Early Life:Born as Jasmine Mary Joseph to Joseph Philip and Aleyamma in Kuttappuzha, Tiruvalla, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. She is a Syrian Christian by birth.She has two sisters and two brothers. She completed her schooling in Mar Thoma Residential School in Tiruvalla, before her entry into films.
Career:A chance meeting with Malayalam screenwriter Lohithadas gave way to her debut in Malayalam Cinema through the film Soothradharan in 2001.
Soothradharan did not do well at the box office. However, she continued to receive offers from Malayalam and Tamil film-makers, including the 2002 Tamil films Run and Bala.The success of Run made her a well-known star in Kollywood. She acted in a number of Tamil movies with popular actors, and then proceeded to work with director Mani Ratnam in the film Aayitha Ezhuthu.She entered Telugu cinema in 2004 with Ammayi Bagundi and Gudumba Shankar. She also entered Kannada cinema in 2004 with the film Mourya, in which she co-starred with Puneet Rajkumar. Her latest Kannada film, Arrasu, was also a success.
After making her entry into all four South Indian languages, she has acted concurrently in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her successful films include Achuvinte Amma (Malayalam), Bhadra (Telugu) and Rasatantram (Malayalam),Vinodayathra(Malayalam),Araasu(Kannada). Her 2005 Tamil film Sandakozhi completed 200 days at the box office.
Personal Life:Despite being a Christian by birth, Meera Jasmine is known for visiting Hindu temples.There was a controversy regarding the property that she owned. She had sued her parents for taking over her property and giving her mental torure.She is a very promising actress with extra-ordinary talents and great acting skills. She is a self-confessed fan of Tamil cinema's composer Ilayaraaja. She currently lives in Panampilly Nagar in Kochi.
Awards:
2002 Bharathan Award For Best Female Debut Actress Soothradharan
2003 Filmfare Award For Best Female Debut Actress Run
2003 Dinakaran Award For Best Female Debut Actress Run
2004 Lux - Asianet Film Award for Best Actress Kasthoorimann, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam
2004 Kaveri-Film CriticsAward Padam Onnu: Oru Vilaapam
2004 Filmfare Award for Best Actress Kasthoorimann, Padam Onnu: Oru Vilaapam
2004 Mathrubhumi - Medimix Award for Best Actress Padam Onnu: Oru Vilapam
2004 Kerala Film Critics Association Award Padam Onnu: Oru Vilapam
2004 Jeeva- Asianet Film Award for Best Actress Kasthoorimann, Padam Onnu: Oru Vilaapam
2004 State Film Award for the Best Actress Kasthoorimann, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam
2004 National Film Award for Best Actress Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam
2005 Lux - Asianet Film Award for Best Actress Perumazhakalam
2005 Vanitha-Chandrika Film Award For Best Actress Perumazhakalam
2005 Mathrubhumi - Medimix Award for Best Actress Perumazhakalam
2005 Tikkurishi Award for Best Actress Perumazhakalam
2006 Lux - Asianet Film Award for Best Actress Achuvinte Amma
2006 53rd Filmfare Award for Best Actress Achuvinte Amma
2006 Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actress[Special Award] Kasthooriman[Tamil]
2007 Jeevan TV-Mastro Mania award for Best Actress Rasathantram, Rathrimazha
Tamil Films:
2007 Kathi Kappal Announced
2007 Nepali (filming) V. K. Durai Bharath
2007 Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram Shweta Suresh Krishna Dhanush, Archana
2007 Thirumagan Ayyakka Rathnakumar S.J. Suryah, Malavika
2006 Mercury Pookkal Anbu Chelvi S.S.Stanley Srikanth, Samiksha
2005 Sandakozhi Hema Linguswamy Vishal
2005 Kasthuri Maan Uma Lohitadas Prasanna
2004 Aayitha Ezhuthu Sasi Maniratnam Madhavan, Surya Sivakumar, Esha Deol, Trisha Krishnan, Siddharth
2004 Joot Meera Azhagam Perumal Srikanth
2003 Anjaneya Divya Maharajan Ajith
2003 Pudhiya Geethai Sushi Jagan Vijay, Amisha Patel
2002 Bala Aarthi Deepak Shaam
2002 Run Priya Linguswamy Madhavan
Malayalam Films:
2008 untitled announced Fazil Prithviraj
2008 Bose announced Padmakumar Prithviraj
2007 Calcutta News announced Blessy Dileep
2007 Ore Kadal Released Shyamaprasad Mammootty, Narain
2007 Vinodayathra Anupama Sathyan Anthikkad Dileep, Sita, Parvati
2007 Rathri Mazha Meera Lenin Rajendran Vineeth
2006 Rasathanthram Kanmani Sathyan Anthikkad Mohanlal
2005 Achuvinte Amma Ashwathy Sathyan Anthikkad Urvashi, Narain
2004 Perumazhakkalam Raziya Kamal Dileep, Vineeth, Kavya Madhavan
2003 Chakram Indrani Lohitadas Prithwiraj
2003 Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam Shahina T.V.Chandran Mamukoya
2003 Swapnakoodu Kamala Kamal Prithwiraj, Kunchacko Boban, Bhavana, Jayasurya
2003 Kasthoorimaan Priyamvada Lohitadas Kunchacko Boban
2003 Gramaphone Jennifer Kamal Dileep, Navya Nair
2001 Soothradharan Shivani Lohitadas Dileep
Telugu Films:
2007 Gorintaku Dr.Rajashekhar, Arti Agarwal
2007 Yamagola Malli Modalayindi Aishwarya Shrinivasa Reddy Srikanth, Venu
2006 Maharadhi Kalyani P. Vasu Balakrishna, Sneha, Jayapradha
2006 Raraju Jyothi Uday Shankar Gopichand, Ankitha
2005 Bhadra Anu Boyapati Srinu Ravi Teja
2004 Gudumba Shankar Gowri Veera Shankar Pawan Kalyan
2004 Ammayi Bagundi Janani/Satya Balashekharan Shivaji
Kannada Films:
2006 Arasu Aishwarya Mahesh Babu Puneet Rajkumar, Ramya
2004 Maurya Alamelu S. Narayan Puneet Rajkumar