
Rajisha Vijayan
Born/Date of Birthday: 15 July 1991
Place of Birth: Perambra, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Nationality: Indian
Alma mater: Amity University, Noida
Occupation: Actress, television presenter
Height: 155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Parent(s): Vijayan, Sheela
Rajisha Vijayan is an Indian actress and television presenter who appears in Malayalam and Tamil films. She hosted several television shows in Malayalam before making her acting debut in the 2016 film Anuraga Karikkin Vellam, for which she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress. She achieved further critical and commercial success for her lead roles in the films Oru Cinemakkaran (2017), June (2019), Finals (2019), Stand Up (2019) and Love (2020).
Early life and education
Rajisha Vijayan was born in Perambra, Calicut, Kerala, India to Vijayan and Sheela. She graduated in Mass Communication and Journalism from Amity University, Noida.
Career
She hosted Susi’s Code, a youth-centric programme and a music chat show. She hosted Surya challenge along with Vidhu Pratap on Surya TV. She also anchored Ugram Ujwalam, a talent show aired on Mazhavil Manorama.
Rajisha Vijayan debuted in the Malayalam film Anuraga Karikkin Vellam. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress in 2016 for the role, and went on to receive a nomination for a Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam.
Her second role was in the commercially failed movie Georgettan's Pooram alongside Dileep. Her next venture was Oru Cinemakaaran starring Vineeth Sreenivasan. She also acted in a theatre drama, Hand of god as a queen.
In 2019, Rajisha Vijayan appeared in the lead role in the coming of age film June by Friday Film House. Both the film and her performance were critically and commercially acclaimed.
Rajisha Vijayan played her Tamil debut in Karnan, directed by Mari Selvaraj and featuring Dhanush, Lal, Natarajan Subramaniam, Yogi Babu, Gouri Kishan and Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli.
In 2020, She appeared as the lead in the Khalid Rahman directorial movie Love ,opposite Shine Tom chako.