# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laya
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:51:35.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laya"
name: "Laya"
slug: "laya"
description: "Laya is an Indian actress and Kuchipudi dancer known for her work primarily in Telugu films alongside a few Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films. Laya first appeared as a child actor in Bhadram Koduko (1992) and later she started working as a lead actress with Swayamvaram (1999). She was runner up in the Star 2000 contest conducted to introduce new talent and has won three Nandi Awards including Special Jury Award and two Nandi Awards for Best Actress in consecutive years for Manoharam (2000) and Preminchu (2001)."
tagline: "Indian actress"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uRj5rqDmmKHtNQLneMzEpaX2dcD.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1981-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.5
  momentum:             3.855165069222579
  historical:           8.189885333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/layagorty/"
    handle:    "layagorty"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493483/"
    handle:    "nm0493483"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%81)"
    title: "لیا (اداکارہ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "لايا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "লয়া"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laya_(actress)"
    title: "Laya (actress)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%A7_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1)"
    title: "لعیا (بازیگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF"
    title: "ലയ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AF%E0%A8%BE_(%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80)"
    title: "ਲਾਯਾ (ਅਭਿਨੇਤਰੀ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_(%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88)"
    title: "லயா (நடிகை)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%AF_(%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF)"
    title: "లయ (నటి)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6505439"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/585400"
    title: "Laya"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump