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{{Short description |Indian actress (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kanaka
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|07|14|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| birth_name = Kanaka Mahalakshmi Devadoss
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Actor]]}}
| mother = [[Devika]]
| years_active = 1989{{endash}}2000
| relatives = [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu]] (great-grandfather)
| website =
| other_names = Kanaga
}}

'''Kanaka Mahalakshmi Devadoss''', known [[mononym]]ously as '''Kanaka''', is an Indian former actress who appeared in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] language films. She is known of her role in her debut Tamil film ''[[Karakattakkaran]]'' (1989).

==Personal life==
Kanaka is the daughter of actress [[Devika]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2018/05/05/kanaka-actress-movies-tragedy-father-personal-life-cancer-rumours.html |title=Kanaka keen on comeback, clears the air on rumours |date=5 May 2018 |website=[[Onmanorama]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/blend-of-grace-and-charm/article28570926.ece |title=Blend of grace and charm |author=S. R. Ashok Kumar |date=10 May 2002 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-access=subscription |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224181458/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/blend-of-grace-and-charm/article28570926.ece |archive-date=24 February 2020}}</ref> She is also the great-granddaughter of [[Telugu cinema]] pioneer, [[Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu]].

==Career==

She started her career as a heroine in the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] movie ''[[Karakattakkaran]]'', directed by [[Gangai Amaran]], a blockbuster movie which ran more than a year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/celebrating-30-years-of-karagattakaran/articleshow/69812835.cms |title=Celebrating 30 Years of Karagattakaran |last=Suganth |first=M |date=16 June 2019 |website=[[The Times of India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820092247/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/celebrating-30-years-of-karagattakaran/articleshow/69812835.cms |archive-date=20 August 2019 |access-date=17 June 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Kanaka acted in many Tamil movies, including ''[[Periya Veetu Pannakkaran]]'' (1990), ''[[Athisaya Piravi]]'' (1990), ''[[Samundi]]'' (1992), ''[[Periya Kudumbam]]'' (1995), ''[[Simmarasi]]'' (1998) and ''[[Viralukketha Veekkam]]'' (1999). She also starred in a few [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] movies with major stars like [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Mammootty]] and [[Mohanlal]]. She has acted in more than 50 films in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu in a span of 10 years.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#000;"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|rowspan=2|1989 || ''[[Karakattakkaran]]'' || Kamakshi||rowspan="16"| [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] ||
|-
| ''[[Thangamana Raasa]]'' || Kannamma ||
|-
| rowspan=11|1990|| ''[[Seetha (1990 film)|Seetha]]''|| Seetha ||
|-
| ''Muthalali Amma'' || Kaveri ||
|-
| ''[[Periya Idathu Pillai]]'' ||Geetha ||
|-
| ''[[Periya Veetu Pannakkaran]]''|| Chella Meena ||
|-
| ''[[Athisaya Piravi]]''|| Gowri ||
|-
| ''[[Durga (1990 film)|Durga]]''|| Kannamma ||
|-
|''[[Enga Ooru Aattukkaran]]'' ||Unknown ||
|-
| ''[[Sathan Sollai Thattathe]]''|| Chitra ||
|-
| ''[[Amman Kovil Thiruvizha]]''||Bhavani ||
|-
| ''[[Vellaiya Devan]]''||Santhi ||
|-
| ''[[Ethir Kaatru]]'' || Anita ||
|-
| rowspan=5|1991 || ''[[Kumbakarai Thangaiah]]'' || Mangamma ||
|-
| ''[[Sendhoora Devi]]''|| Selvi ||
|-
| ''[[Thalattu Ketkuthamma]]'' || Pechiamma ||
|-
| ''[[Brahmarshi Vishwamitra]]'' || Sita || [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Godfather (1991 film)|Godfather]]'' || Malu || [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] ||
|-
|rowspan=7| 1992 ||''[[Purushan Enakku Arasan]]''|| Kalpana|| Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Valu Jada Tolu Beltu]]''|| Seetha ||Telugu||
|-
| ''[[Vasudha]]'' || Varsha || rowspan="2"| Malayalam ||
|-
| ''[[Ezhara Ponnana]]'' || Ashwathi ||
|-
| ''[[Mudhal Kural]]'' || Vaali || rowspan="2"|Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Samundi]]'' || Ponnuthayi ||
|-
| ''[[Vietnam Colony]]'' || Unnimol || Malayalam ||
|-
| rowspan=5|1993 || ''[[Koyil Kaalai]]'' || Arasaayi ||rowspan="4"| Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Sakkarai Devan]]''|| Dhanam||
|-
| ''[[Thaali Kattiya Raasa]]'' ||Mythili ||
|-
| ''[[Kilipetchu Ketkava]]'' || Sivagami ||
|-
| ''[[Golanthara Vartha]]'' || Rajani || rowspan="2"|Malayalam ||
|-
|rowspan=4| 1994 || ''[[Vardhakya Puranam]]'' ||Rajani ||
|-
| ''[[Sakthivel]]''|| Lalli|| Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Pingami]]'' || Sridevi || Malayalam ||
|-
| ''[[Jallikattu Kaalai]]'' || Radha || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1995 || ''[[Kusruthikaatu]]'' || Indira ||rowspan="2"| Malayalam ||
|-
| ''[[Mangala Soothram]]''||Indu ||
|-
| ''[[Periya Kudumbam]]''|| Jyothi ||rowspan="2"| Tamil ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Katta Panchayathu]]'' || Shenbagam ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 1997 || ''[[Mannadiar Penninu Chenkotta Checkan]]'' || Archa ||rowspan="3"| Malayalam ||
|-
| ''[[Bhoopathi (1997 film)|Bhoopathi]]'' || Lakshmi ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1998 || ''[[Manthri Kochamma]]'' || Maya ||
|-
| ''[[Simmarasi]]'' || Lakhsmi ||rowspan="3"| Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Thalaimurai]]'' || Herself||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Viralukketha Veekkam]]'' || Malu ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2000|| ''[[Narasimham (film)|Narasimham]]'' || Indulekha || rowspan="2"| Malayalam ||
|-
| ''Ee Mazha Then Mazha'' || Rekha||
|}

==References==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=1262182}}

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[[Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema]]
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[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:1973 births]]

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