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{{Infobox person
| name = Shailaja Priya
| image = Mamilla Shailaja Priya and family (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Priya in 2011
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|05|20}}
| birth_place = [[Bapatla]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| yearsactive = 1997-2000 <br> 2010-present
| spouse = MVS Kishore <br>(m.2002-present)
| children = 1
| parents =
}}
'''Mamilla Shailaja Priya''' (born 20 May 1978), popularly known as '''Priya''', is an Indian actress. She appears primarily [[Telugu language|Telugu]] feature films and television soap operas, and has also acted in [[Hindi]] and [[Tamil language]] films.

She made her acting debut in 1998 with the movie ''Master'' which featured [[Chiranjeevi]]. She has won the [[Nandi Award]] presented by the government of [[Andhra Pradesh]] for her role in this serial ''Priya Sakhi''. Apart from soap operas, she has acted in about 60 feature films in Telugu and Hindi with various co stars like [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Pawan Kalyan]], [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]], [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] and [[Amitabh Bachchan]].

== Early life ==
Popularly known as Priya, Mamilla Shailaja Priya was born in 1978 in [[Bapatla]] town in Andhra Pradesh, India. Her parents are Sri Mamilla Venkateswar Rao and Smt Mamilla Kusuma Kumari. She is the third among the three sisters. She has done her schooling in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], and while in college has won the Miss College Pageant. She later started pursuing her acting career. She completed her graduation in Bachelor of Arts.

== Family ==
Priya married MVS Kishore in 2002. They have a son Nischay born in 2003. They reside in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].

==Awards==

She won [[Nandi Awards|Nandi Award]] presented by the government of Andhra Pradesh <ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/12/09/stories/2001120901560300.htm The Hindu: Priya receiving Nandi Award 1998]</ref> very early in her career. She was also the recipient of various awards like the Dasari Cultural Award, Swathi Cultural Award, and Vamsee Berkeley Award. She won the Cine Goers Award and [[Gemini TV|Gemini]] Ugadi Puraskaram for her portrayal of the character Bhuvaneshwari in ''Kotha Bangaaram''.<ref>[http://www.sunnetwork.in/suntvnetwork/geminitv/progdetails.asp?id=gemini_619&cat=9 Sun TV Network Kotha Bangaaram]</ref>

==Television career==

She started her television career with the runaway hit ''Priya Sakhi'' in which she portrayed the lead role which had different shades(ranging from the young to the old).It was so popular that she is still identified as "Priyasakhi" Priya and the name stuck to her. She has acted in serials like ''Priya Ninu Choodaleka'' and ''Priya O Priya''. Later, she has acted in almost all the leading Television channels in Telugu and Tamil. Her serials include ''Lady Detective'', ''Sangarshana'', ''Pelli Chesukundam'' & ''Jwaala'' for [[ETV Network|ETV]], ''Dairy of Mrs Sharada'' & ''Kotha Bangaaram'' for [[Gemini TV]], ''Maanasa'' for [[Maa TV]], ''Vaidehi'' for [[Doordarshan]], ''Chinna Kodalu'' for [[Zee TV]], and ''Naagamma'' in Tamil for [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]. She has also done a [[Hindi]] serial titled ''Yehi hai Zindagi''. She has also done in [[Vani Rani (TV series)|Vani Rani]] serial in Tamil which aired on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]. She is currently acting in the serial [[Kalyani (TV series)|Kalyani]] in Telugu which airs on [[Gemini TV]] and Piriyadha Varam Vendum and Chocolate in Tamil which airs on [[Zee Tamizh]] and [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]].

Santoor top 10 was a program anchored by Priya which ran for two years in [[Gemini TV|Gemini]] Channel and she had portrayed different characters in each episode of the show. Similarly, ''Geethanjali'' was another music based show anchored by Priya for ETV and ran for a year. ''Endaro Mahanubhavulu'' is another show anchored by Priya which portrayed the achievements of various famous people in Andhra Pradesh from all walks of life.

She has appeared in commercials for brands like Chandana Brothers, Shakthi Gas, Til Sona Oil and Kanchan Mixer Grinder. She has been credited with the cover page of the most popular Telugu family magazine, ''Swathi''.

==Film career==
She started her acting career with [[Chiranjeevi]]-starrer ''[[Master (1997 film)|Master]]'' in 1997.

In all, she has acted in about 60 feature films, often appearing alongside leading stars of Telugu film industry. She was a constant accompaniment to almost all the leading heroines in her movies. Some of her movies are ''Master'' & ''Annayya'' with Chiranjeevi, ''Gokulamlo Seetha'' with Pawan Kalyan, ''Chandra Lekha'' with Nagarjuna, ''Raja Kumarudu'' with Mahesh Babu, ''Jayam Manadera'' with Venkatesh and most importantly, ''Soorya Vamsham'' in Hindi Amithabh Bachchan.

