https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=List_of_Kannada_film_actresses List of Kannada film actresses - Revision history 2026-08-01T11:40:27Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=List_of_Kannada_film_actresses&diff=467749&oldid=prev StephaineShrader at 15:49, 4 February 2026 2026-02-04T15:49:52Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|none}}<br /> {{Dynamic list}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}}<br /> <br /> This is a list of notable actresses who appear in [[Kannada cinema]], primarily based in [[Karnataka]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/movies/rashmika-mandanna-to-ramya-check-the-most-followed-kannada-actresses-on-instagram-8268835.html |title=Radhika Pandit to Milana Nagaraj: The most followed Kannada actresses on Instagram |work=News18 India |access-date=12 September 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |title=The queens of desire: The top 30 Bangalore times most desirable women |access-date=25 February 2019 |work=Times of India |date=3 March 2018 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/the-queens-of-desire-here-are-the-top-30-winners-of-the-bangalore-times-most-desirable-women/articleshow/63129625.cms}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.zoomtventertainment.com/kannada-cinema/article/rachita-ram-to-hariprriya-leading-actresses-of-kannada-film-industry/767379 |title=Rachita Ram to Shraddha Srinath: Leading actresses of Kannada film industry |date=7 June 2021 |publisher=Zoom TV |access-date=27 September 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |title=Top Kannada Cinema Actresses |access-date=25 September 2020 |work=Rediff.com |date=11 January 2013 |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-top-kannada-actresses-of-2009/20091231.htm}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |title=Top Kannada actress who are also popular in other film industries |work=The Times of India |access-date=22 December 2016 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/photo-features/kannada-actress-who-are-popular-in-other-film-industries/photostory/51864848.cms}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = <br /> | total_width = 300<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 3<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = MVRajamma.jpg<br /> | caption1 = 1940s: [[M. V. Rajamma]]<br /> | image2 = Saroja Devi.jpg<br /> | caption2 = 1950s: [[B. Saroja Devi]]<br /> | image3 = Dr. Leelavati.jpg<br /> | caption3 = 1960s: [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]<br /> | image4 = Jayamala.jpg<br /> | caption4 = 1970s: [[Jayamala]]<br /> | image5 = Suhasini Maniratnam - TeachAIDS Interview (cropped).png<br /> | caption5 = 1980s: [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]<br /> | image6 = Sudharani (Kannada film actress) (1).jpg<br /> | caption6 = 1990s: [[Sudha Rani]]<br /> | image7 = Ms Ramya at the presentation of the film Thananam Thananam during the 37th International Film Festival (IFFI-2006) at Kala Academy in Panaji, Goa (cropped).jpg<br /> | caption7 = 2000s: [[Ramya (actress)|Ramya]]<br /> | image8 = Radhika Pandit (2018).jpg <br /> | caption8 = 2010s: [[Radhika Pandit]]<br /> | image9 = Rukmini Vasanth1.jpg<br /> | caption9 = 2020s: [[Rukmini Vasanth]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == A ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 300<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 3<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Aindrita Ray.png<br /> | caption1 = [[Aindrita Ray]]<br /> | image2 = Ashika Ranganath.jpg<br /> | caption2 = [[Ashika Ranganath]]<br /> | image3 = Aditi Prabhudeva (2022) 01.jpg<br /> | caption3 = [[Aditi Prabhudeva]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Aamani]]<br /> * [[Abhirami Gopikumar|Abhirami]]<br /> * [[Aarathi (Kannada actress)|Aarathi]]<br /> * [[Anu Mehta]]<br /> * [[Aindrita Ray]]<br /> * [[Amulya]]<br /> * [[Asha Bhat]]<br /> * [[Amy Jackson]]<br /> * [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]<br /> * [[Archana Jois]]<br /> * [[Amrutha Iyengar]]<br /> * [[Anu Prabhakar]]<br /> * [[Anushree (Kannada actress)|Anushree]]<br /> * [[Archana (actress)|Archana]]<br /> * [[Archana (Kannada actress)|Archana]]<br /> * [[Aruna Irani]]<br /> * [[Arundhati Nag]]<br /> * [[Anupama Gowda]]<br /> * [[Asha Sharath]]<br /> * [[Asha Parekh]]<br /> * [[Amritha Aiyer]]<br /> * [[Asmita Sood]]<br /> * [[Aishani Shetty]]<br /> * [[Akshara Gowda]]<br /> * [[Aruna Balraj]]<br /> * [[Aishwarya Arjun]]<br /> * [[Avantika Shetty]]<br /> * [[Aditi Prabhudeva]]<br /> * [[Ashika Ranganath]]<br /> * [[Anita Hassanandani]]<br /> * [[Advani Lakshmi Devi]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == B ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 200<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Bbavana Close-up.jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]]<br /> | image2 = Bhama.JPG<br /> | caption2 = [[Bhama Kurup|Bhama]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Bhama Kurup|Bhama]]<br /> * [[Bhanupriya]]<br /> * [[Bhavya]]<br /> * [[Bhagyashree]]<br /> * [[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]]<br /> * [[Bhavana (Kannada actress)|Bhavana]]<br /> * [[Bhavana Rao]]<br /> * [[Bhoomi Shetty]]<br /> * [[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan]]<br /> * [[Bhargavi Narayan]]<br /> * [[Bhumika Chawla]]<br /> * [[B. Jayashree]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == C ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 150<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Chaya Singh.jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Chaya Singh]]<br /> | image2 = <br /> | caption2 = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Chandrakala]]<br /> * [[Chandrika (Kannada actress)|Chandrika]]<br /> * [[Chaya Singh]]<br /> * [[Catherine Tresa]]<br /> * [[Chitkala Biradar]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == D ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 150<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Deeptisati_(cropped).jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Deepti Sati]]<br /> | image2 = <br /> | caption2 = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Unni Mary|Deepa]]<br /> * [[Deepti Sati]]<br /> * [[Disha Madan]]<br /> * [[Deepa Sannidhi]]<br /> * [[Divya Spandana]]<br /> * [[Disha Poovaiah]]<br /> * [[Dubbing Janaki]]<br /> * [[Deepika Padukone]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == E ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 150<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Ester Noronha, Indian film star.jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Ester Noronha]]<br /> | image2 = <br /> | caption2 = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Erica Fernandes]]<br /> * [[Ester Noronha]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == G ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 150<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 =<br /> | caption1 = [[Gayatri Jayaraman]]<br /> | image2 = <br /> | caption2 = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Gautami]]<br /> * [[Gayatri (actress)|Gayatri]]<br /> * [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]<br /> * [[Gayathiri Iyer]]<br /> * [[Genelia D&#039;Souza]]<br /> * [[Gayatri Jayaraman]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == H ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 150<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Hariprriya (2).jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Hariprriya]]<br /> | image2 = <br /> | caption2 = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Harini (Kannada actress)|Harini]]<br /> * [[Hariprriya]]<br /> * [[Hema Choudhary]]<br /> * [[Hebah Patel]]<br /> * [[Harshika Poonacha]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == I ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> * [[K. R. Indira Devi|Indira Devi]]<br /> * [[Isha Koppikar]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == J ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 150<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Jennifer Kotwal.jpg <br /> | caption1 = [[Jennifer Kotwal]]<br /> | image2 = <br /> | caption2 = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[J. Jayalalithaa]]<br /> * [[Juhi Chawla]]<br /> * [[Jayamala]]<br /> * [[Jayamalini]]<br /> * [[Jaya Prada|Jaya Pradha]]<br /> * [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]]<br /> * [[Jyotika]]<br /> * [[Jennifer Kotwal]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == K ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 200<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Kriti Kharbanda attends a friend’s wedding function (cropped).jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Kriti Kharbanda]]<br /> | image2 = Kavya Shetty - Ishtakamya.jpg<br /> | caption2 = [[Kavya Shetty]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]<br /> * [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]]<br /> * [[Karthika Nair]]<br /> * [[Kaveri (actress)|Kaveri]]<br /> * [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]]<br /> * [[Kriti Kharbanda]]<br /> * [[Krishna Kumari (actress)|Krishna Kumari]]<br /> * [[Kumari Padmini]]<br /> * [[Kusalakumari]]<br /> * [[Kavitha Gowda]]<br /> * [[Kutty Padmini]]<br /> * [[Kushee Ravi]]<br /> * [[Kavya Shetty]]<br /> * [[Karunya Ram]]<br /> * [[Kruttika Ravindra]]<br /> * [[Kristina Akheeva]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == L ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 130<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Lakshmi Gopalaswamy DS.jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Lakshmi Gopalaswamy]]<br /> | image2 = <br /> | caption2 = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Laila (actress)|Laila]]<br /> * [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]<br /> * [[M. N. Lakshmi Devi|Lakshmidevi]]<br /> * [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]<br /> * [[Lakshmi Gopalaswamy]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == M ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 230<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Meghana Raj.jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Meghana Raj]]<br /> | image2 = Manvitha Kamath (3).jpg<br /> | caption2 = [[Manvita Kamath]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Meena (actress)|Meena]]<br /> * [[Madhoo]]<br /> * [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]]<br /> * [[Manjula (Kannada actress)|Manjula]]<br /> * [[Meghashree]]<br /> * [[Malashri]]<br /> * [[Mayuri Kyatari]]<br /> * [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]<br /> * [[Manvitha (actress)|Manvitha Kamath]]<br /> * [[Mahalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Mahalakshmi]]<br /> * [[Madhuri Itagi]]<br /> * [[Meera Jasmine]]<br /> * [[Milana Nagaraj]]<br /> * [[Meghana Raj]]<br /> * [[Moon Moon Sen]]<br /> * [[Meenakshi Dixit]]<br /> * [[Meghana Gaonkar]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == N ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 200<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Nivedhitha Actress.jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Nivedhitha]]<br /> | image2 = Nikita Thukral at SRM University Milan 2010.jpg<br /> | caption2 = [[Nikita Thukral]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]]<br /> * [[Nagma]]<br /> * [[Namitha]]<br /> * [[Nayanthara]]<br /> * [[Neethu]]<br /> * [[Navya Nair]]<br /> * [[Nivedhitha]]<br /> * [[Nabha Natesh]]<br /> * [[Nithya Menon]]<br /> * [[Nikki Galrani]]<br /> * [[Nithya Ram]]<br /> * [[Neha Shetty]]<br /> * [[Nikesha Patel]]<br /> * [[Nishvika Naidu]]<br /> * [[Nikita Thukral]]<br /> * [[Nidhi Subbaiah]]<br /> * [[Nisha Ravikrishnan]]<br /> <br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == O ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> * <br /> * [[Oviya]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == P ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 200<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Puja during Karimedu film promotion.jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Pooja Gandhi]]<br /> | image2 = Priyanka Upendra 2.jpg<br /> | caption2 = [[Priyanka Upendra]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Shamna Kasim|Poorna]]<br /> * [[Padmavati Rao]]<br /> * [[Pandari Bai]]<br /> * [[Parvathy Thiruvothu|Parvathy]]<br /> * [[Pooja Gandhi]]<br /> * [[Pramila Joshai]]<br /> * [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]]<br /> * [[Prathima Devi (Kannada actress)|Prathima Devi]]<br /> * [[Pranitha Subhash]]<br /> * [[Priyanka Thimmesh]]<br /> * [[Priya Anand]]<br /> * [[Priyamani]]<br /> * [[Parul Yadav]]<br /> * [[Priya Tendulkar]]<br /> * [[Pavitra Lokesh]]<br /> * [[Priyanka Upendra]]<br /> * [[Priyanka Kothari]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == R ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 200<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = <br /> | caption1 = [[Rachita Ram]] <br /> | image2 = Rashmika Mandanna PYTV press meet.jpg<br /> | caption2 = [[Rashmika