Negha Shahin
Negha Shahin | |
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| Born | 1989 or 1990 (age 34–35)[1][2] |
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Negha Shahin (born 1992/1993) is an Indian transgender actor. Born in Tamil Nadu, India. Shahin was forced to leave her natal home at the age of 18 and also dropped out of BTech.[3] She has been living in Chennai ever since and worked with various NGOs that work on transgender rights organizations and currently with Trans Rights Now Collective. [1]
Early life
Her natal family rejected her when they realized about her identity and they did not want her to stay with them. There was a lot of physically violence too post which she ran away to Chennai with her “Plus Two certificate.”[4]
Career
Shanin is a trained counsellor and has over a year experience in an NGO called Thozhi where she worked as a mental health counsellor [5][1] While working at the NGO, she started modelling and anchoring television shows. She worked as a video jockey working with the Vikatan group of publications.
Her break-through role was in the Malayalam film Antharam which made her the first trans-woman to have won the debut actor at the 52nd Kerala State Film Awards in 2022.[6]
Apart from the Malayalam feature film, she also appeared in over 3 short films namely, Piravi, Manam and Thirunagal.[5]
Future projects
In an interview with The New Indian Express, Negha said that she was working on a Tamil project titled The Road, which also stars Trisha and Miya George. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Meet Negha S, winner of Kerala State film award for women and trans persons". The News Minute. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "Negha Shahin- Fighting against the odds". Eastern. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Want to play transwoman with superpowers: Actor Negha S". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2022-05-30). "'Award a recognition for transgender community'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ a b "Negha Shahin- Fighting against the odds". Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ^ "Kerala film awards: Negha wins maiden award in trans category". Hindustan Times. 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2022-08-29.