Her other films include ''Taamboolalu'', ''Pedda Manushulu'', ''Maa Vidaakulu'', ''Greeku Veerudu'', ''Sakutumba Saparivara Samethamga'', ''Velugu Needalu'', ''Dongaata'', ''Chiru Navvutho'', ''Harishchandra'', ''Madhuri'', ''Manavudu Danavudu'', ''Sambhavam'' and ''Kathi Kantha Rao''. In 2012 she appeared in [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]]'s most acclaimed ''[[Dhamarukam]]''. She played [[Richa Gangopadhyay]]'s mother in [[Prabhas]]'s ''[[Mirchi (film)|Mirchi]]'' and appeared in ''[[Iddarammayilatho]]'' as mother of [[Catherine Tresa]]'s character.

==Filmography==
{{colbegin}}
* ''[[Dongaata (1997 film)|Dongaata]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Gokulamlo Seeta]]'' (1997) as Sirisha's younger sister
* ''[[Master (1997 film)|Master]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Maavidaakulu]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi]]'' (1998) as Priya
* ''[[Chandralekha (1998 film)|Chandralekha]]'' (1998) as Bangari
* ''[[Suryudu]]'' (1998)
* ''Suprabhatam'' (1998)
* ''[[Raja Kumarudu]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Harischandraa]]'' (1999)
* ''Velugu Needalu'' (1999)
* ''[[Moodu Mukkalaata]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Annayya (2000 film)|Annayya]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Jayam Manadera]]'' (2000) as Uma's friend
* ''[[Chiru Navvuto]]'' (2000) as Priya
* ''[[Kathi Kantha Rao]]'' (2010) as Kantha Rao's sister
* ''[[Damarukam (film)|Damarukam]]'' (2012) as Mallikarjuna's mother
* ''[[Mirchi (film)|Mirchi]]'' (2013) as Manasa's mother
* ''[[Iddarammayilatho]]'' (2013) as Akanksha's mother
* ''[[Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham]]'' (2014) as Parvati
* ''[[S/o Satyamurthy]]'' (2015) as Sameera's mother
* ''[[Dohchay]]'' (2015) as Chandu's mother
* ''[[Pandaga Chesko]]'' (2015) as Lakshmi
* '' [[Bengal Tiger]]'' (2015) as Siddappa's wife
* ''[[Kerintha]]'' (2015) as Sonia's mother
* ''[[Babu Bangaram]]'' (2016) as Mallesh Yadav's wife
* ''[[Hyper (2016 film)|Hyper]]'' (2016) as Gaja's wife
* ''[[Winner (2017 film)|Winner]]'' (2017) as Rajeev Reddy's wife
* ''[[Rarandoi Veduka Chudham]]'' (2017) as Priya
* ''Prematho Mee Karthik'' (2017)
* ''[[Mersal (film)|Mersal]]'' (2017 - Tamil) as Tara's mother
* ''[[Pantham]]'' (2018) as Akshara's mother
* ''[[Aatagallu]]'' (2018) as Anjali's mother
* ''[[Srinivasa Kalyanam (2018 film)|Srinivasa Kalyanam]]'' (2018) as Vasu's aunt
* ''[[Nartanasala (2018 film)|Nartanasala]]'' (2018) as Radha's mother
* ''[[Nela Ticket]]'' (2018) as Old man's daughter-in-law
* ''[[Jai Simha]]'' (2018 Telugu) as Raju Reddy's wife
* ''[[Venky Mama]]'' (2019) as Harika's mother
* ''[[Alludu Adhurs]]'' (2021) as Gaja's sister
* ''[[Zombie Reddy]]'' (2021) as Mario's mother
* ''[[Uppena]]'' (2021) as Raayanam's sister
* ''[[Sreekaram]]'' (2021) as Ekambaram's wife
{{colend}}

==Television==
===Telugu serials===
*Priya Sakhi ([[Gemini TV]])
*Priya Ninu Choodaleka
*Priya O Priya
*Lady Detective ([[ETV (India)|ETV]])
*Sangarshana ([[ETV (India)|ETV]])
*Pelli Chesukundam ([[ETV (India)|ETV]])
*Jwaala ([[ETV (India)|ETV]])
*Dairy of Mrs Sharada ([[Gemini TV]])
*Kotha Bangaaram ([[Gemini TV]])
*Maanasa ([[Maa TV]])
*Chinna Kodalu ([[Zee Telugu]])
*[[Sasirekha Parinayam (TV series)|Sasirekha Parinayam]] ([[Star Maa|Maa TV]])
*[[Kalyani (TV series)|Kalyani]] ([[Gemini TV]]) as Tulasi Devi
* No. 1 Kodalu ([[Zee Telugu]]) as Shambhavi
;Shows
*Santoor Top 10 ([[Gemini TV]])
*Geethanjali ([[ETV (India)|ETV]])
*Endaro Mahanubhavulu

;Tamil
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Title
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Channel
|-
|1998||Vaidehi|| ||[[Doordarshan]]
|-
|2011–2012||Naagamma|| ||rowspan=2|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|2017–2018||[[Vani Rani (TV series)|Vani Rani]]||Akhilandeshwari
|-
|rowspan=2|2019–2020||[[Piriyadha Varam Vendum (TV series)|Piriyadha Varam Vendum]]||Chitra||[[Zee Tamil]]
|-
|[[Chocolate (Indian Tamil TV series)|Chocolate]] ||Renuka||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|7356625}}

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