Chennai: Actress Nayantara has turned 31 today and is celebrating her birthday with dear ones, here are some of the unknown facts about the Tollywood, Kollywood film actress.

Nayantara’s Original name is Diana Mariam Kurien and she is originally from Malayali Nasrani (Syrian Chistian) family

Her father served in Indian Army for a long period. His name is Kurien Kondiyattu. Now he’s a retired officer. Her mother name is Omana Kurien and she is a home maker

Nayantara has completed 48 movies. But only 42 have got a release

Nayantara’s height is 5’2? (1.57m)

During an interview she said, “I have started my career working with older heroes. I was a fan of them and indeed it was a blessing.”

Her star sign is scorpio

She has an elder brother Lenu who lives in Dubai

She is called by the nick-name ‘Mani’. Her parents used to call her by that name.

Her first movie is ‘Manassinakkare’ in Malayalam. She essayed a character named Gauri which became more famous

Her star sign is Scorpio

By September 2010, Prabhu Deva made a statement that he fell in love for her. She also fell for him knowing that he is married and a father of three kids

She tattooed his initials ‘P’ on her forearm.

By birth she was a christian. But later she converted to Hinduism at the Arya Samaj Mandir in Chennai. However she came back to Christianity once again.

Her ‘Nayanthara’ means ‘Star Eyes’. The name was kept by her parents.

She has completed degree. She is a  B.A. degree holder in Literature and she was unable to continue her studies due to film commitments.

She won Best Model Award of Kerala in 2002

Her debut movie Manassinakkare (2003) is still her favourite movie.

During a recent interview, she confessed she wanted to study C.A.