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{{Short description|Trans woman from Karnataka}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2024}}

'''Neethu Vanajakshi''' (born 25 February 1993) is an Indian actress from [[Karnataka]]. She was a contestant on season 10 of [[Bigg Boss Kannada season 10|Bigg Boss Kannada]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-10-09 |title=Bigg Boss Kannada 10 Neethu Vanajakshi: Here's everything about the Trans Queen |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/bigg-boss-kannada-10-neethu-vanajakshi-heres-everything-about-the-trans-queen/articleshow/104279625.cms |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bigg Boss Kannada 10: ಕೈ ಹಿಡಿಯದ ಅದೃಷ್ಟ, ಕ್ಯಾಪ್ಟನ್ ಆಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಮನೆಯಿಂದ ನೀತು ವನಜಾಕ್ಷಿ ಔಟ್! |url=https://www.kannadaprabha.com/cinema/news/2023/nov/27/bigg-boss-kannada-10-transqueen-neethu-vanajakshi-gets-evicted-nominates-michael-ajay-as-the-new-captain-507094.html |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Kannadaprabha |date=27 November 2023 |language=kn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-07 |title=Bigg Boss: 'ಗೆಲ್ಲೋ ಕುದುರೆ' ವಿನಯ್ ಎಂದ ನೀತುಗೆ ಮೈಕಲ್ ಠಕ್ಕರ್ |url=https://publictv.in/michael-ajay-gave-befitting-reply-to-neethu-vanajakshi-in-bigg-boss-house/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Public TV - Latest Kannada News, Public TV Kannada Live, Public TV News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-08 |title=Bigg Boss Kannada 10 launch highlights: Michael Ajay, Neethu Vaanjaksshi enter Sudeep's show |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/bigg-boss-kannada-season-10-launch-live-updates-sudeep-contestants-channel-time-8973495/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> and was eliminated from the show after seven weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |title='ಮಂಗಳಮುಖಿಯರು ದೇಹವನ್ನು ತಂಪು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ನಿತ್ಯ ಎಳೆನೀರು ಕುಡಿಯಬೇಕು'- ನೀತು ವನಜಾಕ್ಷಿ ಸಂದರ್ಶನ |url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/tv/bigg-boss-kannada/bbk-10-contestant-neethu-vanajakshi-interview-about-transgender-transformation/articleshow/105570799.cms |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Vijay Karnataka |language=kn}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=M |first=CHAITHRA CHIDANANDA |title=Bigg Boss Kannada 10 evicted contestants Neethu Vanajakshi: As a trans, we crave for love and not sympathy, Bigg Boss has given me that |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/bigg-boss-kannada-10-evicted-contestants-neethu-vanajakshi-as-a-trans-we-crave-for-love-and-not-sympathy-bigg-boss-has-given-me-that/photostory/105554438.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ಡೆಸ್ಕ್‌ |first=ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ ವೆಬ್‌ |title=ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್ ಮನೆಯಿಂದ ಹೊರಬಿದ್ದ ನೀತು ವನಜಾಕ್ಷಿ! |url=https://www.prajavani.net/entertainment/tv/bigg-boss-kannada-10-nitu-vanajakshi-eliminated-2579024 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Prajavani |language=kn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ನೀತು ವನಜಾಕ್ಷಿ |url=https://zeenews.india.com/kannada/photo-gallery/neethu-vanajakshi-revealed-the-truth-of-hormone-injection-in-bigg-boss-174638/neethu-vanajakshi-174642 |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Zee News Kannada |language=kn}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Vanajakshi hails from [[Gadag district]], Karnataka.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=C |first=Manjunatha |date=2023-10-09 |title=ಸಮಾಜದ ಸವಾಲುಗಳ ಎದುರಿಸಿ ಗೆದ್ದಿರುವ ಮಂಗಳಮುಖಿ ನೀತು ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗೆಲ್ಲುತ್ತಾರಾ? |url=https://tv9kannada.com/entertainment/television/bigg-boss-10-transgender-entrepreneur-neetu-vanajakshi-entered-bigg-boss-house-with-pride-mcr-688678.html |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=www.TV9Kannada.com |language=kn}}</ref>  She did her schooling at Model High School. She used to make and sell flower garlands to add to the income of the family. In 2007, she moved to [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2019-10-04 |title=A 'dream come true' for the transwoman winner; recognition for the entire trans community |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/feelings/dream-come-true-transwoman-beauty-pageant-miss-trans-queen-india-2019-winner-nithu-rs-recognition-trans-community-reena-rai-6053702/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> to join a college and to explore her identity. She studied art at the Ken School of Art, Bengaluru after competing her BBA degree and also did a diploma in animation.<ref name=":3" /> She is an amateur semi-classical [[Kathak|Kathak dancer]], a yoga practitioner and a [[tattoo artist]].<ref name=":0" /> She used to run a hotel that served traditional North Karnataka food.<ref name=":1" />

