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Raiza Wilson - Wikipedia

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Raiza Wilson
Raiza in 2022
Born	Raiza Wilson (1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 35) Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Ranjitha
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2017–present

Raiza Wilson (born 9 April 1989^[1]) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Tamil films. She rose to fame following her appearance in the Tamil reality TV show Bigg Boss.^[2] She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South for her role as Sindhuja in Pyaar Prema Kaadhal. After her success she continued to act in films such as Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale (2019), Varmaa (2020), FIR (2022), Poikkal Kuthirai (2022) and Coffee With Kadhal (2022).

Career

Wilson completed her schooling at Nazareth Convent Girls High School and then at JSS International School in Ooty, before moving on to college in Bangalore ^[3] During her studies, she also worked as the PR, sales and marketing manager of Hint Lounge and Club in Bangalore.^[4] After gaining an interest in modelling, Wilson competed for the Miss India South 2011 title in late 2010, and was awarded the HICC Femina Miss South Beautiful Smile award during the competition.^[5]^[6] Wilson appeared in her first acting role in Tamil film Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 (2017), where she portrayed the personal assistant of Vasundhara Parameshwar, played by Kajol. Her screen time was very limited and therefore her role ended up being uncredited and minor.^[7]^[8]

In mid-2017, Wilson received widespread media attention in Tamil Nadu after signing on to appear on the Tamil reality TV show, Bigg Boss (Tamil) – Season 1, hosted by Kamal Haasan. She was evicted from the show after 63 days and in the process became the longest-lasting original female contestant. After her exit, Wilson stated that she felt "fortunate to become the part of the show" and "would cherish the memory forever".^[9] Wilson has acted in the lead role in Pyaar Prema Kaadhal, in which she pairs with another Bigg Boss contestant, Harish Kalyan.

After Pyaar Prema Kaadhal, Wilson was signed on to play an important role in Varmaa the Tamil remake of the Telugu film Arjun Reddy directed by Bala.^[10] However, this film was later redeveloped as Adithya Varma without Bala and Wilson's involvement.^[11] After from the success of Pyaar Prema Kaadhal, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Wilson are collaborating again in Yuvan's third production venture with PPK's co-director Mani Chandru and the film is titled as Alice and the first look was revealed on 14 January 2019.^[12]

Filmography

All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Velaiilla Pattadhari 2	Vasundhara's Personal Assistant	Uncredited role
2018	Pyaar Prema Kaadhal	Sindhuja	Debut film
2019	Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale	Bhargavi	Cameo appearance
2020	Varmaa	Herself	Cameo appearance
2022	FIR	Anisha Qureshi		^[13]
	Poikkal Kuthirai	Gouri		^[14]
	Coffee With Kadhal	Sara		^[15]
2023	Karungaapiyam	Meera		^[16]
2023	The Chase†	TBA	Telugu film; Completed	^[17]^[18]

Television

Bigg Boss Tamil 1 as Contestant (Evicted day 63)
Bigg Boss Tamil 2 as Guest appearance
Genes Season 2 as Contestant

Awards and nominations

Film	Award	Category	Result
Pyaar Prema Kaadhal	Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards	Best Debut Actress	Won
	BOFTA Galatta Debut Awards	Best Debut Actress-People's Choice	Won
	JFW Awards	Best Actress in a Debut Role	Won
	Edison Awards	Best Debut Actress	Won
	8th SIIMA Awards	Best Debut Actress	Won
	66th Filmfare Awards South	Best Debutant Actress	Won

References

^ "From Oviya To Raiza, Here's How 5 Kollywood Stars Celebrated Their Birthdays Amid Lockdown". zee5.com. 26 May 2020. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021.
^ "I was angry about Oviya being cornered: Raiza Wilson". The Times of India. 5 October 2017.
^ "Shooling Tamil: Raiza School". Cinemaexpress.
^ "Reenu Vijaya Kumar – Beauty Pageants – Indiatimes".
^ "Raiza Wilson – Beauty Pageants – Indiatimes".
^ "GET, SET, GO: (L to R) Rikee Chatterjee, Raiza Wilson, Pallavi Singh, Kavya Shetty, Nisha Barhamand, Aakanksha Patil, Apoorva Mittra, Denzilina Brown, Nidhi Sunil, Reenu Vijaya Kumar, Yamini Acharya, Shweta Dolli—the 12 gorgeous finalists of Pantaloons Femina Miss India South 2011 pose pretty.The girls are all set to compete for the crown at the grand finale of the pageant tonight". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017.
^ "Bigg Boss contestant Raiza is a part of VIP 2". The Times of India. 10 July 2017.
^ "'Big Boss Tamil' Contestant Raiza Wilson In 'VIP 2' – Silverscreen.in". 10 July 2017.
^ "Bigg Boss Tamil: Raiza gets eliminated from Kamal Haasan's show". 28 August 2017.
^ "Arjun Reddy's Tamil remake, Dhruv Vikram's Varmaa trailer out! Watch video here". timesnownews. 10 January 2019.
^ "Varmaa undergoes a title change, renamed Adithya Varma". The Indian Express. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Yuvan's third production, Alice, to star Raiza Wilson in the lead". cinemaexpress.
^ "Shooting for Vishnu Vishal's FIR completed | Cinemaexpress". Cinema Express. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "Prabhu Deva's next with director Santhosh titled 'Poikkal Kuthirai'". The News Minute. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Raiza Wilson roped in for Sundar C's next". The Times of India. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "Kajal, Regina, Raiza, and Janani team up for a film with Deekay". The Times of India. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "Caarthick Raju-Raiza Wilson film titled The Chase | Cinemaexpress". Cinema Express. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "Raiza Wilson excited about her Telugu debut". Telangana Today. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

External links

Raiza Wilson at IMDb

v t e SIIMA Award for Best Female Débutante
Kannada	Aakanksha Mansukhani (2012) Parul Yadav (2013) Parvatii Nair (2014) Shilpi Sharma (2015) Manvitha Harish (2016) Rashmika Mandanna (2017) Ekta Rathod (2018) Anupama Gowda (2019)
Malayalam	Karthika Nair (2012) Isha Talwar (2013) Keerthy Suresh (2014) Nikki Galrani (2015) Sai Pallavi (2016) Rajisha Vijayan (2017) Nimisha Sajayan (2018) Saniya Iyappan (2019) Kalyani Priyadarshan (2020)
Tamil	Hansika Motwani (2012) Lakshmi Menon (2013) Sri Divya (2014) Catherine Tresa (2015) Keerthy Suresh (2016) Ritika Singh (2017) Aditi Rao Hydari (2018) Raiza Wilson (2019)
Telugu	Shruti Haasan (2012) Regina Cassandra (2013) Avika Gor (2014) Raashi Khanna (2015) Pragya Jaiswal (2016) Nivetha Thomas (2017) Kalyani Priyadarshan (2018) Payal Rajput (2019)

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