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Abhirami
Known for: ActingAbhirami (born July 26, 1983), born Divya Gopikumar, is an Indian actress and television host who works predominantly in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada cinema. She made her acting debut in the Malayalam film *Pathram* (1999), followed by *Njangal Santhushtaranu* (1999) and *Millennium Stars* (2000). She entered Tamil cinema with *Vaanavil* (2000), for which she won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actress. During the early 2000s, Abhirami played leading roles across South Indian industries, appearing in *Meghasandesam* (2001), *Middle Class Madhavan* (2001), *Samuthiram* (2001), the comedy *Charlie Chaplin* (2002), and her Kannada debut *Laali Haadu* (2003). For her performance in the period drama *Virumaandi* (2004), she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil. She subsequently appeared in the Telugu release *Cheppave Chirugali* (2004) before taking an extended hiatus from acting. Abhirami returned to cinema with the medical thriller *Apothecary* (2014) and *36 Vayadhinile* (2015). In streaming, she appeared in *Oru Kodai Murder Mystery* (2023) and *Goli Soda Rising* (2024). Her subsequent releases included the action drama *Garudan* (2023), *Maharaja* (2024), *Saripodhaa Sanivaaram* (2024), *Vettaiyan* (2024), *Thug Life* (2025), *Bomb* (2025), *Blast* (2026), and *Karmakhya* (2026).
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Blast
as Neelaveni 
Maharaja
as Kokila 
Thug Life
as Jeeva 
12A Railway Colony
as Shalini 
Vettaiyan
as Swetha 
Virumaandi
as Annalakshmi 
Saripodhaa Sanivaaram
as Chayadevi 
Sulthan
as Annalakshmi 
36 Vayadhinile
as Susan David 
Vishwaroopam II
as Nirupama Wisam (Voice) 
Eleven
as Shanthi 
Aghathiyaa
as Agathiyaa Mother 
Middle Class Madhavan
as Abhirami 
Amar Akbar Anthony
as Amar's Mother 
Vishwaroopam
as Dr. Nirupama (Voice) 
Garudan
as Sreedevi 
Bomb
as Krishnammal 
Charlie Chaplin
as Mythili Ramakrishnan