Living Smile Vidya

Living Smile Vidya
Nationality India
Occupation Actor, writer, transgender activist

Living Smile Vidya, or Smiley, is an Indian trans woman actor, assistant director, writer and trans rights activist[1] from Chennai. She was the subject of the award-winning Kannada documentary Naanu Avanalla...Avalu, based on her autobiography of the same name.[2]

Vidya holds a postgraduate degree from Tanjavur Tamil University[3] in applied linguistics, and started her career as an electronic data processing assistant.[4]

Her autobiography I Am Vidya[5] was written in Tamil, and translated into seven languages.[6]

She has acted in several short films, including Kandal Pookkal and 500 & 5, and in documentary films Aghrinaigal and Butterfly.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Rao, Subha J. (2016-11-15). "Despair before hope". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  2. ↑ Rao, Subha J. "Her life on screen". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  3. ↑ "Trans Indians beg for mercy killings rather than lives of discrimination". Gay Star News. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  4. ↑ Ponthathil, Nisha (June 20, 2015). "Gender-Bent & Caste Out". Tehelka. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  5. ↑ Vidya, Living Smile (2014-11-01). I Am Vidya: A Transgender's Journey. Rupa Publications. ISBN 9788129123985.
  6. 1 2 "Living Smile Vidya — Artist". The Hindu Lit for Life. Retrieved 2017-04-15.


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