Her father is an accountant, and mother a housewife. She has one
brother, Madhu Warrier, who has also tried his luck in acting.
While she was at school, she showed extraordinary talent in dance: she
was "Kalathilakam" in the Kerala Youth Festival for two years.
Her marriage to fellow Malayalam movie actor Dileep took place at the
Alwaye Sri Krishna Temple. Unfortunately, after marriage she quit the
film industry to become a "kudumbini" (house-wife).
Has a daughter named Meenakshi.
When she was 15, she acted in the movie Sallapam (1996) which was an instant
super-hit. Since then, she has gone on to act in more than 50 Malayalam
movies.