Sneha Sreekumar is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Malayalam films, television serials and theatre dramas. She is best known for playing the character of Mandodari^[2] in the TV sitcom Marimayam. She is also a professionally trained dancer with 15 years of experience in dance forms like Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Ottan Thullal, and Bharathanatyam^[3]

Biography

Sneha was born to Sreekumar, who works in the Kerala Water Authority and Girija Devi, who was the principal of a school in Kochi. They are settled in Kumbalam, Ernakulam. She has an elder sister Soumya.^[4]

Sneha completed her schooling from St. Antony's Higher Secondary School, Ernakulam and did her graduation in Malayalam from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam. Later, she completed her post-graduation from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady in Theatre arts. She also holds a master of philosophy in the performing arts from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala.

She is professionally trained in Kathakali from Kalamandalam E. Vasudevan, Ottan Thullal from Kalamandalam Prabhakaran and Mohiniyattam from Nirmala Panicker.^[5]

She started off her career through popular TV series Marimayam playing the role of Mandodari which rose her fame among the Malayali audience. ^[6] She made her debut with Vallatha Pahayan directed by Niyas Backer and later went on to act in several films and her notable roles include in To Noora with Love, Zachariayude Garbhinikal, Rajamma @ Yahoo, Utopiayile Rajavu, Velipadinte Pusthakam to name a few.

She is also hosted the TV show Loudspeaker.

Filmography

Theatre

• Play Boy
• Marimankanni
• Spinal Cord
• Hayavadana
• Black Friday
• Poovan Pazham
• The Proposal
• Chayamukhi
• Pralaya Sougandhikam
• Taj Mahal
• Krishna (Music drama)

References

External links

• Sneha Sreekumar at IMDb