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Ananya is an Indian film actress, who appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She born on 29 March 1987. Her real name is Ayilya Nair.

She made her acting debut in Malayalam with Positive (2008) and debuted the following year in Tamil with Naadodigal, which emerged a critical and commercial success. She has a list of films in Malayalam and Tamil.

Ananya become much popular in Tamil Cinema,after her most successful Tamil film, Engaeyum Eppothum,for which she received Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress Tamil.

Ananya got engaged to Anjaneyan, a businessman from Trichur on 3 February 2012. However 2 weeks later news came that she has called of her engagement after knowing that Anjaneyan had a previous marriage from which he had sought divorce. This news hasn't been confirmed by the actress nor by her family.

Then in July the actress went and married Anjaneyan in a highly secretive event in Tirupati. They have since been giving T.V interviews together as a couple.

Ananya Nair screenname changed to Ananya, when she was working in her debut Tamil film Naadodigal. The film was a high commercial success, and Ananya rose to fame, with her performance in the film being appreciated.

Ananya went on to reprise the same role in its Malayalam remake Ithu Nammude Katha. The film Shikkar alongside Mohanlal, gave her a big break in Malayalam. She did some thrilling scenes in the climax of the movie Shikkar that impressed Mohanlal, which made him call her the "Vijayashanti" of Malayalam.

Ananya also played a supporting role in Kandahar, which saw her sharing screen space with Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan.

In 2011, Ananya played one of the female lead roles in Engeyum Eppodhum, which received rave reviews and became a super hit.

Ananya was born as Ayilya to Malayali parents Gopalakrishnan Nair, a noted film producer, and Praseetha in kothamangalam, Kerala. She has one brother Arjun, who is an engineering student. She appeared as a child artist in one of her father's productions (executive producer), Pai Brothers (1995).

Ananya pursued a B.A. degree in Communicative English at St. Xavier's College, Aluva. During her childhood, she was an archer and won the State Championship. While representing her college in a television reality show "Star Wars", she was spotted by various directors and received acting offers. After declining five projects, she decided to give it a try, accepting to act in Positive.

Awards to Ananya

Kerala state TV Awards : 2012 - Best Actress : Doore
Filmfare Awards South: 2011-Best Supoorting Actress(tamil): Engaeyum Eppothum
Asianet Film Award: 2010- Best Supporting Actress : Seniors&Doctor Love
Vijay Award: 2009- Best Debut Actress : Naadodigal

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1995	Pai Brothers		Malayalam	Child artist
2008	Positive	Jyothi	Malayalam	Credited as Ayilya
2009	Naadodigal	Nallammaal	Tamil	Winner, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
	Rahasya Police	Bhama	Malayalam
2010	Seetha Ram		Malayalam
	Shikkar	Ganga	Malayalam
	Fiddle	Gayatri	Malayalam
	Oru Small Family	Ammu Vishwanathan	Malayalam
	Kandahar		Malayalam	Special appearance
2011	Ithu Nammude Katha	Kalyani	Malayalam
	Seedan	Mahalakshmi	Tamil
	Seniors	Jeni	Malayalam	Asianet Film Award For Best Supporting Actress
	Amayakudu	Divya	Telugu
	Doctor Love	Gowri	Malayalam	Asianet Film Award For Best Supporting Actress
	Engaeyum Eppothum	Amudha	Tamil	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Sandwich	Kanmani	Malayalam
2012	Kunjaliyan	Maya	Malayalam
	Masters	Ashley Jacob	Malayalam
	Mullamottum Munthiricharum	Ranimol	Malayalam
	Gokula Krishna	Aishwarya	Kannada
2013	The Reporter		Malayalam	Filming
	Ameya		Malayalam	Filming
	Achan Balan Makan Bheeman		Malayalam	Filming
	Nadodimannan	Meera	Malayalam	Filming
	Raktharakshassu 3D		Malayalam	Filming
	Dhoore		Malayalam	Filming
	Iravum Pagalum		Tamil	Filming
	Intintaa Annamayya		Telugu	Filming
	Thomson Villa		Malayalam	Filming
	Sadharanakkaran		Malayalam	Pre Production
	Pulivaal	Selvi	Tamil	Filming
	100 Degree Celsius	Ganga	Malayalam	Filming
2014	Purampokku		Tamil	Filming