Mandanna]] <br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Radha (actress)|Radha]]<br /> * [[Rekha]]<br /> * [[Rashmi (actress)|Rashmi]]<br /> * [[Rachita Ram]]<br /> * [[Ranya Rao]]<br /> * [[Radhika Kumaraswamy|Radhika]]<br /> * [[Rachel David]]<br /> * [[Roopa (actress)|Roopadevi]]<br /> * [[Raai Laxmi]]<br /> * [[Radhika Pandit]]<br /> * [[Ragini Dwivedi]]<br /> * [[Rashmi Prabhakar]]<br /> * [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]]<br /> * [[Ramya Krishna]]<br /> * [[Ranjani Raghavan]]<br /> * [[Rashmika Mandanna]]<br /> * [[Rukmini Vasanth]]<br /> * [[Rajasulochana]]<br /> * [[Rekha Harris|Rekha]]<br /> * [[Rachana Inder]]<br /> * [[Roshni Prakash]]<br /> * [[Rekha Vedavyas]]<br /> * [[Raveena Tandon]]<br /> * [[Reeshma Nanaiah]]<br /> * [[Rishika Singh]]<br /> * [[Roja Ramani]]<br /> * [[Ramya Barna]]<br /> * [[Radhika Narayan]]<br /> * [[Rajshri Ponnappa]]<br /> * [[Renukamma Murugodu]]<br /> * [[Rakul Preet Singh]]<br /> * [[Reba Monica John]]<br /> * [[Roja Selvamani]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == S ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 350<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 4<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Shraddha_Srinath.png<br /> | caption1 = [[Shraddha Srinath]]<br /> | image2 = Sruthi_Hariharan_at_Janapada_Lokha.jpg<br /> | caption2 = [[Sruthi Hariharan]]<br /> | image3 = Shanvi Srivastava.png<br /> | caption3 = [[Shanvi Srivastava]]<br /> | image4 = Sharmiela Mandre at 60th South Filmfare Awards 2013 (cropped).jpg<br /> | caption4 = [[Sharmiela Mandre]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Sanghavi]]<br /> * [[B. Saroja Devi|Saroja Devi]]<br /> * [[Sathyabhama (Kannada actress)|Satyabhama]]<br /> * [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]<br /> * [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]]<br /> * [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]]<br /> * [[Sadha]]<br /> * [[Sonali Bendre]]<br /> * [[Shilpa Shetty]]<br /> * [[Shoba|Shobha]]<br /> * [[Sayyeshaa]]<br /> * [[Shobhana]]<br /> * [[Vinodhini|Shwetha]]<br /> * [[Sherin]]<br /> * [[Sanjana Anand]]<br /> * [[Sushma Raj]]<br /> * [[Samyuktha Hegde]]<br /> * [[Shubha (actress)|Shubha]]<br /> * [[Sharmiela Mandre]]<br /> * [[Suhasini Maniratnam]]<br /> * [[Sudha Chandran]]<br /> * [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]]<br /> * [[Shruti (actress)|Shruti]]<br /> * [[Suman Ranganathan]]<br /> * [[Sonu (actress)|Sonu Gowda]]<br /> * [[Sridevi]]<br /> * [[Soundarya]]<br /> * [[Sripriya]]<br /> * [[Sanjjanaa]]<br /> * [[Sudharani]]<br /> * [[Sreeleela]]<br /> * [[Sameera Reddy]]<br /> * [[Sowcar Janaki]]<br /> * [[Shraddha Das]]<br /> * [[Shriya Saran]]<br /> * [[Sanjana Anand]]<br /> * [[Sindhu Tolani]]<br /> * [[Shubha Poonja]]<br /> * [[Sai Dhanshika]]<br /> * [[Sonal Monteiro]]<br /> * [[Sapthami Gowda]]<br /> * [[Sangeetha Bhat]]<br /> * [[Sudha Belawadi]]<br /> * [[Sindhu Lokanath]]<br /> * [[Samyukta Hornad]]<br /> * [[Srinidhi Shetty]]<br /> * [[Shraddha Srinath]]<br /> * [[Sruthi Hariharan]]<br /> * [[Sangeita Chauhan]]<br /> * [[Shanvi Srivastava]]<br /> * [[Sanchita Padukone]]<br /> * [[Shwetha Srivatsav]]<br /> * [[Sangeetha Sringeri]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == T ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 130<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Tanya hope.jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Tanya Hope]]<br /> | image2 = <br /> | caption2 = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]]<br /> * [[Tulasi (actress)|Tulasi]]<br /> * [[Tripuramba]]<br /> * [[Tanya Hope]]<br /> * [[Tulip Joshi]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == U ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 150<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Umashree.jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Umashree]]<br /> | image2 = <br /> | caption2 = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Umashree]]<br /> * [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]<br /> * [[Urvashi Rautela]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == V ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> {{multiple image<br /> | border = infobox<br /> | total_width = 200<br /> | image_style = <br /> | perrow = 2<br /> | caption_align = left<br /> | image1 = Vedhika-Kumar-spotted-at-WE-VIP-Premium-Nightclub-And-Restro-Bar-1 (cropped).jpg<br /> | caption1 = [[Vedhika]]<br /> | image2 = Vaibhavi sandilya at sakka podu podu raja movie audio launch.png<br /> | caption2 = [[Vaibhavi Shandilya]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> * [[Vedhika]]<br /> * [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]]<br /> * [[Vanitha Vasu]]<br /> * [[Veena Sundar]]<br /> * [[Vijayalalitha]]<br /> * [[Vijayashanti]]<br /> * [[Vinaya Prasad]]<br /> * [[Varsha Bollamma]]<br /> * [[Vaishnavi Gowda]]<br /> * [[Vaibhavi Shandilya]]<br /> * [[Vijayalakshmi Singh]]<br /> * [[Vaishali Kasaravalli]]<br /> * [[Varalaxmi Sarathkumar]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == Y ==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=13em}}<br /> <br /> * [[Yamuna (actress)|Yamuna]]<br /> * [[Yagna Shetty]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == Other notable ==<br /> Many actresses have made their debut with Kannada films or debuted in lead role with Kannada films or have played their first credited role in Kannada films and later went onto work in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil cinema. These include: [[J. Jayalalithaa]] with &#039;&#039;[[Shri Shaila Mahathme]]&#039;&#039; (1961), [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] with &#039;&#039;[[Goa Dalli CID 999]]&#039;&#039; (1968), [[Rekha]] with &#039;&#039;[[Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999]]&#039;&#039; (1969), [[Soundarya]] with &#039;&#039;[[Baa Nanna Preethisu]]&#039;&#039; (1992) and &#039;&#039;Gandharva&#039;&#039; (1992), [[Rajashree (actress)|Rajeshwari]] with &#039;&#039;[[Gandhada Gudi Part 2]]&#039;&#039; (1994), [[Monal Naval]] with &#039;&#039;[[Indradhanush (film)|Indradhanush]]&#039;&#039; (2000), [[Gayatri Jayaraman]] with &#039;&#039;[[Neela (film)|Neela]]&#039;&#039; (2001), [[Bhavna Pani]] with &#039;&#039;[[Yuvaraja (film)|Yuvaraja]]&#039;&#039; (2001), [[Deepika Padukone]] with &#039;&#039;[[Aishwarya (film)|Aishwarya]]&#039;&#039; (2006), [[Nithya Menen]] with &#039;&#039;[[7 O&#039; Clock]]&#039;&#039; (2006), [[Surveen Chawla]] with &#039;&#039;[[Paramesha Panwala]]&#039;&#039; (2008), [[Rakul Preet Singh]] with &#039;&#039;[[Gilli (film)|Gilli]]&#039;&#039; (2009),&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=Popular actresses who made their acting debut with Kannada films |date=26 May 2021 |access-date=28 December 2021 |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/kannada/article/popular-actresses-who-made-their-acting-debut-with-kannada-films/762011 |website=Times Now}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=10 Bollywood beauties who acted in Kannada films |date=10 June 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/web-stories/10-bollywood-beauties-who-acted-in-kannada-films/photostory/92134064.cms |website=The Times of India}}&lt;/ref&gt; [[Catherine Tresa]] with &#039;&#039;[[Shankar IPS]]&#039;&#039; (2010), [[Yami Gautam]] with &#039;&#039;[[Ullasa Utsaha]]&#039;&#039; (2010), [[Gayathiri Iyer]] with &#039;&#039;[[Shravana (film)|Shravana]]&#039;&#039; (2011), [[Karishma Tanna]] with &#039;&#039;[[I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona]]&#039;&#039; (2011), [[Sakshi Agarwal]] with &#039;&#039;[[Software Ganda]]&#039;&#039; (2014), [[Rukshar Dhillon]] with &#039;&#039;[[Run Antony]]&#039;&#039; (2016), [[Rashmika Mandanna]] with &#039;&#039;[[Kirik Party]]&#039;&#039; (2016), [[Rukmini Vasanth]] with &#039;&#039;[[Birbal Trilogy Case 1]]&#039;&#039; (2019), [[Priyanka Mohan|Priyanka Arul Mohan]] with &#039;&#039;[[Ondh Kathe Hella]]&#039;&#039; (2019), [[Sreeleela]] with &#039;&#039;[[Kiss (2019 film)|Kiss]]&#039;&#039; (2019) and [[Kayadu Lohar]] with &#039;&#039;[[Mugilpete]]&#039;&#039; (2021).<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Kannada cinema]]<br /> *[[List of Indian film actresses]]<br /> *[[List of Hindi film actresses]]<br /> *[[List of Tamil film actresses]]<br /> *[[List of Telugu film actresses]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> {{Subject bar<br /> |commons = <br /> |commons-search = Category: Kannada film actresses<br /> |d = yes<br /> |d-search = <br /> |portal1 = India<br /> |portal2 = Lists<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandalwood actresses}}<br /> [[Category:Indian film actresses]]<br /> [[Category:Kannada cinema]]<br /> [[Category:Lists of Indian actresses]]</div> StephaineShrader