Laya (actress)

Laya Gorty^[1]
Born	(1981-01-31) 31 January 1981^[2] Vijayawada
Spouse(s)	Dr. Sri Ganesh Gorty

Laya Gorty is a Telugu film actress and a Kuchipudi dancer. Her debut film as child actor is Bhadram Koduko in 1992. Later, she started as an actress with Telugu film Swayamvaram in 1999 along with another popular actor, Venu in 1999. She went on to act in about 40 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films.

Personal life

Laya is born into a Telugu family in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and attended Nirmala High School, Vijayawada. Her mother was a music teacher in Nirmala High School, Vijayawada and her father a doctor. During her school days, she was a state level Chess player. Later, she moved to Hyderabad and participated in multiple stage shows as a Classical Dancer, having performed in more than 50 stage shows. She has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. She is married to Dr. Sri Ganesh Gorty on 14 June 2006 and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. The couple have a daughter Sloka Gorty and a son Vachan Gorty. Her father is the noted nephrologist Dr. Gopalakrishna Gandikota and she is the niece of well known phiatelist, numismatist and former Indian Naval officer Cdr. Sri Rama Rao Gandikota.

Filmography

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1992	Bhadram Koduko		Telugu
1999	Swayamvaram	Anu	Telugu
1999	Maa Balaji	Sonia	Telugu
2000	Manoharam	Usha	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Actress
2000	Manasunna Maaraju		Telugu
2000	Kodanda Ramudu	Latha	Telugu
2000	Devullu	Sita Devi	Telugu
2001	Ramma Chilakamma		Telugu
2001	Hanuman Junction	Sangeetha	Telugu
2001	Preminchu	Meena	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Actress
2001	Maa Aavida Meeda Vottu Mee Aavida Chala Manchidi	Laya	Telugu
2001	Naalo Unna Prema	Hema	Telugu
2001	Maduve Aagona Baa	Shanthi	Kannada
2002	Gelupu		Telugu
2002	Sri Bannari Amman	Bhavani	Tamil
2002	Siva Rama Raju	Rama Raju's wife	Telugu
2002	Gelupu		Telugu
2002	Nee Premakai	Anjali	Telugu
2003	Pellamtho Panenti	Sireesha	Telugu
2003	Donga Ramudu And Party	Vasantha Lakshmi	Telugu
2003	Missamma	Ratna Mala	Telugu
2003	Veera Kannadiga		Kannada
2003	Nenu Pelliki Ready	Bhavana	Telugu
2004	Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila	Mahalakshmi	Telugu
2004	Vijayendra Varma		Telugu
2004	Gajendra	Indhu	Tamil
2004	Swarabhishekam		Telugu
2005	Adirindayya Chandram	Rajyam	Telugu
2005	Alice In Wonderland	Sofia	Malayalam
2005	Thommanum Makkalum	Poonkavanam	Malayalam
2005	Udayon	Maya	Malayalam
2006	Rashtram	Celeine	Malayalam
2006	Gandugali Kumara Rama	Ramale	Kannada
2010	Brahmalokam To Yamalokam Via Bhulokam	Godess Aadi Parashakti	Telugu

Awards

She has won the Nandi Award for Best Actress two times for movies Manoharam (2000) and Preminchu (2001) in consecutive years.

References

External links

Laya at the Internet Movie Database

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