Laya (actress)

Laya (Telugu: లయ) is a Telugu film actress and a Kuchipudi dancer. She entered the Telugu film industry in a movie called "Swayam Varam" along with another popular actor, Venu. She had acted in about 40 Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. Her debut film as child actor is Bhadram Koduko in 1992.^[1]

Biography

Laya is born in Vijayawada in the South-Eastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and had settled later as classical dancer in Hyderabad. She has a B.Tech degree in Computer Science from V.R.Siddhartha Engineering College. She performed more than 50 stage shows before getting married to a doctor in Hyderabad and emigrating to the USA. Her mother was a music teacher in a school and her father a doctor.

Filmography

• Rashtram, 2006
• Udayon, 2005
• Thommanum Makkalum, 2005
• Adirindayya Chandram, 2005
• Swarabhishekam, 2004
• Gajendra, 2004
• Vijayendra Varma, 2004
• Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila, 2004
• Missamma, 2003
• Alice in wonderland
• Donga Ramudu And Party, 2003
• Pellamtho Panenti, 2003
• Nee Premakai, 2002
• Siva Rama Raju, 2002
• Preminchu, 2001
• Hanuman Junction, 2001
• Manoharam, 2000
• Manasunna Maaraju, 2000
• Maa Balaji, 1999
• Swayam Varam, 1999
• Bhadram Koduko, 1992
• Naalo Vunna Prema
• Gelupu
• Kodandaramudu
• Nenu Pelliki Ready
• Ramma Chilakamma

Awards

She has won the Nandi Award for Best Actress two times for movies Manoharam and Preminchu in consecutive years.

Personal

• Laya is a trained classical dancer and gave several performances
• Laya married a NRI doctor and moved to US
• Laya presently stars in Telugu TV programs

References

Currently she got married and settled down in the US. She is working for Mahindra Satyam @ CA.