Priya Raman (born 18 June 1974) is an Indian actress, television presenter, and producer known for her work in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada cinema, as well as Malayalam and Tamil television serials. She made her film debut in 1993 with Valli, produced by Rajinikanth, and entered the Malayalam film industry the same year with Arthana, directed by I. V. Sasi. In Telugu, she is known for her work in Subha Sankalpam (1995).
She gained recognition for her lead role in the Tamil television series Sembaruthi and for hosting the third season of the game show Genes on Zee Tamil.
Film career Malayalam director Joshiy cast her as an air force pilot in 1993 in Sainyam with Mammootty.
She has also appeared in a number of Tamil and Malayalam television serials like the Tamil serial Durga, Malayalam serial Kavyanjali produced by of Balaji Telefilms (as "Anjali"), Swarnamayooram, Pavakoothu and Orma (as "Girly"). She have acted in Zee Tamil serial Sembaruthi. She also hosts a celebrity reality game show called Genes on the same channel.
Filmography
Film Year Film Role Language Notes 1993 Valli Valli Tamil Debut Tamil film Arthana Priya Malayalam Debut Malayalam film 1994 Subramaniya Swamy Valli Tamil Kashmeeram Manasi Varma Malayalam Sainyam Shradha Kaul Malayalam Maa Voori Maaraju Jaanaki Telugu Debut Telugu film 1995 Manthrikam Betty Fernandez Malayalam Thumboli Kadappuram Mary Solomon Malayalam Desa Drohulu Vijaya Telugu Leader Priya Telugu Mana Midiyithu Neeraja Kannada Debut Kannada film Subha Sankalpam Sandhya Telugu No. 1 Snehatheeram Bangalore North Hema Malayalam Dora Babu Bharathi Telugu 1996 Naalamkettile Nalla Thampimar Neena Malayalam Kumkumacheppu Deepa Malayalam Srivari Priyuralu Rukmini Telugu Sri Krishnarjuna VijayamRukmini Telugu Mangala Sutra Sudha Kannada Indraprastham Special appearance Malayalam Ammuvinte Aangalamar - Malayalam 1997 Bhoopathi Julie Williams Malayalam Suryavamsam Gowri Tamil Kalyanappittannu Geethu Malayalam Asuravamsam Nanditha Menon Malayalam Aaraam Thampuran Nayanthara Malayalam 1998 Ponmanam Poornima Tamil Harichandra Chithra Tamil Pudhumai Pithan Priya Tamil 1999 Sparsham Rajani Malayalam Gandhiyan Priya Malayalam Uthram Nakshathram - Malayalam Vellimanithaalam -Malayalam Chinna Raja Priya Tamil Nesam Pudhusu Vasanthi Tamil Sautela Bijili Hindi Debut Hindi film 2018 Padi Padi Leche Manasu Padma Telugu
TV serials YearTitleRoleChannelLanguageNotes2000Snehatheeram DD Malayalam MalayalamTelevision Debut2000Snehatheeram Surya TVMalayalam Sequel to Snehatheeram 2000Neelambari Vijay TVTamil2001PoruthamHarithaSurya TVMalayalamSri DurgaDurga Jaya TVTamil2004–2006 Kavyaanjali AnjaliSurya TVMalayalamRemake of Kundali2005–2006OrmaGirlyAsianetMalayalam2000PavakoothuGayathriAmrita TVMalayalam2006–2007SuryavamsamManasaGemini TVTeluguReplaced Vijayalakshmi2006 SwarnamayooramKrishnaveniAsianetMalayalam2007Girija.M.A GirijaJaya TVTamil2008Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda LakshmiSun TVTamil2009–2010 Kadhaparayum KaavyanjaliAnjaliSurya TVMalayalamSequel to Kaavyanjali2017–2022 Sembaruthi "Aadhikadavur" Akhilandeshwari and Bhuvaneswari Zee TamilTamil Comeback serial, parallel female lead, dual role2018–2019Arayannangalude VeeduPriyalakshmiFlowers TV Malayalam 2021Senthoora Poove Aruna – Duraisingham's First WifeStar Vijay TamilBaakiyalakshmiHerselfGuest appearance Rajini Akhila PurshothamanZee TamilCameo appearance in promo 2025Pookkaalam Priyadarshini MenonMazhavil Manorama Malayalam
Other shows YearTitleRoleChannelLanguageNotes2018–2021 Genes (season 3) Anchor Zee TamilTamil Game show 2018 Onnum Onnum Moonu Guest Mazhavil ManoramaMalayalamTalk show2018 Anveshana GuestE TV Telugu Talk show2018 Cinema Vikatan Guest Tamil Talk show2018 Super Mom Akhilandeswari Tamil Reality show2019Top SingerCelebrity JudgeFlowers TVMalayalamReality show2019Dance Jodi Dance JuniorsJudgeZee TamilTamil2019Alitho SaradagaGuestE TV TeluguTeluguTalk show2019Little TalksGuest TamilTalk show2019–2020Dance Jodi Dance 3.0JudgeZee TamilTamilReality show2021Stylish Tamilachi vs Mass TamilanAnchorZee TamilTamilTalk show2021Super Mom ReunionGuestZee TamilTamiReality show2022 Sembaruthi Vetri Vizha Herself Zee TamilTamil Special show2025 Cooku with Comali season 6 Contestant Star VijayTamil Reality show Eliminated episode 40
Web series YearTitleRolePlatformNotes2019Madras Meter ShowContestantZEE5Episode 5
Award and nominations Cinema Express Awards Best Newface Actress -Valli Zee Tamil Family Awards 2018 -Won – Most Popular Mom – Sembaruthi 2019 -Nominated – Best Anchor – Genes Season 3 2020-Won- Best Anchor – Genes Season 3 2020– Nominated – Most Popular Mom- Sembaruthi 2020– Nominated- Most Popular Mamiyar- Sembaruthi
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