Priya Anand

Real Name :  Priya Bharadwaj Anand
Born           :  September 17, 1986 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation :  Actress, Model

Personal Life

Priya Anand born 17 September 1986 is an Indian film actress and model who appears in Tamil and Telugu films. She appeared in some Tamil and Telugu films including, Vaamanan and Leader.  Priya Anand was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu as the only child to a half Telugu, half Marathi father Bharadwaj Anand and a Tamil mother Radha. Because of her mixed regional background, she was brought up in both her parents' hometowns, Chennai and Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, becoming fluent in Tamil as well as Telugu. Besides her mother tongues, Priya is proficient in English, Bengali, Hindi and Spanish languages as well.  Priya, who describes herself as "naturally extremely hyperactive", became fascinated by films, developing an interest in cinema, since childhood, and noted that she has been dreaming of getting into the film industry and working on technical aspects of film making, but confesses she never thought of becoming an actor. She moved to the U. S., where she pursued her higher studies. Keeping her later career in mind, she studied Communications and Journalism at University of Albany. After completing her education, she returned to India in 2008 and since, stays with her grandparents in Chennai. However, she then ventured into modeling, appearing in various television commercials like Nutrine Maha Lacto, Prince Jewellery and Cadbury Dairy Milk.