Praveena

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Praveena
Praveena in 2012
Born	Praveena
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actor dubbing artist
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Santhosh M. Nair

Praveena is an Indian actress and dubbing artist who predominantly appears in Malayalam television series and films in addition to a few Tamil television series and films. She is known for portraying mother roles in films & television operas.^[1][2]

She started her acting career through 1992 film Gowri.^[3] She has received several accolades including Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her performances in the films Agnisakshi in 1998 and Oru Pennum Randaanum in 2008.^[4][5][6] She received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for the films Elektra in 2010^[7] and Ivan Megharoopan in 2012.^[8]

She appeared in multiple films, including Agnisakshi, English Medium, Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum, Swarnam and Oru Pennum Randaanum. She later debuted in Malayalam cinema through Anil Babu's Kaliyoonjal in which she was paired opposite Dileep. In Oral Mathram The Truth and Ezhupunna Tharakan,

She has won Kerala State Film Award four times. In 1998, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her performance in Agnisakshi and in 2008 she won the same award for her role in Oru Pennum Randaanum. In 2010 and 2011, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for Elektra and Ivan Megharoopan respectively.

Her serials include Swapnam, Megham the recent Mounam, Malakhamar in Mazhavil Manorama and Mohakkadal. She has also has been judge on several reality shows including Mummy & Me on Kairali TV, Comedy Stars and Star Singer on Asianet.

She has performed as a voice artist, for actresses like Jyothirmayi in Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum for Kavya Madhavan in Mizhi Randilum and Sadanandante Samayam and for Padmapriya in Amrutham.

Praveena was born to Ramachandran Nair and Lalithabai. Her father is a retired college professor. She has an elder brother, Pramod Nair, who works as a software engineer in the United States. She is married to Santhosh M. Nair who is a businessperson in Kerala. Following her marriage, she took a short hiatus from acting. The couple have a daughter.^{[9][verification needed]}

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Kerala State Film Award

• 1998 – Second Best Actress – Agnisakshi
• 2008 – Second Best Actress – Oru Pennum Randaanum
• 2010 – Best Dubbing Artist – Elektra
• 2011 – Best Dubbing Artist – Ivan Megharoopan

Asianet Television Awards

• 2005 – Best Actress – Megham
• 2011 – Most Popular Actress – Devimahathmyam
• 2018 – Best Character Actress- Kasthooriman

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

• 1999 – Best Actress – Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum
• 2007 – Best Dubbing Artist – Novel

Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal

• 2018 -Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal for Best Mother -Priyamanaval
• 2023-Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal for Best Mamiyar- Iniya

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Web series

• 2006 – Neermaathalathinte Pookkal (Amrita TV) as lead role
• 2007 – Annayude Lillipookkal (Surya TV) as Alice
• 2013 – Baby Sitter

• Sapthaswarangal (Music Show, Doordarshan)
• Sangeethika (Music Show, Doordarshan)
• Maharani (Star Vijay)
• Snehasparsham (Asianet News)

• Sree Ramanam Devadevan
• Tamil
• Paaduka Saigal Paadu
• Iniyennum – Singer
• Amma – Singer

• Raree Rareram Raro (Asianet Plus)
• Mummy & Me (Kairali TV)
• Idea Star Singer (Asianet)
• Vodafone Comedy Stars (Asianet)
• Yuvatharam (Jaihind TV)
• Grihalakshmi (Jaihind TV)
• Super Dancer Junior (Amrita TV)

• Official website
• Praveena at IMDb
• Kasthooriman at MSI