Elisabet Avramidou Granlund (born 29 July 1990)^[2][3] better known by the stage name Elli Avram, is a Swedish Greek actress^[4] and is now based in Mumbai,India. She appeared in the Hindi film Mickey Virus^[5] and participated in the Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss.

Elli Avram was born in Sweden. She grew up in Tyresö kommun, Stockholm.^[7] Her Greek father, Jannis Avramidis, is a musician who is now settled in Sweden; and her Swede mother, Maria Granlund, is an actress who appeared in Ingmar Bergman’s Oscar-winning film Fanny and Alexander.^[4] Avram attended Frans Schartau High School in Stockholm. She took an interest in figure skating, singing and dancing from her initial years. She received training in acting from her mother and aunt who run a theater together in Skåne County, Sweden.^[4] Avram felt a connection to India since her childhood. In an interview with the local Stockholm newspaper Mitt i, she said, "Even when I was five, I was fascinated by Indian dance and the colorful clothes." Since her father is a Greek musician, she found some Greek songs are related to Indian melodies. Avram dreamt of being a Bollywood actress since her adolescence.^[7] There was a place in Stockholm that used to sell Hindi movies and she would buy Bollywood films from there. Also she used to watch Hindi films on. YouTube.^[7]

At age 17, Avram became a member of Sundbyberg, Stockholm based Pardesi Dance Group and gave dance performances, primarily of Bollywood songs.^[7]

Avram has done some acting projects in Sweden,^[4] including 2008 crime drama romance movie, Förbjuden Frukt, where she played the role of Selen - the lead character's teen girlfriend. The movie is set against a backdrop of violent crime, where she falls in love with a boy with a criminal past.^[8] She also appeared on the Swedish TV series Gomorron Sverige.

In 2010, Avram participated in the Miss Greece beauty contest.^[9]

She has acted in an Iranian music video, Hala chi shod, by Emad featuring SB Shaggy.^[10]

In September 2012, Avram moved to Mumbai.^[11] She signed up with a modeling agency and got a work visa. Her first considerable project was a television advertisement for Eveready Industries India.^[12] Avram was featured in a television commercial for Ricchezza Silver Jewelry, produced by TryAngles Studio.

She got her first major breakthrough with a lead role in Saurabh Varma's comedy thriller film, Mickey Virus^[13] although she spoke no Hindi.^[4] Before her Bollywood debut, Avram had formal training in dance form and Hindi pronunciation.^[14] In Mickey Virus she plays the role of Kamayani George.^[15] The film, shot in Delhi, was released on October 25, 2013.^[13]

Avram has been noted for looks very similar to the actress Katrina Kaif.^[16]