Miya George

In this Indian name, the name George is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Miya.
Miya George
Actress Miya Gerorge
Born Gimi George
28 January 1992
Dombivli, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Ethnicity Nasrani or St. Thomas Christians
Alma mater Alphonsa College, Pala
St. Thomas College, Pala
Occupation Actress, model, dancer
Years active 2010–present
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)

Gimi George, better known by her stage name Miya, is an Indian actress and model.[1] She started her career as an actress by playing supporting roles in television soaps. She made her film debut by playing short roles in the films Doctor Love and Ee Adutha Kaalathu. She was selected the Kerala Miss Fitness in 2012 and played her first lead role the same year in the Malayalam film Chettayees.[2]

Early life and education

Miya was born in 1992 as the second daughter of George and Mini in a Syro-Malabar Nasrani family at Dombivili inMumbai,MaharastraWhere her father worked as an engineer. Later at the age of five she moved to Palai in Kottayam[3] She did her schooling from Sacred Heart Girls High, Bharananganam and St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Bharananganam. She completed B.A. degree from Pala Alphonsa College and is currently doing her Masters in Literature at St. Thomas College, Pala.[4] She has one elder sister, Gini, who is married and settled in Saudi Arabia.

Career

She started her career by playing supporting roles in the television serials Alphonsamma and Kunjali Marakkar.[5] She was subsequently chosen to play small roles in the films Doctor Love and Ee Adutha Kaalathu.[5] She rose to fame when she was chosen the Kerala Miss Fitness 2012 in a beauty pageant.[6] She made her debut as a heroine through the film Ettekaal Second but the project got a commercial release in the year 2014.[7] Actress Urmila Unni who played Miya's mother in this film suggested her to director Shajoon Kariyal who cast her to play the lead role in his 2012 comedy film Chettayees.[5] She played the wife of the character played by Biju Menon which won her critical acclaim. Miya was then seen in the Mohanlal-starrer Red Wine in which she played the lead opposite Asif Ali.[6] She played the role of an investigative journalist in Jeethu Joseph's Memories which turned out to be a major hit of the year 2013.[8] Same year she appeared as a Christian nun thrown out of the church on the charge of having an illicit affair with a priest, in Vishudhan. In 2014, she appeared in veteran director Joshiy's Salaam Kashmier in which she played the lead role alongside Jayaram and Suresh Gopi and B. Unnikrishnan's Mr. Fraud in which she paired with Mohanlal. She also appeared in Lal Jr.'s psychological thriller Hi I'm Tony in which she paired opposite Asif Ali for the second time, George Varghese's 6B Paradise,[6][9] and K. N. Sasidharan's Nayana which had her playing the mother of a young girl.[10] She made her debut in Tamil with Jeeva Shankar's Amara Kaaviyam in which she played a character called Karthika.[11] She has acted in many advertisements and has judged some reality shows.

Filmography

Actress Miya George at Star & Style Magazine shoot by Seny P Arukattu
Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Language Notes
2010 Oru Manikutty Malayalam Credited as Gimi George
2011 Doctor Love Ebin's friend Malayalam Credited as Gimi George
2012 Ee Adutha Kaalathu Shyleja Malayalam Credited as Gimi George
Navagatharkku Swagatham Elsa Malayalam First lead role
Chettayees Merlin Malayalam
2013 Red Wine Deepthi Malayalam
Memories Varsha Mathews Malayalam
Vishudhan Sophie Malayalam
2014 Salaam Kashmier Suja or Leena Malayalam
Ettekaal Second Neethu Malayalam
Mr. Fraud Saraswathi Malayalam
Hi I'm Tony Tina Malayalam
Amara Kaaviyam Karthika Tamil
Nayana Nayana's mother Malayalam
Cousins Ann Malayalam
2015 6 B Paradise Films that have not yet been released Malayalam Post-production
Indru Netru Naalai Films that have not yet been released Tamil Filming [12]
Manthrika Thooval Films that have not yet been released Malayalam Filming [13]
32 aam Adhyayam 23 aam Vakyam Films that have not yet been released Malayalam Filming [14]
Anarkali Dr.Sherin Mathew Malayalam Filming
Oru Naal Koothu Films that have not yet been released Lakshmi Tamil Filming[15]

References

  1. ↑ "'Mia George'- The Blue Eye Girl".
  2. ↑ http://www.mangalam.com/women/interview/79468
  3. ↑ http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.DLL/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=13288075&programId=7940908&channelId=-1073751306&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=5
  4. ↑ http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/110/26
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "ജിമിയല്ല ഇനി മിയ". Vanitha (in Malayalam): 112, 113. December 15–31, 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Shruti Karthikeyan (December 17, 2012). "Mia opposite Manoj in 6B...". Deccan Chronicle (Kozhikode). p. 25 (Kozhikode Chronicle).
  7. ↑ "Underwater song in Ettekaal Second". Sify.com. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  8. ↑ Deepa Gauri (26 December 2013). The best of Malayalam cinema in 2013. Khaleej Times. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "'Chettayees' fame Mia to be the heroine in '6 B Paradise'". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  10. ↑ Ammu Zachariah (August 19, 2012). "Gimi is excited to work with Anupam Kher". The Times of India. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Mia heads to Kollywood - The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  12. ↑ "Vishnu-Mia George film is a fantasy comedy". The Times of India. Dec 20, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Unni Mukundan not in Manthrika Thooval!". The Times of India. Jan 5, 2015.
  14. ↑ "GP's new film shoot starts". The Times of India. Jan 27, 2015.
  15. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Dinesh-Mia-George-to-team-up/articleshow/46675598.cms

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