Miya (actress)
Gimi George, better known by her stage name Miya George, or more commonly Miya, is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Malayalam films, along with a few Tamil films. She started her career as an actress by playing supporting roles in television shows. She made her film debut by playing short roles in films such as "Oru Small Family" (2010), "Doctor Love" (2011) and "Ee Adutha Kaalathu" (2012). She was selected the Kerala Miss Fitness in 2012 and played her first lead role the same year in the Malayalam film "Chettayees". She's best known  for her roles in the films "Memories" (2013), "Vishudhan" (2013), "Mr. Fraud" (2014), "Amara Kaaviyam" (2014), "Indru Netru Naalai" (2015), "Anarkali" (2015), "Paavada" (2016), "Hello Namasthe" (2016), "Oru Naal Koothu" (2016), "The Great Father" (2017), "Sherlock Toms" (2017), "Ira" (2018), "Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal" (2018), "Brother's Day" (2019), and "Driving Licence" (2019). Early life and education. Miya was born in Mehrauli, Delhi as a daughter to Sunny Varghese and Lelamma Chacko (now Thane), where her father worked as an engineer. Later, at the age of five, she moved to Pala in Kottayam. She did her schooling from Sacred Heart Girls  High School, Bharananganam and St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Bharananganam. She completed B.A. degree from Alphonsa College, Palai and her Masters in English Literature at St. Thomas College, Palai. She has one elder sister, Gini, who is married to Lijo George and is settled in Bangalore. On 12 September 2020, Miya married businessman Ashwin Philip at St. Mary's Basilica Church, Ernakulam in a simple ceremony due to COVID-19 restrictions. They have a son born in July 2021.  Her father George Joseph died two months later on 21 September. Career. She started her career by playing supporting roles in  the television serials "Alphonsamma" and "Kunjali Marakkar". She wain the films "Doctor Love" and "Ee Adutha Kaalathu". She rose to fame when she was chosen the Kerala Miss Fitness 2012 in a beauty pageant. She made her debut as a heroine through the film "Ettekaal Second" but the project got a commercial release in the year 2014. Actress Urmila Unni who played Miya's mother in this film suggested her to director Shajoon Kariyal who cast her to play the lead role in his 2012 comedy film "Chettayees". She played the wife of the character played by Biju Menon which  won her critical acclaim. Miya was then seen in the Mohanlal-starrer "Red Wine" in which she played the lead opposite Asif Ali. She played the role of an investigative journalist in Jeethu Joseph's "Memories" which turned out to be a major hit of the year 2013. The same year she appeared as a Christian nun thrown out of the church on the charge of having an illicit affair with a priest, in "Vishudhan". In 2014, she appeared in veteran director Joshiy's "Salaam Kashmier" in which she played the lead role alongside Jayaram and Suresh Gopi and B.  Unnikrishnan's "Mr. Fraud" in which she paired with Mohanlal. She also appeared in Lal Jr.'s psychological thriller "Hi I'm Tony" in which she paired opposite Asif Ali for the second time, George Varghese's "6B Paradise", and K. N. Sasidharan's "Nayana" which had her playing the mother of a young girl. She made her debut in Tamil with Jeeva Shankar's "Amara Kaaviyam" in which she played a character called Karthika. In 2015 she had done "32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam".