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{{short description|Indian playback singer and actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Grace Karunas
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| birth_place = [[Chennai]], India
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| genre = [[Playback singer|Playback singing]], actress
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 2004–present
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'''Grace Karunas''' is an Indian [[playback singer]] and actress who has worked in the Indian film industry. The wife of actor [[Karunas]], Grace has often sung in films featuring her husband.

==Career==
Grace began singing at the age of five with the CSI Church, Poonamallee. She continued singing with her church and at college and caught the interest of actor [[Karunas]] during an intercollegiate competition, which the actor had come to judge. Karunas subsequently asked Grace to perform songs in his independent albums, and the pair later got married.<ref name="hin">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/my-first-break-grace-karunas/article3023313.ece|title = My First Break -- Grace Karunas|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 5 September 2008}}</ref>

Her first film song was "Cheena Thaana Doi" in the [[Kamal Haasan]]-starrer ''[[Vasool Raja MBBS]]'' (2004), and she received the opportunity after Karunas had recommended her to the film's director [[Saran (director)|Saran]] and music composer [[Bharathwaj]]. The success of the song made her popular and she soon worked on other songs including "Velaku Onnu Thiriya Paakudhu" from ''[[Devathaiyai Kanden]]'' (2004), "Alappuzha Ammani Allo" from ''[[Karka Kasadara]]'' (2005), "Freeya Vidu Maamu" in ''[[Aaru (film)|Aaru]]'' (2005), "Vaadi En Kappa Kezhange" in ''[[Sandai]]'' (2008) and "Aaada Varum Ulagathula" in ''[[Pandi (film)|Pandi]]'' (2008).<ref name="hin"/> In the 2010s, she has usually sung for films where Karunas has starred in the lead role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/enakku-innoru-peru-irukku/enakku-innoru-peru-irukku-songs-review.html |title=Enakku Innoru Peru Irukku (aka) Enaku Innoru Per Iruku songs review |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date=2016-05-12 |accessdate=2017-11-14}}</ref> Along with her work in films, Grace has often performed as a live musician in stage shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/24/stories/2005102416860500.htm |title=Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Their mere presence livened up silver screen |date=2005-10-24 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2017-11-14}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Parks-turn-centres-of-festivities/article15143739.ece |title=Parks turn centres of festivities - TAMIL NADU |work=The Hindu |date= |accessdate=2017-11-14}}</ref>

Grace has also worked as an actress in films, notably appearing in ''[[Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam]]'' (2006) and ''[[Kathakali (film)|Kathakali]]'' (2016) in supporting roles.

==Personal life==
Grace is married to actor and politician [[Karunas]], whose films she has often worked on as a singer. Their son, Ken, has also appeared in films as an actor, after making his debut in ''[[Azhagu Kutti Chellam]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web|author=Share on FacebookShare on Twitter |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/azhagu-kutti-chellam/movie-review/50414106.cms |title=Azhagu Kutti Chellam Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |accessdate=2017-11-14}}</ref>

==Notable discography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|-
! Year !! Song title !! Film !! Music Director !! Notes
|-
| 2004 || "Cheena Thaana Doi" || ''[[Vasool Raja MBBS]]'' || [[Bharathwaj]] ||
|-
| 2004 || "Velaku Onnu Thiriya Paakudhu" || ''[[Devathaiyai Kanden]]'' || [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] ||
|-
| 2005 || "Alappuzha Ammani Allo" || ''[[Karka Kasadara]]'' || Prayog ||
|-
| 2005 || "Freeya Vidu Maamu" || ''[[Aaru (film)|Aaru]]'' || [[Devi Sri Prasad]] ||
|-
| 2008 || "Vaadi En Kappa Kezhange" || ''[[Sandai]]'' || [[Dhina]] ||
|-
| 2008 || "Aaada Varum Ulagathula" || ''[[Pandi (film)|Pandi]]'' || Srikanth Deva ||
|-
|2008||"Dindukallu Dindukallu"||''[[Dindigul Sarathy]]'' ||Dhina||
|-
|2009||"Katthirikka"||''Rajadhi Raja''|| Karunas||
|-
|2010||"Poo Pookkum", "Dhanda Dhandapani" ||''Ambasamuthiram Ambani''||Karunas||
|-
|2011|| "Nainavukku", "discovukku"||''Kasethan Kadavulada'' ||Karunas||
|-
|2013||"Ragalapuram", "Sudamani"||''Ragalaipuram''||Srikanth Deva||
|-
| 2016 || "Thittadhe" || ''[[Thirunaal]]'' || Srikanth Deva ||
|-
| 2016 || "Thathalakka" || ''[[Enakku Innoru Per Irukku]]'' || [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]] ||
|}

==Filmography==
*''[[Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam]]'' (2006)
*''[[Kathakali (film)|Kathakali]]'' (2016)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{imdb name|7853382}}

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[[Category:Singers from Chennai]]
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[[Category:Women musicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian singers]]
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