Mallika Prasad (Actress) Height, Age, Husband, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Mallika Prasad Sinha
Profession(s)	• Actress • Director • Film Maker
Known for	Potraying the role of ruthless villain, Amma in the upcoming film Mardaani 3 (2026)
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 3" (160 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Violet
Hair Colour	Salt and Pepper
Career
Debut	Film: • Hindi: Guptagamini (2001) • Kannada: Kaanooru Heggadithi (1999) as Seete TV: Kanoor Ki Thakurani (1999)
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• National Award (2006) at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) for directing Translations by Brian Friel • Art Think South Asia (ATSA) Fellowship (2011) for Arts Management • Charles Wallace India Trust Scholars’ Research Grant (2014) for archival research at the British Library, London • Infallibles Award (201) for Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for Hidden in Plain Sight
Personal Life
Date of Birth	26 June
Birthplace	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Bangalore, Karnataka
School	• Kendriya Vidyalaya, Malleswaram • Kendriya Vidyalaya Nal, Bangalore
College/University	• St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science, Bangalore • National School of Drama, New Delhi • University of London, London
Educational Qualification(s)	• A bachelor's in Economics, Sociology, Political Science from St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science (1995) • A Post graduate diploma in Acting from National School of Drama (1998) • A master of arts in Performance Making from University of London (2012)
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Dancing, Traveling
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Divorced
Marriage Date	Year, 2002
Family
Husband/Spouse	Suchendra Prasad (actor) ​(m. 2002; div. 2006)​
Parents

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mallika Prasad

• Mallika Prasad was born and grew up in Bangalore, India.

• She is a renowned Indian actress who has predominantly worked in the Kannada film and TV industry.

• In 1999, Mallika made her debut in acting with a Kannada film, Kaanooru Heggadithi.

• Her first leading role was in the 2001 film Guptagamini.

• Soon, she became a household name among the Kannada audience through her versatile performances in projects like Mussanjaya Katha Prasanga (2000), Garva (2001-2003), and Magha Mayuri (2014).

• From 1998 to 2004, along with appearing in films and TV, she also worked in documentary and educational films on social themes and development communication.

• Along with acting, she has worked as an associate director at 2Streams Media Productions, where she helped produce around 250 episodes of the award-winning series Garva (2001).

• In an interview, Mallika mentioned that after 2004, she has extensively worked in theatre plays in India and abroad. One of her solo plays, titled Hidden in Plain Sight, was staged at the London and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.

• In May 2007, Mallika Prasad founded an art organisation, Actors Ensemble India Forum (AEIF), as a platform for performance research, theatre productions, and actor training.

• After 2012, she started teaching acting, voice, and performance at various drama schools in India, such as National Drama School, New Delhi, Ninasam Theatre Institute, Karnataka, and University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

• In 2015, Mallika joined the Intercultural Theatre Institute, Singapore, as an acting teacher and served there till 2017.

• In February 2017, she joined LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, as an artist-in-residence.

• She has also joined the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, as a voice specialist in April 2017 for one month.

• In August 2019, Mallika Prasad founded Vāchikā Voicework in Bangalore, where she runs a voice training practice inspired by the Nātyashāstra, taking voice as a form of cosmic sound. Her work uses the Sanskrit alphabet to improve speech and dialect clarity and applies the concept of Rasa to help people connect with breath, emotion, and empathy. Through this practice, she works as a voice trainer, actor, acting coach, vocal coach, stage director, and corporate trainer, while also leading and managing her own creative venture.
  

  Mallika Prasad, while giving a voice therapy to one of her client at Vāchikā Voicework

• In 2018, she received a full scholarship to train as a teacher in Fitzmaurice Voicework at the Fitzmaurice Institute, Los Angeles.

• Since 2020, Prasad has been working as an associate teacher and regional head (South Asia) at the Fitzmaurice Voice Institute.

• Some of her notable works in the Hindi language include Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat (2022), web series Aspirants (2023) streamed on Amazon Prime, and Killer Soup (2024) streamed on Netflix.

• In 2025, Mallika wrote and directed a short film titled ‘For My Ela,’ which won the Outstanding Achievement award at the Sundarban International Film Festival, Kolkata, and the LA Indie Short Film Festival, Los Angeles.

• In January 2026, when the trailer for the film Mardaani 3 was released, Mallika Prasad gained recognition and came into the limelight for her performance as the ruthless villain “Amma”.

• Mallika Prasad is an avid cat lover.
  

  Mallika Prasad with her cat