Actress Gopika was studying Sociology in Calicut University, Kozhikode when she got her first opportunity to act in films. She quit college to pursue a successful film career.

Now married and settled in Ireland, Gopika has enrolled in a college to study her favourite subject, Sociology. Although she has left the film industry and is in Ireland, the actress still has a soft corner for acting. She has been reportedly told her friends that if she will get any good offers, she is willing to come back to India.

Gopika is married to Dr. Ajilesh and the wedding took place July 17, 2008.