The former fashion model Priyamani

The former fashion model, 5' 5" tall sexy south indian actress, Priyamani was born on June 4, 1984 in Palakkad, Kerala to Vasudeva Mani Iyer and Latha Mani Iyer. Though she was born in Kerala, she was brought up in Bangalore and was a hyperactive student in her school. Priyamani prior to her movie debut has modeled for Lakshmi silks, Kancheepuram silks, and Erode silks. Soon after completing her 12th standard Priyamani through her modeling photo shoots attracted the attention of the industry people including ace director Bharathiraja.

The dusky actress Priyamani was the find of legendary director Bharathiraja, who gave Priyamani her break in movies with "Kangalal Kaithu Sei". Priyamani later made her debut in Malayalam with "Satyam" and her debut in Tollywood was marked with "Evare Atagaadu".Priyamani’s six years of struggle in the film industry down south is reaping fruits. The doe-eyed dusky beauty Priyamani picked up the strings of successes and went on to act in several movies in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi.