Malavika Wales

Malavika Wales
Born	19 July 1992 Thrissur in Kerala
Occupation	Film actress, dancer
Years active	2010–present
Parent(s)	P. G. Wales (deceased) Sudhina Wales
Relatives	Mithun Wales

Malavika Wales is an Indian film and television actress and classical dancer. She hails from a Malayali family from Thrissur. She made her acting debut in Malarvaadi Arts Club. She is well known among the Malayali audience as Ponnu of television series Ponnambili airing in Mazhavil Manorama.

Malavika was born to P. G. Wales and Sudina Wales at Thrissur. She has an elder brother, Mithun Wales. She did her schooling at Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi School, Thrissur and later went to Anupam Kher’s actor preparation, in Mumbai to do a diploma in acting. She is doing her BA in English literature at the IGNOU.

Malavika started learning dance when she was 6 years old and had her Arangetram at Guruvayur Sreekrishna Temple three years later. She has learned under maestros such as Kalamandalam Kshemavathy and Kalamandalam Prasanna Unni. She is trained in Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattom and Kuchipudi.

She participated at the Miss Kerala contest in 2009. At age 16, she was the youngest contestant that year. She made it till the third round and was adjudged ‘Miss Beautiful Eyes’ at the contest. Later, Vineeth Sreenivasan saw her photos and auditioned her for a role in Malarvaadi Arts Club.

Although Malarvaadi Arts Club was her first release, she had acted in Lenin Rajendran’s Makaramanju before. When she was studying in Class VI, she also acted in his documentary, Aisha. She starred in Nandeesha the Kannada remake of the Malayalam blockbuster, Thilakkam, where she reprised Kavya Madhavan's role. She was then seen in My Fan Ramu and later in the art house flick, Aattakatha, where she played the Anglo-Indian daughter of a Kathakali artiste played by actor Vineeth.

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