1. Jasmine Mary Joseph, known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films.
26 Facts About Meera Jasmine
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Meera Jasmine went on to star in various commercial and critically successful films in south Indian languages making her one of the successful actresses of the 2000s.
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Meera Jasmine won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role in Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam, and is a two-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
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Meera Jasmine received the Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu.
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Meera Jasmine was born 15 February 1982 in Kuttapuzha village, Thiruvalla, Kerala to Joseph and Aleyamma.
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Meera Jasmine has two sisters, Jiby Sara Joseph and Jeny Susan Joseph, who has acted in films, and two brothers, one of them, George worked as an assistant cinematographer.
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Meera Jasmine completed her schooling in Bala Vihar, Thiruvalla and Marthoma Residential School, Thiruvalla.
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Meera Jasmine appeared for her Higher Secondary Exams in March 2000.
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Meera Jasmine had enrolled for a BSc degree in Zoology at Assumption College, Changanassery and completed nearly three months when she was spotted by director Blessy and offered a role in Soothradharan.
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Meera Jasmine initially wanted to study and become a doctor and never had dreamed of becoming a film star.
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Meera Jasmine made her debut in the Malayalam film Soothradharan.
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Meera Jasmine's performance was appreciated and the film was a high commercial success.
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Meera Jasmine rose to fame in Malayalam cinema with the film Kasthooriman directed by her mentor Lohithadas, where she played a happy go lucky yet emotionally complex character.
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Meera Jasmine received her first Filmfare award for her performance in Kasthooriman.
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Meera Jasmine played a 15-year-old Muslim girl who was forced to marry an older man, for which she was awarded a State Award and the National Award in addition with several other awards.
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Meera Jasmine played as a girl pretending to be a boy due to the pressure of circumstances in the first half of the film.
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Meera Jasmine was next featured opposite Mammootty in the critically acclaimed film Ore Kadal.
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Meera Jasmine acted opposite Mohanlal in Siddique's comedy film Ladies and Gentleman.
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Meera Jasmine signed up for Ithinumappuram, a period film based in the 1970s, in which she plays a highly orthodox and rich Nair woman who falls in love with someone from a lower caste and gets married against her parents' will.
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In 2018, Meera Jasmine made a comeback after a gap of two years with a guest appearance in Kalidas Jayaram starrer Poomaram directed by Abrid Shine.
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The film received decent reviews and Meera Jasmine was praised for her subtle act.
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Meera Jasmine later appeared in N Lingusamy's Sandakozhi and SS Stanley's Mercury Pookkal.
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Meera Jasmine became noted in the Telugu film industry with Run, the dubbed version of the same-titled Tamil film.
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Meera Jasmine was seen in the Telugu films in 2004 with Ammayi Bagundi and Gudumba Shankar, entered Kannada cinema by co-starring with Puneet Rajkumar in Maurya.
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Meera Jasmine married to Anil John Titus on 9 February 2014 who works as an engineer in Dubai.
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Meera Jasmine however said that she was not aware of a ban and that she was continuing shooting for Malayalam films.