Honey Rose Varghese (born 5 September 1991)^[4] is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films.^[5][6][3] She made her acting debut with the 2005 Malayalam film Boyy Friennd. Her breakthrough role came in 2012 with Trivandrum Lodge.^[7]

Honey Rose Varghese was born in Kerala at Moolamattom in a Syro-Malabar Catholic family.^[8][9] She was educated at S.H.E.M High School, Moolamattom.^[9] She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communicative English from the St. Xavier's College for Women, Aluva.^[10]

Starting her career at age 14 in 2005, Honey Rose^[11] acted in the Malayalam film Boyy Friennd directed by Vinayan.^[8][12][13] She played the role of Manikuttan's friend.^[14] In 2007, she accepted her first non-Malayalam project, her first Tamil film the romantic drama Mudhal Kanave.^[15] She acted in Muthyala Subbiah's 50th film Aalayam (2008), which was her Telugu debut.^[16]

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,^[17] but reverted to Honey Rose in Anju Sundarikal.^[18]

In 2011 Rose had completed one Tamil project, Mallukattu which she signed in 2009^[19] 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.^[20] 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.^[18]

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.^[21] Then she acted in Monster directed by Vysakh starring Mohanlal and her performance in the film was well acclaimed.^[22] 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.^[23]