Her entry into the film industry happened through the 2003
Hindi satirical film Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula, alongside
Milind Soman. After about 4 years of failed screen tests, the Setmax ad shot by Prahlad Kakkar won the best ad campaign of the year, and was noticed by the director Parvati Balagopalan's mother and got her a screen test for
Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula, was appreciated by critics and earned her the
Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actress. After unsuccessful films like
Anjali I Love You in Telugu and
Arivumani in Tamil, she stepped into the
Malayalam film industry in 2005 with the
Blessy-directed
Thanmathra, alongside Malayalam actor
Mohanlal. Her performance as Lekha Ramesan, a
housewife and mother of two children, received positive reviews and she received the Best Female New Face Award at the 2005 Ujala-Asianet Awards. Simultaneously she made her television debut in Tamil and Malayalam with Penn and Kanalpoovu respectively . The later series earned her the
Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress making her a prominent figure in television and films along Malayali audience. In 2009, she had three releases, the Malayalam-language films
Orkkuka Vallappozhum,
Decent Parties and
Vairam: Fight for Justice, in which she portrayed a Malayali housewife, whose daughter gets molested and killed. The fourth release was
Aattanayagan, co-starring
Sakthi Vasu and
Remya Nambeeshan. After a hiatus she made her comeback to Malayalam films in 2017 with
Chakkaramaavin Kombathu and later portrayed notable roles in offbeat films like Silence, appuvinte sathyanveshanam, Paykappal and Panigrahanam. In 2020, she moved her focus to television playing the female lead
Sumithra in Malayalam television serial
Kudumbavilakku on
Asianet and antagonist in Tamil series
Chithi 2 on
Sun TV which rose her popularity again among the south Indian audience. ==Personal life==