Poornima Indrajith

Poornima Indrajith (née Poornima Mohan) is an Indian actress and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. She debuted as child artist with the Malayalam film Onnu Muthal Poojaym Vare in 1986. Her last film before marriage was Dany in 2001. She made a comeback in the 2019 film Virus which was critically acclaimed and a box-office success.

Early and personal life

Poornima Indrajith was born to Mohan and Shanthi, in a Tamil family that settled in Kerala. Her mother tongue is Tamil. Her father is a practicing lawyer, and her mother runs a dance school. She has a younger sister, Priya Mohan, who is also an actress.

Poornima is a graduate in Mass Communications from St. Teresa's College, Kochi. She is married to actor Indrajith Sukumaran. They have two daughters including singer Prarthana Indrajith. She is the daughter-in-law of the late Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran. Prithviraj Sukumaran is her brother-in-law.

Career

Poornima started her career as a model and then acted in a successful Tamil TV serial Kolangal. She then acted in many TV serials in Malayalam Television serial industry. Following this she acted in supporting roles in movies, including Meghamalhar (2001), Valliettan (2000) and Randam Bhavam (2001).

After 17 years, she made a comeback with Virus which was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade.

Filmography

As actor

• All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

Television

Television shows as host

Television shows as judge

Television serials (Partial list)

External links

• at IMDb