Lakshmi Priya is an Indian actress and TV presenter, who is popular for her work in the Malayalam entertainment industry. She is best known for appearing in the Malayalam films Kadha Thudarunnu (2010) as Mallika and Molly Aunty Rocks! (2012) as Usha.Her parents divorced when she was two-and-a-half years old. Lakshmi Priya grew up at her fathers ancestral home in Nooranadu. She was raised by her paternal uncle Latheef. Despite growing up in a big family, along with five uncles, she felt a deep sense of loneliness and longing for her parents love and care.At the age of five, she met her estranged father. However, Lakshmi was alienated even after their reunion. The following father daughter get-together happened when Lakshmi Priya was thirteen. By then, her father had remarried and raised another family.For a long time, she believed that her mother was dead. To her amazement, Lakshmi discovered that her mother was alive when she met her at the age of fourteen. However, she was utterly disappointed after meeting her estranged mother as she realised that they had detached from each other. In an interview, while talking about her reunion with her mother, she said, I am someone who grew up believing that my mother was dead. When I was 14, I went alone to meet my mother, expecting that she would shower me with the love and care that she had been holding back for all these years. However, it was nothing like I expected. I realized that such things happen only in the movies..She finally escaped her loneliness when she began her career as a theatre artist at the age of sixteen.After working as a stage actor for a while, she got married to Jayesh Purushothaman. Thereafter, she moved to Kakkanad, Kochi.Although she wanted to become an actress since childhood, she secured an opportunity to venture into the Malayalam film industry only after her marriage with help of her father-in-law Pattanakkad Purushothaman, a renowned Malayalam playback singer.The role of Saris sister in Lakshmi Priyas debut TV show, Sthreedhanam, was first offered to her sister-in-law. As the casting director wanted an actress with long hair, the role was passed onto Lakshmi Priya.In 2005, she appeared in the Malayalam TV show Ayyadi Maname, which was telecast on Kairali TV. Lakshmi Priya in Ayyadi Maname (2005).In the 2009 Malayalam romantic comedy-drama film Bhagyadevatha, she played the role of Sofia.