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{{short description|Indian actress (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Manya
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|10|17|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile of Manya|url=http://www.kerala9.com/profile/manya|publisher=Kerala9.com|accessdate=14 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Manya Profile|url=http://www.metromatinee.com/artist/Manya-269|publisher=metromatinee|accessdate=18 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085245/http://www.metromatinee.com/artist/Manya-269|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{Married|Vikas Bajpai<br />|2013}}
}}
| yearsactive = 1997–2010
}}

'''Manya''' is an [[India]]n actress who mainly acted in [[Malayalam]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] films along with a few [[Kannada language|Kannada]] movies. She began her acting career in Telugu cinema. In 2000, she was introduced to [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] films by director [[A. K. Lohithadas|Lohithadas]] and acted in ''[[Joker (2000 film)|Joker]]'' opposite [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Manya Biography|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/manya/biography.html|publisher=Filmibeat|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> The success of the movie led to a series of more Malayalam movies films outside her mother language, Telugu.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manya Profile|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/celebrity/63/manya/index.htm|publisher=NowRunning|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Manya born to Prahladan who was a doctor in England and Padmini in [[Naidu]] family of [[Andhra Pradesh]], grew up in England and moved to South India at the age of 9. She has a younger sister, Anjana.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=2&no_of_displayed_rows=18&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter= |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505101856/http://cinidiary.com/people.php?pigsection=Actor&picata=2&no_of_displayed_rows=18&no_of_rows_page=10&sletter= |archive-date=2015-05-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Manya married Satya Patel on 31 May 2008.<ref name="indiaglitz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/manya-to-wed-satya-patel-malayalam-news-38367|title=- Malayalam Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com|publisher=|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924175932/http://www.indiaglitz.com/manya-to-wed-satya-patel-malayalam-news-38367|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later they got divorced. In 2013 Manya married Vikas Bajpai, they have a daughter born in 2016.{{cn|date=August 2019}}

==Career==

She started modelling at the age of 14.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} She soon started acting and went on to act in more than 40 movies in many South Indian languages.<ref name="cuny">{{cite web|title=The Tango, Bollywood—and a Career in Math|url=http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/news/news.jsp?id=5662|publisher=Borough of Manhattan Community College|accessdate=14 August 2014|date=19 April 2011}}</ref> She holds a dual degree in maths and statistics, minoring in quantitative finance; she also pursued an MBA from [[Columbia University]].<ref name="cuny" /> She is currently working as Assistant Vice President in [[Credit Suisse]], New York.<ref> https://www.linkedin.com/in/manya-naidu-bajpai-2513a418/</ref>

==Film awards==

* 2000: Ballem Venumadhav Best Debut Actress of 1999. Film: Devaa, 1999 (Telugu)
* 2001: 24th Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Actress of 2000. Film: Joker, 2000 (Malayalam)
* 2006: Sun Feast Udaya Film Awards. Best Debut Actress. Film: Varsha, 2005 (Kannada)
* 2006: Sun Feast Udaya Film Awards. Best Debut Actress. Film: Shastri, 2005 (Kannada)

==Other awards==

* 2002: Drisya Television & Audio Awards: Best Actress (Special Jury) Award : Kanmani, 2002 (Malayalam) (Asianet)

==Filmography==
{|Class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!! Film !! Role !! Language !! Notes
|-
|1989||''Swantham Ennu Karuthi''||||[[Malayalam]]||Child artist
|-
|1992||''[[Kizhakke Varum Paattu]]'' ||||[[Tamil language|Tamil]]||Child artist
|-
|1997||''Swantham Makalkku Snehapoorvam''|| || Malayalam || Uncredited
|-
|Rowspan=7|1999 ||''[[Seetharama Raju]]''|| Suma || Rowspan=7| [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || Debut
|-
|''Devaa'' || ||
|-
|''Sahasabaludu - Vichitrakoti'' || Gunjala ||
|-
| ''English Pellam East Godavari Mogudu'' || Gowri ||
|-
| ''Bachelors''||Preethi||
|-
|''Sambiah'' || ||
|-
|''College''|| ||
|-
|Rowspan=2|2000||''[[Joker (2000 film)|Joker]]'' || Kamala||[[Malayalam]]||
|-
|''Love''||Madhumati ||Telugu||
|-
|Rowspan=4|2001|| ''Sivana'' ||Anusha||Telugu||
|-
|''[[Vakkalathu Narayanankutty]]'' || Kukkoo Kurien || Rowspan=4| Malayalam ||Choreography also
|-
|''[[Rakshasa Rajavu]]''|| Malathy ||
|-
|''[[One Man Show (film)|One Man Show]]'' ||Dr.Rasiya||
|-
|Rowspan=4|2002||''[[Kunjikoonan (2002 film)|Kunjikoonan]]'' || Lakshmi ||
|-
|''[[Naina (2002 film)|Naina]]''||Vaanathi||[[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
|-
|''Ganapathi''||Mahalakshmi ||Telugu||
|-
|''Premaku Swagatam ''||Nammi ||Telugu||
|-
|Rowspan=3|2003||''[[Shingari Bolona]]'' || Anjali || Rowspan=3| Malayalam ||
|-
| ''[[Swantham Malavika]]'' || Malavika ||
|-
|''[[Swapnakoodu]]'' ||Kurjeet ||
|-
|Rowspan=5|2004||''Bramacharulu'' || Ganga || Rowspan=2|Telugu ||
|-
| ''Tamasha''|| ||
|-
|''Dobivala'' || || Rowspan=3|Malayalam ||
|-
|''[[Aparichithan]]'' || Devi ||
|-
|''[[Udayam (2004 film)|Udayam]]''|| Anitha ||
|-
|Rowspan=2|2005||''[[Varsha (2005 film)|Varsha]]'' || Varsha || Rowspan=6|[[Kannada]] ||
|-
|''[[Shastri (film)|Shastri]]'' || Kanakambari ||
|-
|Rowspan=5|2006|| ''[[Shambu (2006 film)|Shambu]]''|| Sahana||
|-
|''[[Belli Betta]]'' ||Easwari ||
|-
|''[[Ambi (film)|Ambi]]'' || Pallavi||
|-
|''[[Suntaragaali]]'' ||Actress||Special appearance
|-
|''[[Kusthi]]'' || Divya || Tamil ||
|-
|Rowspan=4|2007|| ''[[Ee Preethi Onthara]]'' ||Priyanka ||Kannada ||
|-
|''[[Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal]]'' || Anjana Menon ||Malayalam||
|-
|''Enthavaaralaina'' || || Telugu ||
|-
|''[[Rakshakan]]'' || Aswathy ||Malayalam ||
|-
|2008||''[[Kanal Kannaadi]]'' || Gerly Fernando || Malayalam ||
|-
|2009||''[[Unnai Kann Theduthe]]''|| Sindhu || Tamil ||
|-
|2010||''[[Pathinonnil Vyazham]]'' || Meenakshi ||Malayalam ||
|}

==Television==

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Serial !! Language !! Channel
|-
|2002||''Kanmani''||Malayalam||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1474067|Manya}}
*[https://www.facebook.com/manya2151?fref=photo Manya's Official Page]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Columbia Business School alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam television]]

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