Shailaja Priya | |
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.jpg) Priya in 2011 | |
| Born | (1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (age 43) Bapatla,Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Years active | 1997–2000 2010–2023 |
| Spouse | Venkata Kishore Machiraju |
| Children | 1 |
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Mamilla Shailaja Priya (20 May 1981), popularly known asPriya, is an Indian actress. She appears primarily inTelugu feature films and televisionsoap operas, and has also acted inHindi andTamil language films.[1]
She made her acting debut in 1998 with the movieMaster which featuredChiranjeevi. She has won theNandi Award presented by the government ofAndhra Pradesh for her role in this serialPriya Sakhi. Apart from soap operas, she has acted in about 200 feature films.
Popularly known as Priya, Mamilla Shailaja Priya was born in 1981, inBapatla,Andhra Pradesh. Her parents are Mamilla Venkateswar Rao and Mamilla Kusuma Kumari. She is the third child, among three sisters. She did her schooling inHyderabad,Telangana. While in college, she won the Miss College Pageant. She later started pursuing her acting career. She completed her graduation with aB.A. Priya married Venkata Kishore Machiraju in 2002. They have a son, Nischay, who was born in 2003. They resided in Hyderabad.
She wonNandi Award presented by the government of Andhra Pradesh[2] very early in her career. She was also the recipient of various awards like the Dasari Cultural Award, Swathi Cultural Award, and Vamsee Berkeley Award. She won the Cine Goers Award andGemini Ugadi Puraskaram for her portrayal of the character Bhuvaneshwari inKotha Bangaaram.[3]
She started her television career with the runaway hitPriya Sakhi in which she portrayed the lead role which had different shades(ranging from the young to the old).It was so popular that she is still identified as "Priyasakhi" Priya and the name stuck to her. She has acted in serials likePriya Ninu Choodaleka andPriya O Priya. Later, she has acted in almost all the leading Television channels in Telugu and Tamil. Her serials includeLady Detective,Sangarshana,Pelli Chesukundam &Jwaala forETV,Dairy of Mrs Sharada &Kotha Bangaaram for Gemini TV,Maanasa forMaa TV,Vaidehi forDoordarshan,Chinna Kodalu forZee TV, andNaagamma in Tamil forSun TV. She has also done aHindi serial titledYehi hai Zindagi. She has also appeared inVani Rani serial in Tamil which aired on Sun TV. She was acting in the serialKalyani in Telugu which airs on Gemini TV and Piriyadha Varam Vendum and Chocolate in Tamil which airs onZee Tamizh and Sun TV.
Santoor top 10 was a program anchored by Priya which ran for two years in Gemini Channel and she had portrayed different characters in each episode of the show. Similarly,Geethanjali was another music based show anchored by Priya for ETV and ran for a year.Endaro Mahanubhavulu is another show anchored by Priya which portrayed the achievements of various famous people in Andhra Pradesh from all walks of life.
She has appeared in commercials for brands like Chandana Brothers, Shakthi Gas, Til Sona Oil and Kanchan Mixer Grinder. She has been credited with the cover page of the most popular Telugu family magazine,Swathi. And also she was one of the 19 contestants inBigg Boss Telugu 5
She started her acting career with Chiranjeevi-starrerMaster in 1997. In all, she has acted in about 60 feature films, often appearing alongside leading stars of Telugu film industry. She was a constant accompaniment to almost all the leading heroines in her movies. Some of her movies areMaster &Annayya with Chiranjeevi,Gokulamlo Seetha with Pawan Kalyan,Chandra Lekha with Nagarjuna,Raja Kumarudu with Mahesh Babu,Jayam Manadera with Venkatesh and most importantly,Soorya Vamsham in Hindi Amithabh Bachchan.
Her other films includeTaamboolalu,Pedda Manushulu,Maa Vidaakulu,Greeku Veerudu,Sakutumba Saparivara Samethamga,Velugu Needalu,Dongaata,Chiru Navvutho,Harishchandra,Madhuri,Manavudu Danavudu,Sambhavam andKathi Kantha Rao. In 2012 she appeared in Nagarjuna's most acclaimedDhamarukam. She playedRicha Gangopadhyay's mother inPrabhas'sMirchi and appeared inIddarammayilatho as mother ofCatherine Tresa's character.
| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
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| 1998 | Vaidehi | Doordarshan | |
| 2011–2012 | Naagamma | Sun TV | |
| 2017–2018 | Vani Rani | Akhilandeshwari | |
| 2019–2020 | Piriyadha Varam Vendum | Chitra | Zee Tamil |
| Chocolate | Renuka | Sun TV |