Laya

Laya is a renowned actress, having done numerous projects in multiple languages. She was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, whose father was a doctor and mother a high school music teacher. She has been married to her spouse, Dr. Sri Ganesh Gorty, since 2006. She has a daughter named Sloka Gorty and son, Vachan Gorty. Her talent does not end at acting alone. She is a skilled stage performer in the category of classical dancing and has taken to the stage frequently during her childhood days. In addition to this, she was also a state level chess player. Her debut film was as a child artist in the film 'Bhadram Koduko' (1992). Soon afterwards, she starred alongside the famed actor Venu, in the movie 'Swayamvaram' (1999), which was in Telugu.

Her career in the film industry goes on to around 40 films in various languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Her latest project was a Telugu movie named 'Adda' (2013). She was given the Nandi Award for Best Actress in a couple of movies: 'Manoharam' (2000), a Telugu film, playing the role of 'Usha', and 'Preminchu' (2001), again a Telugu creation, where she comes as 'Meena'. Some of her other projects were 'Maduve Aagona Baa' (2001) in Kannada, 'Sri Bannari Amman' (2002) in Tamil and 'Siva Rama Raju' (2002) in Telugu, to name a few. Currently, she has taken a break from movies and is residing with her family in Los Angeles, California.