Jiaa Manek is from Mumbai who is 19 years old. Jiaa Manek graduated in Mass Media but she never attended any acting classes as such. Jiaa Manek was always very keen about media industry, but she also knew it was not easy to get an entry into the television industry but it is her interest which brought her to limelight so early in her life. She gave audition for Rehna Hai Teri Palkon Ki Chaon Mein and then for Saath Nibhaana Saathiya and got selected for Saath Nibhaana Saathiya.
She has a wide variety of interests including horse-riding, dancing, acting, making chocolate, designing pottery, mehendi etc.
When Jiaa Manek was in college itself she started her acting career. Jiaa Manek acted in commercials like Amul and Vatika hair oil. Before coming to TV she got opportunity in a film called Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke, her role in this was next to negligible though. In this film she played the role of daughter of Om Puri (Sankata Prasad Tripathi) and Neena Gupta (Devkinandan’s mother). But her career picked pace when she was signed up by Rashmi Sharma for the lead role in Star Plus serial Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (checkout the full star cast).
Ref:
http://indian-television.webyam.com
http://en.wikipedia.org
