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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dhanya Balakrishna
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|6|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Bangalore, Karnataka]], India
| yearsactive = 2011-present
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| occupation = Model, actress
}}

'''Dhanya Balakrishna''' (born 6 August 1991) is an Indian actress who has appeared mostly in Telugu films along with Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She made her debut in Malayalam film industry in the movie [[Thalappavu]]<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245741/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}}</ref> in the year 2008. After making her debut in [[A. R. Murugadoss]]'s ''[[7aum Arivu]]'' (2011),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/oct/15/after-acting-in-tamil-telugu-and-malayalam-dhanya-balakrishna-bags-first-kannada-film-1885515.html|title=After acting in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, Dhanya Balakrishnan bags first Kannada film|last=|first=|date=15 October 2018|website=Indian Express|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103021201/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/oct/15/after-acting-in-tamil-telugu-and-malayalam-dhanya-balakrishna-bags-first-kannada-film-1885515.html |archive-date=3 November 2018 |access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref> she appeared in ventures including [[Gautham Vasudev Menon]]'s ''[[Neethaane En Ponvasantham]]'' (2012), Atlee's ''[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]]'' (2013) and [[Srikanth Addala]]'s ''[[Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu]]'' (2013). Dhanya made her debut as female lead in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] with ''Chinni Chinni Aasa'' (2013).

==Early life==
Dhanya Balakrishna was born on August 6, 1989, in Bangalore, Karnataka. [[Kannada]] is her mother tongue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/oct/14/now-i-am-a-south-indian-heroine-says-dhanya-balakrishna-1885417.html|title=Now I am a south Indian heroine, says Dhanya Balakrishna|date=14 October 2018 |website=New Indian Express|quote=The best part is that my dialogue delivery will be a lot more real because Kannada is my mother tongue, and unlike other languages, I don't have to translate it in my head, which is just a lot of effort}}</ref> She was educated at MES.<ref name="D">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/sandalwood/291019/dhanyas-ride-to-success.html|title=Dhanya's ride to success!|first=Ikyatha|last=Yerasala|date=30 October 2019|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

==Career==
Dhanya began her acting career with performances in theatre, before playing a supporting role in [[A. R. Murugadoss]]'s ''[[7aum Arivu]]'' (2011) alongside [[Suriya]] and [[Shruti Haasan]].<ref name="T">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/The-new-girl-on-the-block-Dhanya-Balakrishnan/articleshow/20642046.cms|title=The new girl on the block: Dhanya Balakrishnan - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> She was next seen in two bilingual projects, portraying supporting roles -[[Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi]]'' (2012) and then [[Gautham Vasudev Menon]]'s ''[[Neethaane En Ponvasantham]]'' (2012).<ref name="T"/><ref name="D"/>

Dhanya, portrayed supporting role in the 2013 Telugu film ''[[Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu]]'' as a girl who proposes to the character played by [[Mahesh Babu]]; while in ''[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]]'' (2013), she was seen as Nivitha, a friend of [[Nayantara]]'s character. Her first leading role was in the Telugu film ''Chinni Chinni Aasa'' (2013), released in November 2013, while other projects, ''[[Amrutham Chandamamalo]]'' and ''[[Second Hand (2013 film)|Second Hand]]'', were released thereafter. She has been part of nearly 40 movies and 10 web series.

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Notes
|-
| 2011 || ''[[7aum Arivu]]'' || Malathi || rowspan="2" |[[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Tamil Debut
|-
|rowspan=4| 2012 || ''[[Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi]]'' || rowspan=2| Rashmi ||
|-
| ''[[Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi|Love Failure]]'' ||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]|| Telugu Debut
|-
| ''[[Neethaane En Ponvasantham]]'' || rowspan=2| Nithya's friend || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu]]'' || rowspan="2" | Telugu ||
|-
|rowspan=4| 2013 || ''[[Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu]]'' || girl who proposes to Chinnodu
|
|-
| ''[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]]'' || Nivetha || Tamil ||
|-
| ''Chinni Chinni Aasa'' || Nisha || rowspan="11" | Telugu || Debut as lead actress
|-
| ''[[Second Hand (2013 film)|Second Hand]]'' || Sahasra / Deepu / Swecha || Also singer for "Jo Tera Hi Ho Mera Hai"
|-
|rowspan=3| 2014 || ''[[Amrutham Chandamamalo]]'' || Sanjeevini ||
|-
| ''[[Run Raja Run]]'' || Soundarya / Bangaram || Cameo Appearance
|-
| ''[[Chinnadana Nee Kosam]]'' ||Nandhini's friend ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 2015 || ''[[Raju Gari Gadhi]]'' || Bala Tripura Sundari ||
|-
| ''[[Bhale Manchi Roju]]'' || Maya D'Souza ||
|-
|rowspan=3| 2016 || ''[[Nenu Sailaja]]''|| Keerti ||
|-
| ''Thanu Vachhenanta''|| Keerti ||
|-
| ''[[Savitri (2016 film)|Savitri]]'' || Gayathri ||
|-
|rowspan=3| 2017 || ''[[Yaar Ivan|Veedevadu]]'' || rowspan=2| Dr.Gouthami Ramakrishna ||
|-
| ''[[Yaar Ivan]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
|''[[Jaya Janaki Nayaka]]'' || Sweety's friend|| Telugu ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2019 ||''[[Love Action Drama]]''|| Priya|| rowspan="2" |[[Malayalam]]|| Malayalam debut
|-
|''[[Puzhikkadakan]]''||Anna||
|-
|''[[Hulchul (2019 film)|Hulchul]]''|| Swathi || Telugu ||
|-
||''[[Sarvajanikarige Suvarnavakasha]]''|| Janhavi || [[Kannada]] || Kannada Debut<ref name="K">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/becoming-lead-heroine-is-the-toughest-thing-i-have-done-dhanya-balakrishnan/articleshow/72601344.cms|title=Becoming lead heroine is the toughest thing I have done: Dhanya Balakrishnan - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Software Sudheer]]''||Swathi||rowspan=2|Telugu||
|-
|2020||''[[Anukunnadi Okati Ayinadi Okati]]'' || Dhanya ||
|-
|rowspan=3| 2022 || ''[[Carbon (2022 film)|Carbon]]''|| Swapna || Tamil ||
|-
|''Flip Flop''|| ||rowspan=2|Kannada ||Filming
|-
|''2020'' || || Filming
|-
|}

=== Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !! Series !! Role !! Language !! Availability !! Notes
|-
|rowspan='2'|2017 || ''Pilla''|| Sahasra || Telugu || [[Viu (streaming media)|Viu]]||
|-
| ''[[As I'm Suffering From Kadhal]]'' || Meera ||rowspan='2'| Tamil || [[Hotstar]]||
|-
|rowspan='2'|2019 || ''What's Up Velakkari'' ||rowspan='2'| Jessi || rowspan="2" | [[ZEE5]]||
|-
| ''What's up Panimanishi'' || Telugu||
|-
|2019||''Rakta Chandanaa''||[[Deputy Superintendent of Police|DSP]] Janaki Atholi||Kannada|| Watcho||
|-
|2021|| ''Alludu Garu''||Ammu || rowspan="3" |Telugu||[[Aha (streaming service)|Aha]]|| Official Remake of What the folks series
|-
|2022|| [[Loser (web series)|''Loser'']]|| Maya Sivaramakrishna || rowspan="2" | [[ZEE5]]||Season 2
|-
|2022|| [[Recce (web series)|''Recce'']]|| Gouri ||
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]

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