Surabhi Lakshmi | |
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Born |
Narikkuni, Kozhikode, Kerala |
16 November 1986
Residence | Narikkuni, Kozhikode, Kerala |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | B.A.(Bharathanatyam), M.A (Theatre Arts), M.Phil (Performing Arts). Ph.D (ongoing) |
Occupation | Acting |
Years active | 2005–present |
Awards | National Film Award for Best Actress 2017 |
Website | www.surabhilakshmi.com |
Surabhi C.M. (stage name Surabhi Lakshmi) (born 16 November 1986) is an Indian film and television actor in Malayalam. She won the (Indian) National Film Award for Best Actress in 2017 for the Malayalam film, Minnaminungu at the 64th National Film Awards. She is the fifth Malayalam actress to bag the prestigious award. Previously, Sarada, Monisha Unni, Shobhana and Meera Jasmine had won the award.
Surabhi Lakshmi is an Indian film and television actor in the Malayalam language. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress in the 64th National Film Awards for the Malayalam film, , special jury mention in The Kerala State Film Awards 2016 and Malayalam Film Critics Award 2016 for Second Best Actress, all for her performance in the film Minnaminungu. She has acted in more than twenty Malayalam films and two television serials. Surabhi is more popular among television audience because of her character, Paathu, who speaks in a colloquial north Kerala slang (Calicut dialect) in the TV show titled M80 Moosa. She bagged the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy's best actress award in 2010 and 2017 for her roles in ‘Yakshikathakalum Naattuvarthamanangalum' and 'Bombay Tailors' respectively.
Surabhi is born to Andy & Radha on 16 November 1986. She hails from Narikkuni in Kozhikode, Kerala. Her siblings are Subitha Santhosh (sister), Sumitha Akhil (sister) and Sudheesh Kumar (brother). Her grandmother Lakshmi is said to be her pillar of inspiration. Surabhi spent her childhood in Koolikkulangara, Mangad (Unnikulam) in North Kerala.
She did her schooling in AUP School Mangad, Kerala. With a merit scholarship, Surabhi passed her BA degree in Bharathanatyam (2009) with first rank from Kaladi Sree Sankaracharya College. She did her Master of Arts (MA) in 2011 in Theatre Arts from the same college with a merit scholarship from the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy. In 2012, she completed her Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Performing Arts from MG University, Kerala. She is currently a research scholar at the Kaladi Sree Sankaracharya College. In 2015, she received the Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship for the best student.