Meenakshi Anoop
Biography
Anunaya Anoop (born 12 October 2005), better known by her stage name Meenakshi Anoop, is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Malayalam film industry. She is best known for her role as Fathima (Pathu/Pathumma) in the 2015 comedy film Amar Akbar Anthony and Nandinikkutty (Nandini) in the 2016 crime thriller Oppam.
She made her film debut in Arun Kumar Aravind's 1 by Two (2014), though her scenes were not included in the film. She then went on to act in 1000: Oru Note Paranja Katha, Jamna Pyari, and Aana Mayil Ottakam, all of which were released in 2015.
She made her breakthrough in portraying Fathima (Pathu/Pathumma) in Amar Akbar Anthony (2015). International Business Times stated about her performance, “The child artist has been receiving amazing responses from the audience and is undoubtedly loved by everyone for her innocent and natural acting.”She also received the Asianet Film Award for Best Child Artist for her performance.
She acted in the Priyadarsan movie Oppam, as Nandhini Kutty and signed on to act in upcoming films such as Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu and Kanbathu Poi, the latter of which is a Tamil film.
Her film debut in languages other than Malayalam includes Kavacha in Kannada, The Body in Hindi, and Kanbathu Poi in Tamil.
