Baby Meenakshi

Meenakshi
Born	Anunaya Anoop 2005 Paduva, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Other names	Baby Meenakshi or Meenakshi Anoop
Alma mater	Aravinda Vidya Mandiram, Kidangoor, Kottayam
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	2014–present

Anunaya Anoop, credited as Baby Meenakshi, is an Indian child actress who works primarily in the Malayalam film industry. She is best known for her role as Fathima (Pathu/Pathumma) in the 2015 comedy film Amar Akbar Anthony. She has also acted in several tele-films, out of which Varsham won her a national award.

Meenakshi was born as Anunaya in Paduva, Kottayam, to Anoop, a computer accounting faculty and Remya, a student. She has one brother, Aarush.

Meenakshi started her acting career with a short film Madhura Nombaram directed by Akhil S Kiran. Later, she went on to act in several albums, short films and tele-films. She received a national award for acting in the tele film Varsham.

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, Kumbasaram and Aana Mayil Ottakam, all of which released in 2015. She made her breakthrough portraying Fathima (Pathu/Pathumma) in Amar Akbar Anthony (2015).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." She also received the Asianet Film Award for Best Child Artist for her performance.

She acted in the Priyadarsan movie Oppam, as Nandhini kutty and signed on to act in upcoming films such asZacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu and Kanbathu Poi, the latter of which is a Tamil film.

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