Early life:
Meera Jasmine was born on February 15, 1984 in Kuttappuzha, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta in Kerala. Born as Jasmine Mary Joseph to Joseph and Aleyamma, a christian by birth, she completed her schooling in , Seventh Day Adventist English Medium High School (KG to Fourth), Thekkemala, Mar Thoma Residential School (Fifth standard to +2), Thiruvalla. She completed her schooling in March,2000.She had enrolled for a BSC Program (Zoology) at Assumption College,Changancherrya nd completed nearly 3 months in this program, when she was spotted by director Blessy (who was then an assistant director to director Lohitadas) and offered a role in "Soothradharan".
Career:!
Malayalam:
Meera made her debut in the Malayalam film Soothradharan in 2001 directed by Lohithadas opposite Dileep. Though the film flopped, she received offers from other languages. She has starred in a dozen Malayalam films in her six-year career. Her second film was 'Gramaphone', directed by ace director Kamal, alongside Navya Nair, opposite Dileep. Her role as a Jewish girl was appreciated by Malayalam cine goers. Her third movie was Swapnakkoodu, a romantic comedy alongside Prithviraj, Kunchako Boban, Jayasurya, and Bhavana under director Kamal. Her performance was appreciated and the movie was success at the box office. among the five main characters, one who scored the most was again Meera. She got real attention in Malayalam cinema with the movie Kasthoorimann directed by her mentor Lohithadas. She was able to enact both comedy and sentimental scenes with equal fervor. She received her first film fare award for her performance in Kasthoorimann. The film was also a success in box office running for 100 days. The same year, she acted in T V Chandran's much acclaimed Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam. She played a 15-year-old Muslim girl who was forced to marry an older man. She not only received state award, but also National Award for Best actress and many other awards. Then came another soul-stirring performance as Raziya in Perumazhakkalam alongside Kavya Madhavan. In the movie 'Achuvinte Amma'(2005), she has enacted the young, adorable character Achu, with extraordinary ease that she seemed to live the character, instead of acting. She then paired with Mohanlal in Rasathanthram(2006). She played as a guy in the half and the movie went on to became a block buster. Her next movie, Vinodayathra was again with Sathyan Anthikkad who repeated her in his 3rd consecutive movie. She then starred in critically acclaimed movie Ore Kadal. The movie was showcased in various film festivals and won several awards. Her performance as an innocent middle class woman won praise from various corners. Media quoted her as, "Matching step with the megastar in this histrionic race is Meera Jasmine, who amazes you with a stunning delineation of her difficult role". Her next movie was Calcutta News with Dileep. Blessy, who introduced her to film field, was the director of Calcutta News.
Tamil:
Meera's Tamil film entry made her a well-known star in the South. The success of Tamil film Run and 'Bala'(2002) have given her the chance to work with popular actors of the Tamil industry. She won the Film fare Best Female debut actress award for Run. The success of the films led her to work with famed directors like Mani Ratnam in Aayitha Ezhuthu and SS Stanley in Mercury Pookkal. Meera has acted in more than 15 Tamil films.
Telugu and Kannada:
Meera Jasmine became famous in Telugu film industry with her first film (dubbed from Tamil) "Run". She has not only showed her presence in the Telugu films in 2004 with Ammayi Bagundi and Gudumba Shankar but also entered Kannada cinema by co-starring with Puneet Rajkumar in 'Maurya'. Her latest Kannada film 'Arrasu' is also a hit.
Meera's biggest Telugu hit was Bhadra with Ravi Teja in the male lead. Her other Telugu films are Raraju, Maharadhi, Yamagola Malli Modalayindi, Gorintaku and latest film is Maa Ayana Chanti Pilladu, in which she is paired for a second time with Sivaji.
Awards:
National Film Awards
2003, National Film Award for Best Actress, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam
Filmfare Awards
2002, Filmfare Best Female Debut (Tamil), Run
2003, Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Malayalam), Kasthoorimann[3]
2006, Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Malayalam), Achuvinte Amma
2007, Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Malayalam), Ore Kadal[4]
Kerala State Film Award
2003, Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam
2007, Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, Ore Kadal.
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
2005,Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress (Special Award), Kasthuri Maan
Tamil Nadu Government
2008, Kalaimamani Award
V Shantaram Awards
2003,V Shantaram Award for Best Actress, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam.
2007,V Shantaram Award for Best Actress, Ore Kadal
Asianet Film Awards
2003, Jeeva- Asianet Film Award for Best Actress, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam[5]
2004, Jeeva- Lux- Asianet Film Award for Best Actress, Perumazhakkalam[6]
2005, Jeeva- Lux- Asianet Film Award for Best Actress, Achuvinte Amma
2007, Jeeva- Lux- Asianet Film Award for Best Actress, Ore Kadal
Vanitha Film Awards
2004,Vanitha-Chandrika Film Award For Best Actress , Perumazhakkalam
2007,Vanitha-Nipon Paint Film Award for Best Actress, Ore Kadal
Mathrubhumi Film Awards
2003, Mathrubhumi - Medimix Award for Best Actress, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam[7]
2004, Mathrubhumi - Medimix Award for Best Actress, Perumazhakkalam[8]
Other Awards
2001, Bharathan Award For Best Female Debut Actress, Soothradharan[9]
2002, Dinakaran Award For Best Female Debut Actress, Run[10]
2003, National Film Academy Award for Best Actress, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam.
