# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheela
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:46:21.106Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sheela"
name: "Sheela"
slug: "sheela"
description: "Sheela Celine, known mononymously as Sheela, is an Indian actress and director who appears predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Paired with Prem Nazir, they hold the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films together as heroine and hero. She had also appeared in another 20 films with Prem Nazir, even as his mother in a film. Sheela is a four-time winner of Kerala State Film Award. She came back to acting in 2003 through Manassinakkare after 22 years. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Malayalam film Akale. In 2019, Sheela was honoured with the J C Daniel Award, the Kerala government's highest honour for outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema. She was also one of the highest paid actresses, reportedly paid more than her male counterparts, of her time."
tagline: "Indian actress born in 1942"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheela.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-03-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.49
  momentum:             0.9569313593539704
  historical:           15.493076
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790659/"
    handle:    "nm0790659"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%81)"
    title: "شیلا (اداکارہ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شيلا (ممثله)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "শীলা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "শীলা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela_(Schauspielerin)"
    title: "Sheela (Schauspielerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela"
    title: "Sheela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C)"
    title: "شیلا (بازیگر هندی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela"
    title: "Sheela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela"
    title: "Sheela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "शीला"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela"
    title: "Sheela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9_(%E5%A5%B3%E5%84%AA)"
    title: "シェーラ (女優)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شیلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B2"
    title: "ഷീല"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "शीला"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE"
    title: "ਸ਼ੀਲਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%81)"
    title: "شیلا (اداکارہ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ஷீலா (நடிகை)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B2_%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "శీల రవిచంద్రన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q539237"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2206087"
    title: "Sheela Shrinivas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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