Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli
Biography
Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Malayalam films. She won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum.
A postgraduate in human resource management from Madras School of Social Work, she joined the English theatre company Evam as a full-time employee, before venturing into the Tamil film industry. She is also a former National Level cricket player, and national Ultimate Frisbee champion.
Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli was born into a Tamil family. After completing her master's in social work, specializing in human resources, from the Madras School of Social Work, she worked for a corporate company as an HR professional.
As she wanted to pursue "something more creative", she started to work with the theatre group Evam, on their managerial side. Although she never got to act in their plays because of a tight work schedule, she called it "a great platform where I could easily learn how things transformed from paper to performance".
She joined gymnastics before she was 10 years old and started playing cricket, becoming a part of India's B national cricket team, under which she also played a series against the West Indies. She also pursues Ultimate Frisbee. A member of Chennai Ultimate Frisbee, she has regularly participated in Ultimate Frisbee competitions.