== Identity ==
Vanajakshi is a [[trans woman]]. She took counseling and hormonal therapy<ref>{{Cite web |last=vaishnavi |title=ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾರ್ಮೋನ್ ಇಂಜೆಕ್ಷನ್; ಮಂಗಳಮುಖಿಯರ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಬಿಚ್ಚಿಟ್ಟ ನೀತು |url=https://kannada.asianetnews.com/gallery/tv-talk/colors-kannada-bigg-boss-neethu-vanajakshi-talks-about-hormonal-injection-vcs-s4vhxb |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=kn}}</ref> in preparation for her transition to a trans woman and underwent surgery and medical treatment.{{When|date=June 2025}} In 2019, she won [[Miss Transqueen India|Miss Transqueen]] title<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=Bigg Boss Kannada 10 contestants with photos |url=https://www.news9live.com/web-stories/entertainment/bigg-boss-kannada-10-full-list-of-contestants-with-photos |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=News9Live |language=en-US}}</ref> and earned the chance to represent India. She revealed her identity in 2016 to her sister, who was in shocked and in tears to hear her sister's story.<ref name=":3" /> In 2020, she represented India at the [[Miss International Queen 2020]].<ref name=":0" /> In Big Boss, she shared her feelings<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suddijala |first=Vijayavani |date=2023-12-01 |title=ವರ್ತೂರು ಸಂತೋಷ್ ಮದುವೆ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನೀತು ವನಜಾಕ್ಷಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನು? |url=https://www.vijayavani.net/bigg-boss-fame-neethu-vanajakshi-exclusive-interview-3 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=www.vijayavani.net}}</ref> and how she had to keep her identity a secret before she came out.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bigg Boss Kannada 10: ಅಕ್ಕನ ಬಟ್ಟೆ ಹಾಕ್ತಿದ್ದೆ, ಕಾಜಲ್‌ ಹಚ್ಚಿಕೊಳ್ತಿದ್ದೆ; ಬಾಲ್ಯದ ದಿನಗಳನ್ನು ನೆನೆದು ಕಣ್ಣೀರಿಟ್ಟ ನೀತು ವನಜಾಕ್ಷಿ |url=https://kannada.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/kannada-television-news-bigg-boss-kannada-10-transgender-neetu-vanajakshi-recalls-childhood-days-with-co-contestants-rsm-181696990213547.html |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Kannada Hindustan Times |language=kn |archive-date=10 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110055218/https://kannada.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/kannada-television-news-bigg-boss-kannada-10-transgender-neetu-vanajakshi-recalls-childhood-days-with-co-contestants-rsm-181696990213547.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Career ==
Vanajakshi began as flower seller in her village to support her family before becoming a full-fledged entrepreneur, dancer, tattoo artist and actor.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4"/> After leaving her home town Gadag, she started a restaurant, Gama Gama,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-11 |title='ಯುಐ' ಸಿನಿಮಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಜೊತೆ ನೀತು ವನಜಾಕ್ಷಿ |url=https://publictv.in/actress-neethu-vanajakshi-new-film-with-upendras-ui-film/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Public TV - Latest Kannada News, Public TV Kannada Live, Public TV News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=bhavaanibhat |title=Transgender Neethu: ಸೂಪರ್ ಕ್ವೀನ್ ಆಗೋ ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೀತು ವನಜಾಕ್ಷಿ |url=https://kannada.asianetnews.com/tv-talk/super-queen-contestant-transgender-neethu-vanajakshi-story-rlrfvr |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=kn}}</ref> for her mother and a beauty parlour for her sister, to fulfill her 'responsibility towards her family'.<ref name=":3" /> After becoming popular through the reality show [[Super Queen (Kannada TV Show)|''Super Queens'']],<ref name=":5" /> she made her debut in acting in the film UI directed by director [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]].<ref name=":4" /> In the reality show Bigg Boss Kannada 10, she achieved two milestones, the captaincy of the house and 'Kicchana Chappale', the appreciation of actor [[Kiccha Sudeep]], who is the host.<ref name=":2" /> She is also a [[TED (conference)|TEDx]] speaker.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tedx SAC - Inspiring talks that create harmony of new ideas with people, held |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1075458 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}}</ref>

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