-thenmozhi-serial-story-tamil-news-294535|title=VJ Jacquline welcomes a new member to her family - Photo goes viral|website=India Glitz|date=7 September 2021 }}</ref> She is also known for role, Shobi in the film ''[[Kolamaavu Kokila]]'' (2018). In 2024, she participated in the reality TV show ''[[Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8|Bigg Boss 8]]''<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bigg Boss Tamil 8: VJ Jacquline to participate in the upcoming season?|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bigg-boss-tamil-8-vj-jacquline-to-participate-in-the-upcoming-season/articleshow/113600713.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=6 October 2024}}</ref> where she made history as the most nominated contestant of ''[[Bigg Boss Tamil]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Bigg Boss Tamil 8: Jacqueline creates history with 15 consecutive nominations and saves|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bigg-boss-tamil-8-jacqueline-creates-history-with-15-consecutive-nominations-and-saves/articleshow/117194808.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=13 January 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jacquline was born on 8 February 1996 in the village [[Pannur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India. Her father died when she was young, and she was brought up by her mother, Nirmala Stephen. She later did her schooling at ST. Mary Matriculation high school in [[Chennai]]. She later completed her degree in of Visual communication in [[Loyola College, Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/actress-jacqueline-video-vijay-tv-kpy-thenmozhi-ba-tamil-news-322040|title=I am being tortured says Vijay TV actress Jacqueline on video|website=India Glitz|date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/tamil-actress-threatened-by-neighbour-warned-im-letting-you-go-because-you-are-christian-817390|title=Tamil actress threatened by neighbour and warned 'I'm letting you go because you are a Christian'|website=www.ibtimes.co.in|date=13 April 2020}}</ref>

== Career ==
Jacquline started her career in 2014 as a contestant in a talent show called ''Neengalum aagalam Vijay stars'', in which she finished in 6th place among 15,000 other participants. In the same year, she made her acting debut as a supporting actress on [[Star Vijay]]'s family drama ''[[Andal Azhagar]]'', and then acted in the workplace comedy television series ''[[Office (TV series)|Office]]''. In 2015, she started hosting the standup comedy show ''[[Kalakka Povathu Yaaru?]]'' in its 5th season, and continued hosting the show until its 7th season alongside [[Rakshan]]. In 2018, she participated as a contestant in [[Star Vijay]]'s dancing reality show [[Jodi No.1 (TV series)|Jodi Fun Unlimited]] alongside [[Rakshan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/vijay-tv-actress-jacqueline-latest-workout-video-dead-weight-lifting--news-335734|title=Vijay TV Jacqueline threatens to delete her latest video if fans ask this in comments|website=India Glitz|date=17 April 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/vijay-tv-actress-jacquelines-amazing-body-transformation-heavy-workout-video-stuns-netizens-tamil-news-320736|title=Vijay TV actress Jacqueline's amazing body transformation - Heavy workout video stuns netizens|website=India Glitz|date=18 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Rakshan clears rumours with Jacqueline and Julie|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/rakshan-clears-rumours-with-jacqueline-and-julie/articleshow/63108596.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=28 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Actor Kutty Ramesh passes away; Siddarth Kumaran, Jacqueline Lydia, Isvar Raghunathan and others mourn his sad demise|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/actor-kutty-ramesh-passes-away-siddarth-kumaran-jacqueline-lydia-isvar-raghunathan-and-others-mourn-his-sad-demise/articleshow/82630162.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 May 2021}}</ref>

In 2018, she made her film debut as a supporting actress in the film ''[[Kolamaavu Kokila]]'', where played the role of [[Nayanthara]]'s younger sister Shobi.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Anchor Jacqueline joins Nayanthara's next ?|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/kalakapovathu-yaaru-jacqueline-in-nayanthara-coco-kolamavu-kokila--telugu-news-196740|website=India Glitz|date=25 September 2017}}</ref> In 2019, she played the lead role in the serial ''[[Thaenmozhi B.A]]'' which aired on [[Star Vijay]] and received praise for her role as the lead by audience.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jaquline is back on TV with this serial|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/jaquline-is-back-on-tv-with-this-serial/articleshow/70924155.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=3 September 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=New serial of Star Vijay - Thenmozhi BA|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/entertainment/vijay-tv-thenmozhi-serial-jacqueline-siddharth-tamil-serial/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|date=31 July 2019 }}</ref>

In 2024, she participated as a contestant on the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] reality series ''[[Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8|Bigg Boss Season 8]]''. She was evicted from the house on Day 102 at 6th place, after failing to complete the ''[[Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8#Cash Grab Run Task and Jacquline's eviction|Cash Grab Run Task]]''. Her eviction was considered by the audience as one of the most unfair evictions in the show's history.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 January 2025 |title=Bigg Boss Tamil 8: Jacquline gets evicted ahead of the grand finale|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bigg-boss-tamil-8-jackqlince-gets-evicted-ahead-of-the-grand-finale/articleshow/117310013.cms|newspaper=[[Times Of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 January 2025 |title=Jacquline Evicted Ahead Of Finale, fans call it 'unfair eviction'
|url=https://www.thedailyjagran.com/entertainment/bigg-boss-tamil-8-elimination-jacquline-evicted-ahead-of-finale-vijay-sethupathi-show-gets-top-5-finalists-10212845|newspaper=[[Dainik Jagran|English Jagran]]}}</ref> She became the most nominated and the most saved contestant by audience votes in Indian ''[[Bigg Boss]]'' franchise and she is the only contestant in ''[[Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series)|Bigg Boss Tamil]]'''s history to get evicted due to a task.

