Reba Monica John

Biography

Reba Monica John (born 4 February 1994) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada cinema. She appeared on television as the second runner-up in the reality show Midukki (2013) on Mazhavil Manorama before beginning her film career. She made her acting debut in Vineeth Sreenivasan's Malayalam family drama Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016), followed by her first lead role in Paippin Chuvattile Pranayam (2017). She made her Tamil debut with Jarugandi (2018) and played Anitha, an acid attack survivor, in Atlee's sports action film Bigil (2019). Her subsequent roles include the Malayalam investigative thriller Forensic (2020), the comedy-drama Rathnan Prapancha (2021), for which she received a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada nomination, and the Tamil action thriller FIR (2022). She appeared as the female lead in Ram Abbaraju's comedy Samajavaragamana (2023), opposite Sree Vishnu. Her later filmography includes the bilingual mystery thriller Rajni / Aval Peyar Rajni (2023), Mazaiyil Nanaigiren (2024), the Malayalam psychological thriller Dheeram (2025), Lokesh Kanagaraj's action drama Coolie (2025), the Telugu thriller Mrithyunjay (2026), and Jana Nayagan (2026).