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Priyanka Thimmesh (Bigg Boss Kannada 8) Biography: Age, Career, Family

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 6, 2026 • 2 min read

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Quick Info

Date of birth4 September 1996

Age24 Years (as of 2020)

BirthplaceBhadravati, Karnataka

ProfessionActor

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyFather - Thimmesh (Businessman); Mother - Girija Thimmesh (Designer); Brother - Preetham Thimmesh (elder)

Priyanka Thimmesh (Bigg Boss Kannada 8) Biography

Priyanka Thimmesh is an Indian actress from Bhadravati, Karnataka, known for work across Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films and television. She began heron

Early life and background

Priyanka Thimmesh was born on 4 September 1996 in Bhadravati, Karnataka. She grew up in the same town and attended St. Charles High School there before moving on to Government Women’s Polytechnic College in Shimoga, where she completed a diploma in computer science. She is the daughter of Thimmesh, who works in business, and Girija Thimmesh, a designer. Priyanka has an older brother named Preetham.

Career

Priyanka started performing while still in school and college, taking part in acting and dancing competitions. Her on-screen career began in television: she made her debut in the Kannada serial Preethiyinda in 2011, appearing as Gulabi on Suvarna TV.

She transitioned to films with a Kannada feature debut in Ganapa (2015), playing the character Brinda. Over the next several years Priyanka worked across South Indian film industries, appearing in Kannada titles such as Akira (2016) and Pataki (2017). In 2018 she took roles outside Kannada cinema, playing Suhara in the Malayalam period-adventure Kayamkulam Kochunni and Saadhana in the Tamil film Utharavu Maharaja.

In 2020 she appeared in the Amazon Prime film Bheemasena Nalamaharaja alongside Aravinnd Iyer and Arohi Narayan. As of April 2021 two Kannada films featuring her were reported to be in production: Arjun Gowda and Sugarless.

Public profile

Physically, Priyanka is around 165 cm tall (about 5 ft 5 in) with brown eyes and black hair. Her zodiac sign is Virgo. She is unmarried. Priyanka lists Manju Swara as a favourite director and cites actresses such as Soundarya, Suhasini Maniratnam and Saritha among those she admires.

Outside of work she is known to be an animal lover and owns two pet dogs. Her work spans television and film across multiple South Indian languages, and she has continued to seek roles in Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil projects.

Latest updates

In 2021 Priyanka joined the reality television show Bigg Boss Kannada 8 as a wild-card contestant. Around the same period she had two Kannada films reported to be in production: Arjun Gowda and Sugarless.

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Recent Work

Bheemasena Nalamaharaja

Amazon Prime film released in 2020; Priyanka appeared alongside Aravinnd Iyer and Arohi Narayan.

2020
Arjun Gowda

Kannada film reported to be in production as of April 2021.

2021
Sugarless

Kannada film reported to be in production as of April 2021.

2021
Kayamkulam Kochunni

Malayalam film (2018) in which she played Suhara.

2018
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Career Highlights

  1. Television debut in the Kannada serial Preethiyinda (2011)
  2. Film debut in Ganapa (2015)
  3. Appeared in Malayalam and Tamil films including Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018) and Utharavu Maharaja (2018)
  4. Part of the ensemble cast of Amazon Prime film Bheemasena Nalamaharaja (2020)
  5. Entered Bigg Boss Kannada 8 as a wild-card contestant in 2021
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