Apart from being an actress and TV host, she is also a YouTuber, with her YouTube channel currently boasting 265K subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jack and Chill - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/@jackandchill2.0|access-date=2025-02-28|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
! class=unsortable |{{Reference heading}}
|-
|2018
|''[[Kolamaavu Kokila]]''
| Shobi
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 September 2017 |title=Exclusive! Jacqueline's role in Nayanthara's 'COCO' |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/jacqueline-plays-the-sister-of-nayanthara-in-the-movie-coco-tamil-news-196855 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614021309/https://www.indiaglitz.com/jacqueline-plays-the-sister-of-nayanthara-in-the-movie-coco-tamil-news-196855 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |access-date=13 June 2018 |website=IndiaGlitz}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|''[[Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal]]''
|Kaliswaran's friend
|
|-
|-
|2025
|''[[Gevi]]''
|Alli
|
|}

===Television series===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Network
!Notes
|-
|2014-2016
|''[[Andal Azhagar]]''
|Thenmozhi (Thenu)
|rowspan="3"|[[Star Vijay]]
|Supporting Role
|-
|2014
|''[[Office (TV series)|Office]]''
|Jacqueline
|
|-
|2019–2021
|''[[Thaenmozhi B.A]]''
| Thenmozhi
|Lead role <ref>{{Cite news|title=Thenmozhi actress Jacquline Lydia looks forward to get married|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/thenmozhi-actress-jacquline-lydia-looks-forward-to-get-married/articleshow/80705167.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=5 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=சின்ன ரோல்... தொகுப்பாளினி... சீரியல் ஹீரோயின் : விஜய் டிவி ஜாக்குலின்|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/lifestyle/vijay-tv-jacqueline-thenmozhi-ba-serial-185662/|website=The Indian Express|date=22 April 2020 }}</ref>
|-
|}
===Television shows===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Network
!Notes
|-
|2014||''Neengalum Aagalam Vijay Stars''||Contestant||rowspan="14"|[[Star Vijay]]||Finalist (6th Place)
|-
|-
|2015–2016
|''[[Kalakka Povathu Yaaru?#Season 5|Kalakka Povathu Yaaru? (season 5)]]''
|rowspan="3"|Host
|rowspan="3"|Hosted alongside [[Rakshan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/Kalakka-Povadhu-Yaaru-season-6-on-August-21/articleshow/53781963.cms|title=Kalakka Povadhu Yaaru season 6 on August 21|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/politicians-seeman-and-nanjil-sampath-visit-kpy-7-sets/articleshow/63126229.cms|title=Politicians Seeman and Nanjil Sampath visit KPY 7 sets|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>
|-
|2016- 2017
|''[[Kalakka Povathu Yaaru?#Season 6|Kalakka Povathu Yaaru? (season 6)]]''
|-
|2017- 2018
|''[[Kalakka Povathu Yaaru?#Season 7|Kalakka Povathu Yaaru? (season 7)]]''
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|2017
|''[[Athu Ithu Ethu|Athu Ithu Ethu 2]]''
|Participant
|
|-
|''[[Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series)#Bigg Boss Kondattam|Bigg Boss 1 Kondattam]]''
|Herself
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Jodi No.1 (TV series)|Jodi Fun Unlimited]]''
|Contestant
|Paired with Rakshan (8th place)
|-
|2020
|''Cooking Stars''
|rowspan="3"|Participant
|
|-
|2022
|''[[Oo Solriya Oo Oohm Solriya]]''
|
|-
|2023
|''Anda Ka Kasam 2''
|
|-
|2024
|''Pandigai Palagaram - Are U Ready''
|Host
|Hosted alongside [[Rakshan]]
|-
|2024–2025
|''[[Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8|Bigg Boss Tamil 8]]''
|Contestant
|Evicted Day 102 by [[Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8#Cash Grab Run Task and Jacquline's eviction|task]] (6th Place) <ref>{{Cite news |date=16 January 2025 |title=Bigg Boss Tamil 8: Jacquline gets evicted ahead of the grand finale|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/bigg-boss-tamil-8-jackqlince-gets-evicted-ahead-of-the-grand-finale/articleshow/117310013.cms|newspaper=[[Times Of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2025
|''[[Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series)#Bigg Boss Kondattam|Bigg Boss 8 Kondattam]]''
|Herself
|
|-
|''Anda Ka Kasam 3''
|Participant
|
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class = "wikitable"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Role
!Result
!Channel
|-
|rowspan="3"|2017
|Vikatan Nambikkai Awards 2017
|Best Video Jockey
|rowspan="6"|''[[Kalakka Povathu Yaaru?]]''
|rowspan="6"|Herself
|{{won}}
|[[Ananda Vikatan|Vikatan TV]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Vijay Television Awards|3rd Annual Vijay Television Awards]]
|Best Anchor- Female
|{{nom}}
|rowspan="4"|[[Star Vijay]]
|-
|Best Anchor Duo (Nominated with [[Rakshan]])
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|2018
|rowspan="2"|[[Vijay Television Awards|4th Annual Vijay Television Awards]]
|Best Anchor- Female
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Anchor Duo (Nominated with [[Rakshan]])
|{{nom}}
|-
|Galatta Nakshathra TV & Film Awards
|Best Anchor- Female
|{{nom}}
|rowspan="2"|Galatta Tamil
|-
|2019
|Bofta Galatta Debut Awards 2018
|Best Debutant Supporting Actor- Female
|''[[Kolamaavu Kokila]]''
|Shobi
|{{won}}
|-
|2025
|Super Women Awards 2025
|Adventure Seeker
|''[[Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8|Bigg Boss Tamil 8]]''
|Herself
|{{won}}
|[[SS Music]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=12569216}}

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Jacquline Lydia - Revision history

Shahidkumar at 16:15, 19 March 2026