Honey Rose Varghese (born 5 September 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film Boyy Friennd. Her breakthrough role came in 2012 with Trivandrum Lodge.

Early life

Honey Rose Varghese was born in Kerala at Moolamattom in a Syro-Malabar Catholic family. She was educated at S.H.E.M High School, Moolamattom. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communicative English from the St. Xavier's College for Women, Aluva.

Career

Starting her career at age 14 in 2005, Honey Rose acted in the Malayalam film ''Boyy Friennd'' directed by Vinayan. She played the role of Manikuttan's friend. In 2007, she accepted her first non-Malayalam project, her first Tamil film the romantic drama ''Mudhal Kanave''. She acted in Muthyala Subbiah's 50th film ''Aalayam'' (2008), which was her Telugu debut.Her comeback character is that of 'Dhwani Nambiar' in ''Trivandrum Lodge'', it gave her a breakthrough in her career. She decided to change her screen name to Dhwani after that film, but reverted to Honey Rose in ''Anju Sundarikal''.In 2011 Rose had completed one Tamil project, ''Mallukattu'' which she signed in 2009 and a Malayalam film, ''Pithavinum Puthranum Parishudhatmavinum'', but the latter is on hold. She plays a nun called Sister Elsita in director Deepesh's ''Pithavinum Puthranum Parisudhalmavinum''. She also acted with Jayasurya in Hotel California and in ''Thank You'' as Jayasurya's wife, with Fahadh in the ''5 Sundarikal'' featurette called Aami and ''Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus'' with Mammootty in which she plays a bold and strong Malayali woman.In 2015, she played Shirley, an aspiring singer and model, who falls in love with a married man in ''You Too Brutus''. She starred in the notable films such as ''Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus'' with Mammooty, ''My God'' with Suresh Gopi, ''Kanal'', ''Ittymaani: Made in China'' and ''Big Brother'' with Mohanlal, ''Sir C. P.'' with Jayaram, and ''Ring Master'' with Dileep.Honey Rose returned to Tamil cinema after a gap of eight years with ''Pattaampoochi'' (2022), starring Sundar C. and Jai.In 2015, she played Shirley, an aspiring singer and model, who falls in love with a married man in ''You Too Brutus''. She starred in the notable films such as ''Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus'' with Mammooty, ''My God'' with Suresh Gopi, ''Kanal'', ''Ittymaani: Made in China'' and ''Big Brother'' with Mohanlal, ''Sir C. P.'' with Jayaram, and ''Ring Master'' with Dileep.Honey Rose returned to Tamil cinema after a gap of eight years with ''Pattaampoochi'' (2022), starring Sundar C. and Jai. Then she acted in ''Monster'' directed by Vysakh starring Mohanlal and her performance in the film was well acclaimed. In 2023, she appeared in the Telugu film ''Veera Simha Reddy'' starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, which marked her return to Telugu cinema after a gap of nine years.