Ramya (Kannada: ರಮ್ಯ), born Divya Spandana, is a popular actress in Kannada and Tamil films.
Birth and Childhood:
Ramya was born in Bangalore, Karnataka on November 29, 1981. She studied at St. Hilda's school in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. She then earned her collegiate at St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore. Ramya participated in stage shows and dance rehearsals from her grade school days. Along with her mother tongue Kannada, she is able to read and write Tamil.
Career:
Ramya stepped into the film industry with Kannada movie Abhi starring against Puneet Rajkumar. Being her latest hit Arasu along with Puneet Rajkumar and Meera Jasmine released in early 2007 has done well again. She is considered to be "golden girl" in Kannada film industry as she has the success rate of close to 90% in her career.
The movie "Amrithadhare" shows her acting in one of her recent films directed by Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar. Her debut film in Kollywood had bombed at the boxoffice.
Her breakthrough in Tamil came through her film Polladhavan (2007 film) where she acted against Dhanush. The film was considered a dark horse success , being released during the Deepavali period. Rajinikanth was all praises for the entire crew of Polladhavan [1].
She also worked in Gautham Menon's Varanam Aayiram opposite Surya. She changed her screen name to Divya which is believed to have brought her more luck in getting hi-fling roles and she has also dubbed in her own voice for Varanam Aayiram.
She is currently shooting for SingamPuli with actor Jeeva in Tamil and Kicha-Hucha with actor Sudeep in Kannada. Her latest movie MussangeMathu with Sudeep was a big hit.
Filmography:
Year Film Role Co-star Director Notes
2003 Abhi Bhanu Puneet Rajkumar Dinesh Babu
Excuse Me Madhumitha Sunil Rao & Ajay Rao Prem
2004 Ranga (S.S.L.C) Padma Sudeep Yograj Bhat
Kanti Reema Murali Bharath
2005 Aadi Aishwarya Aadithya M S Ramesh
Aakash Nandini Puneet Rajkumar Mahesh Babu
Gowramma Gowri Upendra B Naganna
Amrithadhare Amritha Dhyan Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
2006 Sevanthi Sevanthi Sevanthi Vijaya Reghavendra S Narayan
Julie Julie Dino Morea Poornima Mohan
Datta Divya Darshan Thoogudeep Chi Gurudatt
Jothe Jotheyali Divya Prem Dinakar Thoogudeep
Thananam Thananam Vanaja Shaam,Rakshitha Kavitha Lankesh
2007 Arasu Shruthi Puneet Rajkumar Mahesh Babu
Prarambha Prabhu Deva Santosh Sivan Short film
Meera Madhava Raghava Meera Diganth T N Seetharam
2008 Mussanjemaatu Thanu Sudeep Mahesh
Meravanige Spandana Mahesh Babu Guest appearance
Bombaat Shalini Ganesh D.Rajendra Babu
Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu Preethi Aditya Babu Veera Shankar
2009 Bhimoos Bang Bang Kids Upendra S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu Post Production
Jothegaara Prem Shikamani Post Production
Ullasa Vijay Prakash Filming
Kichha Huchha Sudeep Filming
Tamil:
Year Film Role Notes
2003 Kuthu Anjali
2004 Giri
2007 Polladhavan Hema
2008 Thoondil Divya
2008 Vaaranam Aayiram Priya
2009 Kadhal 2 Kalyanam Filming
2010 Singam Puli Filming
Telugu:
Year Film Role Notes
2003 Abhimanyu
2006 Amrutha Varsham Amrutha
