Lizy (actress)

Lissy Priyadarshan
Born	(1966-01-02) 2 January 1966 Pukkattupadi Ernakulam district, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Priyadarshan
Children	Kalyani, Siddharth

Lissy Priyadarshan also Lakshmi (Malayalam: ലിസ്സി, also spelled in English media as Lizy or Lizzie or Lizzy) is a popular South Indian film actress of 1980s. She is popularly known by the mononym Lissy. Though, was a leading heroine in Malayalam, she had also acted in several Tamil and Telugu. She was introduced to Tamil films by Superstar Kamal Hassan as his heroine in his home production, Vikram. She gave up acting after her marriage with famous film director Priyadarshan in 1990. She now resides in Chennai with her family.

Personal life

Lizzy was born at Pukkattupadi, Kochi in Kerala, and was brought up by her mother Aliyamma. Lissy(ഏലിയാമ, Malayalam for Elizabeth) was raised a Roman Catholic Latin Rite and did her studies at St. Teresa's School and College.^[1] Her debut into films happened in the early eighties and in a short period of time, she became one of the top heroines of the time. She was a common face in the eighties. Though Lissy had paired with almost all the top heroes of the eighties, it was along with Mohanlal and Mukesh, that she was able to create magic on screen. Even at the peak of her career, she acted as sister roles, the girl next door, and as the heroine's friend. Known for her stunning and mesmerizing looks, she was able to grab the hearts of viewers. Along with Malayalam films, Lissy also had appeared in several Tamil, and Telugu films. Lissy is most remembered for her roles in Chithram, Thalavattom, Odaruthammava Alariyam, and Boeing Boeing. She later fell in love with the famous film director Priyadarshan, and got married to him in December 13, 1990.^[2] After marriage, she gave up acting and adopted the name Lakshmi for religious reasons.^[3] After the birth of her son, Lizzy adopted the Hindu religion from Arya Samaj. Her daughter Kalyani is studying in New York and her son Siddharth is studying in San Francisco.^[4]

Current Ventures

Lissy is now the managing director of FourFrames Sound Company and FourFrames Entertainment. FourFrames is a renowned company for its preview theatre, production unit and shooting equipments, post production suite including one of the best known Sound Mixing studios in India today.

Lissy is also the co-owner of Kerala Strikers from Celebrity Cricket League. Kerala Strikers is one of the newer teams that were introduced to CCL which is a non-professional men's cricket league in India, contested by Eight teams consisting of film actors from Eight major regional film industries of Indian cinema.

Achievements

Lissy was awarded the Sthree Ratna Award by Kerala Kalakendram in the year 2013. She was also chosen as the Woman Achiever of the Year 2013 in Chennai by Jaguar.

Filmography

References

External links

• Lizy at the Internet Movie Database
• Lizzy at MSI