Ananya (actress)

Ananya
Ananya in 2015
Born	Ayilya Gopalakrishnan Kochi, Kerala, India
Alma mater	St. Xavier's College for Women, Aluva
Occupations	Actress singer archer
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Anjaneyan ​ (m. 2012)​

Ayilya Gopalakrishnan, better known by her stage name Ananya, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil language films as well as in a few, Telugu and Kannada films. She is also a singer and an archer.

She made her acting debut in the Malayalam film Positive (2008) and also debuted the following year in Tamil through the film Naadodigal, which turned out to be a critical and commercial success.^[1] She received the Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress in 2012 for the telefilm Doore and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil for Engaeyum Eppothum in 2011.