Abhirami Venkatachalam (born 9 March 1991 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu), also known by her maiden name Abhirami Iyer, is an Indian actress and model working primarily in Tamil cinema. The daughter of Venkatachalam and Aruna Nilakantan, she attended Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School, Chennai, where she was an NCC cadet, and later graduated from Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts, Chennai, where she trained in Bharatanatyam. She began her career in modelling and won the Miss Tamil Nadu title in 2017, which opened doors to the entertainment industry. She made her acting debut with the Tamil web series Ctrl Alt Del (2016) and went on to appear in the Bollywood film Pink (2016), the ZEE5 web series What's Up Bai (2018), and the Tamil blockbuster NOTA (2018). Her most prominent pre-Bigg Boss film role was in Nerkonda Paarvai (2019), the Tamil remake of Pink, alongside Ajith Kumar. In 2019, Abhirami participated in Bigg Boss Tamil Season 3, where her emotional vulnerability and genuine personality endeared her to audiences. She was evicted on Day 55. She later participated in Bigg Boss Ultimate Season 1 (2022) and has continued acting in Tamil films and OTT series, including Anantha on JioHotstar.

Winning Miss Tamil Nadu 2017; Tamil film Nerkonda Paarvai (2019) with Ajith Kumar; participating in Bigg Boss Tamil Season 3 (2019) and Bigg Boss Ultimate Season 1 (2022).

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