Chaya Singh was born on 16th May’1981 in Bangalore. Her parents belong to Uttar Pradesh. Before her birth, they migrated to Karnataka. Chaya Singh belongs to Raiput family. She spent her childhood in Bangalore. She has completed her schooling in Lourdes School, Bangalore. She did her Plus Two in Bangalore.
Chaya Singh is a film and TV actress who has started her film career with Kannada films and has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Telugu and Oriya films. Her debut film was the Kannada film Munnudi in the year 2000. Some of her Kannada films are- Haseena directed by the Kannada director Girish Kasaravelli, Thuntata which is a hit film, Chitte directed by Dinesh Babu and Rowdy Aliya directed by
Sai Prakash
. She has acted in the Kannada film Chitte which has received the National Film Award for Best Film for the year 2001. Chaya Singh is known for her being selective for her roles. After that she has migrated to Kollywood and has acted in the some Tamil films. The film Thiruda Thirudi in which she has acted was a big hit.
She has acted in a Kannada short film called Simply Kailawesome. This short film won the most prestigious Platinum Remi Award at 44th Annual World Fest Houston International Film Festival. This film revolves around the conversations among playwright T.P. Kailasam and the female protagonists of his four plays. Chaya Singh has acted as all the four characters.
Chaya Singh has also acted in 2 Malayalam films and 2 Bhojpuri films. She has also directed a Bengali movie.
She did supporting roles in some Kannada serials like-
Prema Kathegalu
and Sarojini for ETV Kannada. She has also acted in a Tamil serial called Nagamma for Sun TV. She is currently acting in the Telugu serial
Kanchana Ganga
for MAA TV.