Nayantara was born on November 8th, 1984 in Thiruvalla town of Kerala. She was born to parents Kurian and Omana Kodiyattu in a Tiruvalla based Christian family and was named Diana Kurien. She was in fact interested to become a Chartered Accountant (CA) and she was not serious about full-fledged acting career.

She is a good-looking and gorgeous and has even won Best Model Award of Kerala in 2002. Her talents soon recognized and she was offered the role in Malayalam film Manassinakkare 2003 opposite Jayaram.

Movie Career

She made her debut role in Malayalam film Manassinakkare 2003. That was a big break for her and she gave up her idea of becoming a CA and concentrated in films. Though she was very young in age as well as in movies, she got opportunity to play alongside renowned south Indian actors. She acted with Mohanlal in Vismayathumbathu (2004) and Natturajavu (2004), with Mammooty in Rappakal (2005) and Thaskara Veeran (2005), and with Rajnikanth in a blockbuster movie Chandramukhi (2005), with Surya in super hit Ghajini (2005), and with Nagarjuna in Boss (2006). She did an item number in Rajnikanth starrer Shivaji (2007) which become a huge success at box office and she is very happy about her contribution even though that was an item number.

This talented beauty has successfully carved a niche in south Indian movies, and has a huge fan following there. She has many upcoming projects lined up with exciting roles with big actors. Her talent, sexy look, voluptuous body, and attractive features will definitely help her rule the industry for long.