• Birthplace: Kannur, Kerala, India
• Age: 28
• Height: 152 cm
• Weight: 55 kg
• Website: N/A

Nivetha Thomas (born 2 November 1995) is an Indian film actress who appears in predominantly Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil-language films. She is best known for Ninnu Kori, Gentleman and Darbar.

Thomas made her debut with the 2008 Malayalam film Veruthe Oru Bharya, for which she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. In the same year she made her Tamil debut with Kuruvi. She has since starred in more than a dozen movies, making her Telugu debut in 2016 with Gentleman.

Thomas was born 2 November 1995 and started her career as a child actress, acting in the popular Sun TV serial My Dear Bootham. After that, she played the role of Jayaram's daughter in Veruthe Oru Bharya, where her performance was well appreciated. She then signed a few Tamil and Malayalam films in which she mostly played supporting roles. Among her Malayalam projects were Chaappa Kurish and Thattathin Marayathu, the latter of which according to Sify was going to be "the biggest box-office hit in the history of Malayalam cinema". The 2011 Tamil film Poraali directed by Samuthirakani, featured her as Tamizhselvi, a petrol bunk employee. She had previously collaborated with Samuthirakani in the drama series Arasi.

In 2013, she acted in Romans which was very successful and named a "blockbuster" by Sify.com. In the Tamil contemporary fantasy comedy Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham she played the female lead role of Jaishree, an aspiring singer. In Jilla she played the role of Mahalakshmi, who is very attached to her father (Mohanlal) and two brothers, played by Vijay and Mahath. About her role, she stated that it was not "just another sister role" but that of "a strong willed girl who influences her brother in a positive way". She signed her first Telugu film,Juliet Lover of Idiot directed by Ajay Vodhirala. She acted as Kamal Haasan's eldest daughter in the Tamil remake of Drishyam, titled Papanasam, and her performance earned praise from viewers.

In 2016, she debuted in Telugu cinema in the action-thriller Gentleman opposite Nani which opened to rave reviews and was critically applauded for her performance both by critics and audience alike and garnered her several awards including South Indian International Movie Awards – Best Female Debutante and a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Nomination at 64th Filmfare Awards South Later on, she acquired popularity among Telugu cinema.

Her first release in 2017 was another Telugu film, opposite Nani again, the romantic entertainer Ninnu Kori which opened to positive reviews and highly praised her performance as "pallavi" which eventually landed her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Nomination at 65th Filmfare Awards South. Her next release was Jai Lava Kusa opposite Jr. NTR was one of the top grossing movies in 2017 at boxoffice. Her last release was Juliet Lover of Idiot opposite Naveen Chandra which was her initial debut film in Telugu but was delayed and released later went to become commercial failure at boxoffice. Thomas took a break in early 2018 to concentrate on her university studies.

Thomas first release was an action thriller 118 opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram which opened to positive reviews and critics extremely praised Nivetha's outstanding performance in a brief yet impressive role. As of May 2019, Thomas has several projects under various stages of production, she would star opposite Nikhil Siddharth in an upcoming romanctic drama titled Swaasa and a black comedy Brochevarevarura opposite Sree Vishnu. she is all set to reunite with Nani for third time in an Action Thriller V which also stars Sudheer Babu and Aditi Rao Hydari in lead roles and Later, she confirmed to be a part of Rajini Kanth's Darbar in which she plays the daughter of Rajini Kanth. In 2020, she signed a Telugu cop drama, a remake of the Korean movie Midnight Runners along with Regina Cassandra.