Meenakshi Anoop

Meenakshi was born to Anoop R, a computer accountant and Remya. She did her schooling at NSS Higher Secondary School, Kidangoor, and at MGM NSS Higher Secondary School, Lakkattoor.^[5][6] She is pursuing her graduation in English Literature at the St. Mary's College, Manarcaud.^[7]

Meenakshi started her acting career with a short film Madhura Nombaram directed by Akhil S. Kiran.^[5]

She made her film debut in Arun Kumar Aravind's 1 by Two (2014), though her scenes were not included in the film. She then went on to act in 1000: Oru Note Paranja Katha, Jamna Pyari, and Aana Mayil Ottakam, all of which released in 2015.^[5] She made her breakthrough portraying Fathima (Pathu/Pathumma) in Amar Akbar Anthony (2015).^{[8][better source needed]} International Business Times stated about her performance, "The child artist has been receiving amazing responses from the audience and is undoubtedly loved by everyone for her innocent and natural acting."^[4] She also received the Asianet Film Award for Best Child Artist for her performance.^[9]

She acted in the Priyadarsan movie Oppam,^[10] as Nandhini kutty and signed on to act in upcoming films such as Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu and Kanbathu Poi, the latter of which is a Tamil film.^{[8][better source needed]}

Her film debut in languages other than Malayalam include, Kavacha in Kannada, The Body in Hindi and Kanbathu Poi in Tamil.

• All films are in Malayalam, unless otherwise noted.

• Meenakshi at IMDb