Oviya(Helen Nelson)

 

Born	Helen Nelson[1] April 29, 1991 (age 23) Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008 - present

Oviya (born April 29, 1991 as Helen Nelson) is an Indian model and film actress, who mainly works in the Tamil film industry. She rose to fame with the 2010 comedy film Kalavani.

Career

Oviya completed BA in Functional English at Vimala college in Thrissur, before director Sargunam approached her for Kalavani. The film saw her feature opposite Vimal, and the film subsequently gained positive reviews and went on to become a sleeper hit at the box office. She subsequently received several offers. She was seen in half-a-dozen films in the following 12 months, including a guest appearance in Kamal Haasan's Manmadan Ambu and the Kannada and Telugu remakes of Kalavani, in which she reprised her character from the original. In 2012 she was seen in Pandiraj's Marina, and Sundar C.'s Kalakalappu.Her next release was Sillunu Oru Sandhippu, opposite her Kalavani co-star Vimal.She also has acted in Moodar Koodam, Madha Yaanai Koottam and Pulivaal.

In 2014, she signed her first Bollywood project Jaat, besides a Tamil film titled Seeni.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2007	Kangaroo	Susanna - Josekutty's sister	Malayalam
2008	Apoorva	Pooja	Malayalam
2009	Puthiya Mukham	Meera	Malayalam
2010	Kalavani	Maheswari	Tamil	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
	Manmadan Ambu	Sunanda	Tamil
	Puthumukhangal	Varsha	Malayalam
2011	Muthukku Muthaaga	Shwetha	Tamil
	Kirataka	Nethra	Kannada
	Manushyamrugam	Sophie	Malayalam
	Agarathi		Tamil
2012	Marina	Sopnasundari	Tamil
	Kalakalappu	Maya	Tamil	Edison Award for Female Rising Star
2013	Sillunu Oru Sandhippu	Geetha	Tamil
	Moodar Koodam	Karpagavalli (Kapuli)	Tamil
	Madha Yaanai Koottam	Ritu	Tamil
2014	Pulivaal	Monica	Tamil
	Yaamirukka Bayamey	Sharanya	Tamil
	Jaat - The Story of Revenge		Hindi	Post-production
	Seeni		Tamil	Filming
	Sandamarutham		Tamil	Filming