An alumna of the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute in Chennai, Nandha Durairaj is an Indian actor who is largely known for his work in the Tamil film industry. Few years after completing his one-and-a-half-year-long acting course in 1998, Nandha made his acting debut in the 2002 Tamil romantic comedy Mounam Pesiyadhe, playing a supporting role alongside Suriya and Trisha in the lead.
He then went on to feature in a string of movies such as Punnagai Poove, Kodambakkam, Selvam, Aanivaer, and Urchagam, however, gained widespread recognition for his work in the 2009 gothic horror Eeram, which won him a Vijay Award nomination for Best Villain. While he was seen playing supporting roles in a number of movies, he played the lead role in movies such as Anandhapurathu Veedu, Vanthaan Vendraan, Athithi, Katham Katham, and Kallattam. In 2018, Nadha starred alongside Keerthy Suresh and Suriya Sivakumar in the action thriller Thaanaa Serndha Koottam.