Sonu Satheesh Kumar


Sonu Satheesh Kumar better known by her screen name Sonu, is an Indian actress and classical dancer acting mainly in Malayalam and Tamil television serials. The TV show Vaalkkannadi rose her to fame and popularity. She is known for her roles in Sthreedhanam, Anbe Vaa and Thulabharam.
She is a well trained Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dance who has performed in several dance shows including Nishagandhi festival 2017. She hold Master's in Kuchipudi and diploma in Bharatanatyam and also conducts several dance workshops.

Biography

Sonu is born to Dr.Sreekala and Merchant navy member Satheeshkumar. She has a younger brother Suyog. She started taking training classical dances from the age of three and has won th title of Kalathilakam twice in the district. She completed her schooling from Carmel Girls school Trivandrum and completed her graduation from Mar Ivanioys and PG in Literature from Vazhuthacaud Women's college. She is trained under Geetha Padmakumar, Parvathy Sasidharan and Job Thrissur in Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Folk. She holds MA in Kuchipudi, Diploma in Bharatanatyam and currently pursuing doctoral degree in Kuchipudi. She has cleared UGC NET exam and is currently teaching in Sai Shivam School of Dance. She married IT engineer Ajay in 2017 at Guruvayur.
Starting her career as a television host she made her debut through popular Malayalam serial Sreeguruvayurappan and made her debut as a lead in Tamil serial Anbe Vaa. Her performance as the wicked vamp in the popular serial Sthreedhanam on Asianet made her a known figure on Malayalam TV. She also participated in a reality show Sundari Neeyum Sundaran Njaanum along with Rajesh Hebbar on Asianet.She has done a cameo appearance in 2 Harihar Nagar. She then appeared in a short film ; God Bless Nithya.

Filmography

; Television Career
YearTitleChannelRoleLanguageNotes
2005ValkannadiAsianetHostMalayalamTV show
2006Super DancerAmrita TVContestantMalayalamReality show
2007MadhavamSurya TVMalayalamTelevision debut
2007SreeguruvayoorappanSurya TVMalayalam
2008ThulabharamSurya TVMalayalam
Kanal KannadiMalayalam
2009–2010Anbe VaaVijay TVSanthiyaTamil
NizhalkannadiSurya TVMalayalam-
Arabian Sukumaran SpeakingAsianetMalayalam-
ChakkarabharaniSurya TVMalayalam-
2012–2016SthreedhanamAsianetVeniMalayalam
2013Sundari Neeyum Sundaran NjaanumAsianetContestantMalayalam
2013VamsamSun TVTamil
2016BharyaAsianetRohiniMalayalam
2017–2019MahalakshmiSun TVRamyaTamil
2018AgnisakshiSurya TVIndraja VarmaMalayalam
2019AzhaguSun TVPriya SundaramTamil
2019–PresentSumangali BhavaZee KeralamNimishaMalayalam