Nadhiya

Nadiya was born to Malayali parents and spent her childhood in Sion before moving in to Chembur, Mumbai, later.[6] Her father N. K. Moidu, is a Muslim and her mother Lalitha is a Hindu. Her father is from Thalassery, Kannur and mother is from Tiruvalla. She had her primary education from The J. B. Vachha High School for Parsi Girls, Mumbai, and her pre-university degree from Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art. She couldn't continue her college studies after that as she became busy with movies by then.[7] Later she did associate degree in Media Management and B.A. in Communication Arts - Radio & Television, when she was in United States.

She married Shirish Godbole in 1988. The couple has two daughters Sanam and Jana. After her marriage, she lived in the United States with her husband and daughters. Later in 2000, she moved to London, United Kingdom and lived there until 2007.[8] She came back to India in 2008 and currently she resides in Mumbai with her family.[9]

Nadhiya made her debut in the Malayalam film Nokketha Doorathu Kannum Nattu (1984), alongside Mohanlal and Padmini for which she wonFilmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam[10] This movie was re-made in Tamil as Poove Poochudava in 1985 with Padmini and marked her debut in Tamil.[11] Nadhiya claims she was also considered for the role Revathi, in Mouna Ragam, an 1986 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Mani Ratnam, and produced by G. Venkateswaran, but declined due to prior commitments.[12]

• Nadia Moidu at IMDb
• Nadiya Moithu at MSI