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Jasmine Mary Joseph, known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films
She was one of the popular lead actress during the 2000s.
Meera Jasmine won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role inPaadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam, and is a two-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She also won the Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu
Meera Jasmine was born in Kuttapuzha village, Thiruvalla Kerala to Joseph and Aleyamma. She was the fourth of five children
She has two sisters, Jiby Sara Joseph and Jeny Susan Joseph,[ who has also acted in films,and two brothers, one of them, George worked as an assistant cinematographer
Meera had initially wanted to study and become a doctor and never had dreamed of becoming a film star
Meera Jasmine made her debut in the Malayalam film Soothradharan. Her second film was Gramophone, directed by Kamal, in which she appeared alongside Navya Nair and Dileep
She rose to fame in Malayalam cinema with the film Kasthooriman directed by her mentor Lohithadas, in which she enacted comedy and sentimental scenes
She received her first Filmfare award for her performance in Kasthooriman. The film was a success at the box office, running for 100 days
The same year, she acted in T. V. Chandran's acclaimed Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam
She played a 15-year-old Muslim girl who was forced to marry an older man, for which she was awarded a State Award and the National Award in addition with several other awards. It was followed by her performance as Raziya in Perumazhakkalam alongside Kavya Madhavan
Meera Jasmine's Tamil debut was Run, directed by Lingusamy, which became a high success in Tamil Nadu and made her a sought-after actress.The successes of Run and her next Bala (2002) gave her the chance to work with the established actors of the Tamil film industry.