Priyamani (Tamil: பிரியமணி, Malayalam: പ്രിയാമണി) (born Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer) is an National Film Award winning South Indian actress and formerprint model who works mainly in the Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam film industries. She is best known for earning acclaim for her role in the 2006 film Paruthi Veeran directed by Ameer Sultan. She is the cousin of Bollywood actress Vidya Balan.