Nithya Ram

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| name = Nithya Ram

| image = Nithya Ram in 'Nandini'.jpg

| caption = Nithya in a scene from Nandhini

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = {{Ubl | 2010–2019 | 2023–present}}

| known_for = Nandhini
Anna

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| relatives = Rachita Ram (sister)

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Nithya Ram is an Indian actress who works in Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu soap operas with few Kannada and Malayalam films. She is the elder sister of Kannada film actress Rachita Ram.{{cite news|title=Rachita Ram and Nithya Ram are sisters|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/did-you-know-/Rachita-Ram-and-Nithya-Ram-are-sisters/articleshow/33495015.cms|website=The Times of India|date=9 April 2014 |accessdate=15 August 2015}} Known for her act in the Tamil TV series Nandini.

Early life and career

Nithya Ram comes from a family of artists with her father K. S. Ramu and sister Rachita Ram being classical dancers themselves, and the latter has since appeared in films. Nithya is a trained classical dancer from Welight Academy as well. She holds a graduate degree in biotechnology and worked for some time, but her "dream of becoming a heroine never died."{{cite news|author=A. Sharadhaa|title=Nithya enters tinsel town|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Nithya-enters-tinsel-town/2013/08/27/article1753420.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829081113/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/Nithya-enters-tinsel-town/2013/08/27/article1753420.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 August 2013|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=The New Indian Express|date=27 August 2013}}

Nithya started her career as an actress with a Kannada television show opera Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu, which aired on Zee Kannada, that co-starred her sister as well. She went on to appear in other Kannada shows such as Karpoorada Gombe, Rajkumari and Eradu Kanasu.{{cite news|last1=Prasad S.|first1=Shym|title=Ranchita Ram's fairytale journey in Sandalwood|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Ranchita-Rams-fairytale-journey-in-Sandalwood/articleshow/32705738.cms|website=The Times of India|date=26 March 2014 |accessdate=15 August 2015}} Following this, she worked in one Telugu soap opera, i. e., Muddhu Bidda. After that, she had been signed for a film opposite Diganth, which however failed to take off. In 2014, she was signed to play a lead role in Muddu Manase opposite Aru Gowda. Around the time, she signed to her second soap opera in Telugu, Amma Naa Kodala.{{cite news|title=Nithya Ram returns to the small screen|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/Nithya-Ram-returns-to-the-small-screen/articleshow/45394078.cms|accessdate=15 August 2015|work=The Times of India|date=6 December 2015}} Later, She also played the lead role in the Tamil superhit television serial Nandini.

Filmography

= Television =

scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Series ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Language ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of Nithya Ram television credits
2010	Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu	Malli	Kannada	Debut serial
2012–2013	Aval	Shalini	Tamil	Tamil debut
rowspan=2\|2013	Karpoorada Gombe	Shravani	rowspan="2" \|Kannada
Rajkumari	Rajakumari
2012–2014	Muddu Bidda	Geetha/Sangeetha	rowspan=2\|Telugu	Dual role & First Telugu serial
2014–2017	Amma Naa Kodala	Madhumita chaitu
2015	Eradu Kanasu		rowspan=2\|Kannada
2016	Girija Kalyana	Parvathi	Debut in Mythological TV series
rowspan="3" \| 2017–2018	Nandini	Nandini and Ganga- Dual Role (Season 1)	rowspan="1" \|Tamil-Kannada	Won Best Actress and Best Jodi Sun Kudumbam Awards 2018
Killadi Kids \| rowspan="2" \|Judge \|Kannada \| rowspan="1" \| Udaya TV
Asathal Chutties \| rowspan="2" \|Tamil \| Sun TV
rowspan="4" \|2018 \|Saavale Samali \| rowspan="2" \|Anchor \| rowspan="1" \|Sun TV
Savalige Sye \|Kannada \| Udaya TV
Nandhini Kudumbam \| Herself \| Tamil \| special show on Sun TV for Nandini series celebration
Masala Cafe	Judge \| rowspan="2" \|Tamil	Sun Life program
rowspan="2"\| 2019– 2020	Lakshmi Stores	DC Nithya	Extended Cameo
Nandini 2 \|Nandini , Ganga and Janani - Triple role (Season 2) \|rowspan="1" \|Kannada \|Udaya TV
2023{{endash}}present	Anna	Bharani Shanmugam	Tamil	Zee Tamil
2024{{endash}}present	Shanthi Nivasa	Shanthi and Archana - Dual Roles	Kannada	Udaya TV {{cite news\|title=Nithya Ram To Make TV Comeback With New Serial Titled Shanthi Nivasa\|url=https://www.news18.com/movies/nithya-ram-to-make-tv-comeback-with-new-serial-titled-shanthi-nivasa-8971847.html\|website=News18\|date=19 July 2024 \|accessdate=11 November 2024}}

= Films =

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of Nithya Ram film credits
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Film ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Language ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
2015	Muddu Manase	Poorvi	Kannada	Debut Kannada film
2022	Kaypakka	Seetha	Malayalam

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|+ List of Nithya Ram film credits

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2015

Muddu Manase

Poorvi

Kannada

Debut Kannada film