Thanuja Ananthan (born 31 August 1985)[1] is a Malaysian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss World Malaysia 2009 and represented her country at the Miss World 2009.

Anathan represented Malaysia at the Miss World 2009 which was held at Johannasburg, South Africa.

She started her professional acting career through the crime thriller Temuan Takdir which was released on 11 August 2016.

[2] She later acted with Remy Ishak and Elvis Chin in the six-episode patriotic drama, Anak Merdeka, which aired on all Astro channels from 26 to 31 August 2017; Thanuja plays the role of Devi.

[3] She became the main star alongside Kilafairy, Erwin Dawson, Cristina Suzanne and Hefny Sahad in the mystery drama series, Nafas on ntv7 where she played the role of Trisya.