List of Kannada film actresses
This is a list of notable actresses who appear in Kannada cinema, primarily based in Karnataka.[1][2][3][4][5]
A
- Aamani
- Abhirami
- Aarathi
- Anu Mehta
- Aindrita Ray
- Amulya
- Asha Bhat
- Amy Jackson
- Ambika
- Archana Jois
- Amrutha Iyengar
- Anu Prabhakar
- Anushree
- Archana
- Archana
- Aruna Irani
- Arundhati Nag
- Anupama Gowda
- Asha Sharath
- Asha Parekh
- Amritha Aiyer
- Asmita Sood
- Aishani Shetty
- Akshara Gowda
- Aruna Balraj
- Aishwarya Arjun
- Avantika Shetty
- Aditi Prabhudeva
- Ashika Ranganath
- Anita Hassanandani
- Advani Lakshmi Devi
B
C
D
E
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
- Radha
- Rekha
- Rashmi
- Rachita Ram
- Ranya Rao
- Radhika
- Rachel David
- Roopadevi
- Raai Laxmi
- Radhika Pandit
- Ragini Dwivedi
- Rashmi Prabhakar
- Rajani
- Ramya Krishna
- Ranjani Raghavan
- Rashmika Mandanna
- Rukmini Vasanth
- Rajasulochana
- Rekha
- Rachana Inder
- Roshni Prakash
- Rekha Vedavyas
- Raveena Tandon
- Reeshma Nanaiah
- Rishika Singh
- Roja Ramani
- Ramya Barna
- Radhika Narayan
- Rajshri Ponnappa
- Renukamma Murugodu
- Rakul Preet Singh
- Reba Monica John
S
- Sanghavi
- Saroja Devi
- Satyabhama
- Savitri
- Sithara
- Shilpa
- Sadha
- Sonali Bendre
- Shilpa Shetty
- Shobha
- Sayyeshaa
- Shobhana
- Shwetha
- Sherin
- Sanjana Anand
- Sushma Raj
- Samyuktha Hegde
- Shubha
- Sharmiela Mandre
- Suhasini Maniratnam
- Sudha Chandran
- Sukanya
- Shruti
- Suman Ranganathan
- Sonu Gowda
- Sridevi
- Soundarya
- Sripriya
- Sanjjanaa
- Sudharani
- Sreeleela
- Sameera Reddy
- Sowcar Janaki
- Shraddha Das
- Shriya Saran
- Sanjana Anand
- Sindhu Tolani
- Shubha Poonja
- Sai Dhanshika
- Sonal Monteiro
- Sapthami Gowda
- Sangeetha Bhat
- Sudha Belawadi
- Sindhu Lokanath
- Samyukta Hornad
- Srinidhi Shetty
- Shraddha Srinath
- Sruthi Hariharan
- Sangeita Chauhan
- Shanvi Srivastava
- Sanchita Padukone
- Shwetha Srivatsav
- Sangeetha Sringeri
T
U
V
Y
Other notable
Many actresses have made their debut with Kannada films or debuted in lead role with Kannada films and later went onto work in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil cinema. These include: J. Jayalalithaa with Shri Shaila Mahathme (1961), Lakshmi with Goa Dalli CID 999 (1968), Rekha with Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999 (1969), Soundarya with Baa Nanna Preethisu (1992) and Gandharva (1992), Gayatri Jayaraman with Neela (2001), Deepika Padukone with Aishwarya (2006), Nithya Menen with 7 O' Clock (2006), Surveen Chawla with Paramesha Panwala (2008), Rakul Preet Singh with Gilli (2009),[6][7] Yami Gautam with Ullasa Utsaha (2010), Gayathiri Iyer with Shravana (2011), Rashmika Mandanna with Kirik Party (2016), Rukmini Vasanth with Birbal Trilogy Case 1 (2019), Priyanka Arul Mohan with Ondh Kathe Hella (2019), Sreeleela with Kiss (2019) and Kayadu Lohar with Mugilpete (2021).
See also
- Kannada cinema
- List of Indian film actresses
- List of Hindi film actresses
- List of Tamil film actresses
- List of Telugu film actresses
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