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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Hemashree
| image =
| image_size =
| caption = Hemashree in the film [[Appu (2002 film)|Appu]]
| birth_name = Hemashree Hosahalli Nagaraju
| birth_date = 1982
| birth_place = [[Tumkur district|Tumkur]], [[Karnataka]], India
| death_date = 9 {{Death year and age|2012|1982|10}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], India
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2001–2012
| spouse = {{marriage|R. Surendra Babu|2011}}
| party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
}}

'''Hemashree Hosahalli Nagaraju''' (1982 – 9 October 2012)<ref name="ei"/><ref name="ie1"/> was an Indian actress who worked in [[Kannada]] [[Soap opera|television soap opera]]s. A struggling actress, she had also appeared in a handful of Kannada films in supporting roles. At the [[2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]]s, she contested with a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP) ticket for her home town Chikkanayakana Halli in the [[Tumkur district|Tumkur region]] of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="ei">{{cite web|title=Affidavit Details of Hemashree H N|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/preview.aspx?candid=52875&cid=128|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045613/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/preview.aspx?candid=52875&cid=128|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 September 2015|publisher=empoweringindia.org|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="ie1">{{cite news|last1=Johnson |first1=T. A.|title=Kannada actress Hemashree: Unhappy life, unexplained death|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/kannada-actress-hemashree-unhappy-life-unexplained-death/1020565/0|accessdate=27 August 2015|work=The Indian Express|date=23 October 2012}}</ref> She died of mysterious circumstances in October 2012, and her husband Surendra Babu was alleged to have murdered her.

== Career ==
Hemashree made her debut as an actress in 2001, as a 19-year-old, in a [[Kannada]] [[Soap opera|television soap opera]]. She trained at the Adarsha Film and T. V. Institute, Bangalore. In the following years, she worked in soaps such as ''[[Danda Pindagalu]]'', ''Saahasa Lakshmiyaru'' and others made by [[S. Narayan]]. She appeared in minor roles in films, ''[[Varsha (2005 film)|Varsha]]'' and ''[[Sirivantha]]'' (2006).{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

== Personal life ==
Hemashree was married to R. Surendra Babu, an advocate and a realtor, on 22 June 2011.<ref name="ie1"/> She was coerced to marry him by her mother, who ha received a [[dowry]] of {{INR}}50 [[lakh]] from Babu, who was 48 at the time. The followed day, she registered a complaint with the [[Bangalore City Police]] over the matter and sought police protection fearing that Babu could harm her.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} It was also revealed that her "allegedly greedy family" forced her into politics.<ref name="ie1"/> The couple lived in the [[Banashankari]] neighbourhood of Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kannada TV Actor Hemashree (38) Dies, Husband Detained|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=152120|publisher=daijiworld.com|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref>

== Partial filmography ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Movies
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Appu (2002 film)|Appu]]''
|-
| ''[[Marma (film)|Marma]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 2005
| ''[[Varsha (2005 film)|Varsha]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 2006
| ''[[Sirivantha]]''
|-
! scope="row" | 2008
| ''Ugragami''
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| ''Cinema Alla Real Story''
|-
! scope="row" | 2010
| ''[[Veera Parampare]]''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ TV shows
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| {{Unknown}}
| ''[[Danda Pindagalu]]''
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2002
| ''[[Daridra Lakshmiyaru]]''
|
|-
| {{Unknown}}
| ''Mahamayi''
|
|-
| {{Unknown}}
| ''Tulasi''
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2004
| ''[[Uttarayana (TV serial)|Uttarayana]]''
|
|-
| {{Unknown}}
| ''Vatara''
| <ref name=kannadawebdunia>{{cite news |title=Hemashri {{!}} Appu {{!}} Surendra Babu {{!}} Kannada Seriel Actress {{!}} ಹೇಮಾಶ್ರೀ ಅಸಹಜ ಸಾವು: ಕೊಲೆಯೋ, ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆಯೋ? |url=http://m.kannada.webdunia.com/kannada-cinema-news/%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%80-%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%9C-%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%81-%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8B-%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8B-112101100031_1.htm?amp=1 |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=m.kannada.webdunia.com}}</ref>
|-
|2006-2007
|Geethanjali
|-
|2011-12
|Manasu Mamatha
|
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian television actresses]]
[[Category:People from Tumkur]]
[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Date of birth missing]]
[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Kannada television]]
[[Category:Actresses from Karnataka]]

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