Negha Shahin
Negha Shahin (born 1993) is an Indian trans actress. Negha Shahin, who created history by becoming the first trans woman to win the debut actor award at the 52nd Kerala State Film Awards. She was born in Tamil Nadu, India. Negha was forced to leave her home and drop out of college at the age of 18. She is currently living in Chennai and has worked with various transgender rights organizations Trans rights now collective. Early life 
Negha was assaulted and then kicked out by her parents when she came out as transgender. She moved to Chennai with her Plus Two certificate. Career 
Negha is a trained mental health counsellor, having worked with a NGO called Thozhi she have counseled over 100+ trans women to overcome their gender issues and fight against their social stigma During this, she became a model and a television anchor. She also worked a video jockey with Ananda Vikatan. Negha is the writer and director of Sandakaranga. “This is the first-time trans men and trans women have come together on a stage,” says Negha in Rural India Online. In 2021, she appeared in Antharam, for which she was the first transgender woman to win a Maiden Award at the 52nd Kerala State Film Awards. She has also starred in over few short films namely, Piravi, Manam and Thirunagal. Future projects 
In an interview with the New Indian Express, Shahin said she was working on a Tamil project titled The Road, which also stars Trisha and Miya George. Filmography

As actress

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Living people
Indian female models
Transgender rights activists
Indian LGBT rights activists
Indian LGBT actors
Indian women activists
Indian transgender people
Transgender female models
Transgender actresses
1993 births