2003, Kaveri-Film Critics Award, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam[11]
2003, Kerala Film Audience Council Award, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam
2003, Kerala Film Critics Association Award, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam[12]
2004, Tikkurishi Award for Best Actress, Perumazhakkalam.[13]
2005, Amrita Film Fraternity Award for Best Actress, Achuvinte Amma
2006, Jeevan TV-Mastro Mania award for Best Actress, Rasathanthram
2007, Dubai AMMA award for Best Actress, Ore Kadal
2007, Fokana award for Best Actress, Ore Kadal[14]
2007, Amrita Film Award for Best Actress, Ore Kadal[15]
2007, Sreevidya Puraskaaram (Best Actress), Ore Kadal[16]
2007, Tharangini Film Award for Best Actress, Ore Kadal
2008, Best Actress at 8th Annual Imagine Indian Film Festival, Spain, "Ore Kadal"
2008, Dubai AMMA award for Best Actress, Calcutta News
2009, Veera Pazhassi Awards -Swarna Mayoogam
Filmography:
Malayalam Films
Year Title Role Director Cast
2008 Rathri Mazha Meera Lenin Rajendran Vineeth
2008 Minnaminnikoottam Charulatha Kamal Narain, Indrajith, Jayasurya, Roma, Samvrutha Sunil, Radhika
2008 Innathe Chintha Vishayam Kamala Sathyan Anthikkad Mohanlal
2008 Calcutta News Krishnapriya Blessy Dileep, Indrajith, Vimala Raman, Manasa
2007 Ore Kadal Deepti Shyamaprasad Mammootty, Narain, Ramya Krishnan
2007 Vinodayathra Anupama Sathyan Anthikkad Dileep, Sita, Parvati Menon, Mukesh
2006 Rasathanthram Kanmani Sathyan Anthikkad Mohanlal
2005 Achuvinte Amma Ashwathy Sathyan Anthikkad Urvashi, Narain
2004 Perumazhakkalam Raziya Kamal Dileep, Vineeth, Kavya Madhavan
2003 Chakram Indrani Lohithadas Prithwiraj
2003 Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam Shahina T. V. Chandran Suja Karthika
2003 Swapnakkoodu Kamala Kamal Prithwiraj, Kunchacko Boban, Bhavana, Jayasurya
2003 Kasthoorimann Priyamvada Lohithadas Kunchacko Boban
2002 Gramaphone Jennifer Kamal Dileep, Navya Nair
2001 Soothradharan Shivani Lohithadas Dileep
Tamil Films
Year Title Role Director Cast
2009 Nee Indri Naan Illai (Filming) Uday Kiran
2009 Sivappu Malai (Filming) V. Krishnamurthy Suresh Joachim
2009 Malaiyoor Mambattiyaan (Filming) Thyagarajan Prashanth
2009 Adhi Narayana (Filming) Vettri Dev
2009 Mariyadhai Chandra Vikraman Vijayakanth
2008 Nepali Priya V. Z. Durai Bharath
2007 Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram Shweta Suresh Krishna Dhanush, Archana
2007 Thirumagan Ayyakka Rathnakumar S.J. Suryah, Malavika
2006 Mercury Pookkal Anbu Chelvi S.S.Stanley Srikanth, Samiksha
2005 Sandakozhi Hema N. Linguswamy Vishal
2005 Kasthuri Maan Uma Lohithadas Prasanna (actor),Tamil
2004 Aayitha Ezhuthu Sasi Mani Ratnam Madhavan, Surya Sivakumar, Esha Deol, Trisha Krishnan, Siddharth
2004 Joot Meera Azhagam Perumal Srikanth
2003 Anjaneya (film) Divya Maharajan Ajith
2003 Pudhiya Geethai Sushi Jagan Vijay, Amisha Patel
2002 Bala Aarthi Deepak Shaam
2002 Run Priya N. Linguswamy Madhavan
Telugu Films
Year Title Role Director Cast
2009 Aakasha Ramanna Ashok Shivaji, Allari Naresh
2009 A Aa E Ee Srinivasa Reddy Srikanth, Sadha
2009 Bangaru Babu Neelu J. Sreenivasa Rao Jagapathi Babu
2008 Maa Ayana Chanti Pilladu Rajeswari Raja Vannem Reddy Sivaji, Sangeetha
2008 Gorintaku Lakshmi VR Pratap Dr. Rajasekhar, Arti Agarwal
2007 Yamagola Malli Modalayindi Aishwarya Srinivasa Reddy Srikanth, Venu
2007 Maharadhi Kalyani P. Vasu Balakrishna, Sneha, Jayapradha
2006 Raraju Jyothi Uday Shankar Gopichand
2005 Bhadra Anu Boyapati Srinu Ravi Teja
2004 Gudumba Shankar Gowri Veera Shankar Pawan Kalyan
2004 Ammayi Bagundi Janani/Satya Balashekharan Shivaji
Kannada Films
Year Title Role Director Cast
2009 Devaru Kotta Thangi Om Saiprakash Shivarajkumar
2009 Ijjodu Cheeni M S Sathyu Anirudh
2007 Arasu Aishwarya Mahesh Babu Puneet Rajkumar, Divya Spandana
2004 Maurya Alamelu S. Narayan Puneet Rajkumar