Navya Nair (born Dhanya Veena; 14 October 1985) is an Indian actress who has appeared predominantly in Malayalam cinema along with a few Kannada and Tamil language films.

[1][2] Navya Nair was born Dhanya Veena on 14 October 1985[3][4] in Muthukulam, a village near Haripad in Alappuzha, Kerala.

[7] She married Santhosh Menon, a Mumbai settled Malayali, on 21 January 2010[8] and the couple have a son, Sai Krishna[9] born the same year.

[14][15] Her portrayal of Balamani, an orphan who works as a maid and is an ardent devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan, received critical acclaim.

[17] Her other releases of the year were Kalyanaraman, alongside Dileep and Kunchacko Boban which became a commercial success[18][19] and Chathurangam starring Mohanlal which was a failure at the box office.

[20] In 2003, Vellithira, Ammakilikkoodu with Prithviraj Sukumaran and Gramophone starring Dileep and Meera Jasmine were box office failures.

[23] She played the role of the wife of a ration shop owner who accepted a job as a clerk in the Secretariat against her husband's desires.

She then had two releases Jalolsavam by Sibi Malayil and Chathikkatha Chanthu by Rafi Mecartin, starring Jayasurya, with the latter becoming a box office success.

[30][31] Her Malayalam films at this time, Kalabham, Pathaaka, Ali Bhai and Kichamani MBA received negative reception.

[48] In her comeback film, Drishya 2 (2021),[49] she reprised her role as Seetha, which received critical acclaim like its predecessor and was a decent hit at the box office.

Her comeback film in Malayalam became Oruthee (2022),[50] directed by V. K. Prakash, and she was cast with Vinayakan and Saiju Kurup[51] plays Radhamani, a middle-class woman and a ticket conductor on a boat whose husband is abroad and who has a daughter, thriving from the helplessness in society.