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Divyaa Unni
Born	Kochi, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actress classical dance performer teacher
Years active	1987–2019
Children	3
Relatives	Vidhya Unni (sister) Meera Nandan (cousin) Remya Nambeesan (cousin)

Divyaa Unni is an Indian former actress and classical dancer of Indian origin who teaches various forms of dance such as Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattom. As an actress, she mainly appeared in Malayalam language films, in addition to few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films too.

Early life

Her mother Uma Devi, is a Sanskrit teacher and is the Head of Sanskrit Department; at Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Girinagar and was awarded the National Award for Teachers (India), in the year 2013 by the President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee. She has a sister, Vidhya Unni, who has worked as a lead in couple of Malayalam movies. Divyaa completed her schooling in Bhavan's Vidya Mandir, Girinagar.

The actress has two children in her first marriage.

Dance career

Divyaa started her Bharatanatyam dance training at the age of three, thereafter she was trained in Kuchipudi, and Mohiniyattam. Subsequently, Divyaa Unni was crowned, in 1990 and 1991, "Kalathilakom" in Kerala School Kalolsavam statewide competitions. On India's premier Television Channel Doordarshan, she has presented a variety of Indian dance art-forms to such as Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, and Indian folk dance. She continues to perform at various Indian dance festivals in India and international stages throughout North America, Europe and Persian Gulf countries.

Filmography

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Television

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Serials

• Neeyum Njanum (Zee Keralam)
• Iniyonnu Vishramikkate (DD Malayalam)
• Shankupushpam (Asianet)
• Kunjikkoonan (DD Malayalam)
• Manassu (Surya TV)

Telefilm

• Pranayam (Surya TV)

TV shows as Host

• American Jalakam (Asianet)
• Asianet Film Awards (Asianet)
• America Today (Kairali TV)
• Pravaham
• Poomottukal (DD Malayalam)

TV shows as Judge

• Comedy Stars Season 3 (Asianet)
• Top singer season 2 (Flowers TV)
• Oru Chiri Iru chiri Bumper Chiri (Mazhavil Manorama)
• Star Magic (Flowers tv)

References

1. "National award for Sanskrit teacher Ms. Umadevi K. Ms. Umadevi K. Sanskrit teacher bagged the national Award for Best Teacher 2013 instituted by MHRD, New Delhi. She was invited to attend the award ceremony at New Delhi on Teachers Day". bhavans.info/news/show_other_news.asp?nid=774&kid=32. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
2. "List of teachers who were awarded National Award on Teachers Day 2014 | Curriculum Magazine". www.curriculum-magazine.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
3. "Reinventing the Panchakanya Women Through Bharatanatyam". Brown Girl Magazine. 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
4. M, Athira (9 November 2017). "Artistic endeavours". The Hindu.
5. "A lifelong passion for dance". 9 November 2017.
6. "Divya Unni back on stage with mesmerizing dance steps - Video".
7. Nampoothiri, Hareesh N. (16 November 2017). "Review: Young dancers take the stage at Soorya's 'Parampara' festival". The Hindu.
8. "Review - The flavors of a festival - Padma Jayaraj". narthaki.com.

External links

• Divya Unni at IMDb
• Divyaa Unni on Facebook
• Divyaa Unni on Instagram

• Living people
• 20th-century American dancers
• 20th-century Indian actresses
• 20th-century Indian dancers
• 20th-century Indian educators
• 20th-century Indian women educators
• 20th-century Indian women artists
• 21st-century Indian actresses
• Actresses from Kochi
• Actresses in Kannada cinema
• Actresses in Malayalam cinema
• Actresses in Malayalam television
• Actresses in Tamil cinema
• Actresses in Telugu cinema
• Bharatanatyam exponents
• Child actresses in Malayalam cinema
• Dancers from Kerala
• Educators from Kerala
• Indian dance teachers
• Indian film actresses
• Indian television actresses
• Kuchipudi exponents
• Teachers of Indian classical dance
• Women artists from Kerala
• Women educators from Kerala
• St. Teresa's College alumni