Parvathy Nair

Parvathi Nair
Parvathy Nair at the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards, Dubai, 2015
Born	Parvathy Nair Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Nationality	Indian
Education	Bachelor of Software Engineering
Alma mater	Manipal Institute of Technology
Occupation	Actress, Model
Years active	2012–present

Parvatii Nair is an Indian model and actress, who works in the South Indian film industry. Born into a Malayali family in Abu Dhabi, she trained as a software professional and also pursued a career in modelling before becoming an actress. During her modelling career, she appeared in a number of commercials and won titles such as "Miss Karnataka" and "Miss Navy Queen" in 2010.

After a short stint with modelling, Nair made her acting debut with the 2012 Malayalam film Poppins directed by V. K. Prakash. Since then, she has appeared in a number of critically acclaimed films across all four South Indian film industries, such as Story Kathe (2013), Yennai Arindhaal (2015) and Uttama Villain (2015). Her performance as a young journalist in her first Kannada film Story Kathe won her the Best Kannada Debut Actress Award at the South Indian International Movie Awards, while her portrayal of a vengeful wife in Yennai Arindhaal won her praise from critics. In 2015, she also starred in the critically and commercially successful film Vascodigama, portraying an English lecturer.

Parvatii Nair was born in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates into a Malayali family and has an elder brother named Shankar. She did her schooling at Our Own English High School in Abu Dhabi and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram. She went on to graduate in Computer Science Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology in Karnataka, India, hoping to work as a software engineer. As a school student, she won a Guinness certificate for being part of the team that made the longest painting in the world. She became a full-time model after she participated "Miss Karnataka" in 2009, and went on to be an ambassador for Mysore Sandal soap. She won "Navy Queen Kerala" in 2010, before appearing in numerous print and television commercials. As a model, she has endorsed brands like Anchor, Asian Paints, Malabar Gold, Mazaa Prestige, Reliance and Tata Diamonds. Nair had also expressed interest in participating in the Femina Miss India pageant after winning the state-level title, but could not apply as a result of the competition's height eligibility. After working as a model, she began appearing in short films, music videos and documentaries.