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This is a list of notable actresses in [[Kannada cinema]].
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This is a list of notable actresses who appear in [[Kannada cinema]], primarily based in [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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| caption3 = [[Arundhati Nag]]
| image1           = MVRajamma.jpg
| image4 = Veena Sundar.jpg
| caption1         = 1940s: [[M. V. Rajamma]]
| caption4 = [[Veena Sundar]]
| image2           = Saroja Devi.jpg
| image5 = Shraddha Srinath.png
| caption2         = 1950s: [[B. Saroja Devi]]
| caption5 = [[Shraddha Srinath]]
| image3           = Dr. Leelavati.jpg
| caption3         = 1960s: [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]
| image4           = Jayamala.jpg
| caption4         = 1970s: [[Jayamala]]
| image5           = Suhasini Maniratnam - TeachAIDS Interview (cropped).png
| caption5         = 1980s: [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]
| image6            = Sudharani (Kannada film actress) (1).jpg
| caption6          = 1990s: [[Sudha Rani]]
| 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
| caption7          = 2000s: [[Ramya (actress)|Ramya]]
| image8            = Radhika Pandit (2018).jpg
| caption8          = 2010s: [[Radhika Pandit]]
| image9            = Rukmini Vasanth1.jpg
| caption9          = 2020s: [[Rukmini Vasanth]]
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| caption1          = [[Aindrita Ray]]
| image2            = Ashika Ranganath.jpg
| caption2          = [[Ashika Ranganath]]
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* [[Aamani]]
* [[Aamani]]
* [[Aarathi (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Abhirami Gopikumar|Abhirami]]
* [[Aditi Prabhudeva]]
* [[Aarathi (Kannada actress)|Aarathi]]
* [[Advani Lakshmi Devi]]
* [[Anu Mehta]]
* [[Aindrita Ray]]
* [[Aindrita Ray]]
* [[Amulya]]
* [[Amulya]]
* [[Asha Bhat]]
* [[Amy Jackson]]
* [[Amy Jackson]]
* [[Ambika (actress)]]
* [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]
* [[Archana Jois]]
* [[Amrutha Iyengar]]
* [[Amrutha Iyengar]]
* [[Anu Prabhakar]]
* [[Anu Prabhakar]]
* [[Anushree (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Anushree (Kannada actress)|Anushree]]
* [[Archana (actress)]]
* [[Archana (actress)|Archana]]
* [[Archana (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Archana (Kannada actress)|Archana]]
* [[Aruna Irani]]
* [[Aruna Irani]]
* [[Arundhati Nag]]
* [[Arundhati Nag]]
* [[Anupama Gowda]]
* [[Asha Sharath]]
* [[Asha Sharath]]
* [[Asha Parekh]]
* [[Asha Parekh]]
* [[Amritha Aiyer]]
* [[Asmita Sood]]
* [[Aishani Shetty]]
* [[Akshara Gowda]]
* [[Aruna Balraj]]
* [[Aishwarya Arjun]]
* [[Avantika Shetty]]
* [[Avantika Shetty]]
* [[Aditi Prabhudeva]]
* [[Ashika Ranganath]]
* [[Ashika Ranganath]]
* [[Anita Hassanandani]]
* [[Advani Lakshmi Devi]]
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== B ==
== B ==
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| caption1          = [[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]]
| image2            = Bhama.JPG
| caption2          = [[Bhama Kurup|Bhama]]
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* [[Bhama Kurup|Bhama]]
* [[Bhanupriya]]
* [[Bhanupriya]]
* [[Bhavana (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Bhavya]]
* [[Bhavya]]
* [[Bhagyashree]]
* [[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]]
* [[Bhavana (Kannada actress)|Bhavana]]
* [[Bhavana Rao]]
* [[Bhavana Rao]]
* [[Bhavana  (actress)]]
* [[Bhoomi Shetty]]
* [[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan]]
* [[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan]]
* [[Bhargavi Narayan]]
* [[Bhargavi Narayan]]
* [[Bhumika Chawla]]
* [[Bhumika Chawla]]
* [[B. Jayashree]]
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== C ==
== C ==
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| caption1          = [[Chaya Singh]]
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* [[Chandrakala]]
* [[Chandrakala]]
* [[Chandrika (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Chandrika (Kannada actress)|Chandrika]]
* [[Chaya Singh]]
* [[Catherine Tresa]]
* [[Chitkala Biradar]]
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== D ==
== D ==
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| caption1          = [[Deepti Sati]]
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* [[Unni Mary|Deepa]]
* [[Unni Mary|Deepa]]
* [[Deepti Sati]]
* [[Disha Madan]]
* [[Deepa Sannidhi]]
* [[Deepa Sannidhi]]
* [[Divya Spandana]]
* [[Divya Spandana]]
* [[Disha Poovaiah]]
* [[Dubbing Janaki]]
* [[Deepika Padukone]]
* [[Deepika Padukone]]
* [[Dubbing Janaki]]
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== E ==
== E ==
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| caption1          = [[Ester Noronha]]
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* [[Erica Fernandes]]
* [[Erica Fernandes]]
* [[Ester Noronha]]
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== G ==
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* [[Gautami]]
* [[Gautami]]
* [[Gayatri (actress)]]
* [[Gayatri (actress)|Gayatri]]
* [[Geetha (actress)]]
* [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]
* [[Gayathiri Iyer]]
* [[Genelia D'Souza]]
* [[Gayatri Jayaraman]]
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== H ==
== H ==
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* [[Harini (Kannada actress)]]
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| caption1          = [[Hariprriya]]
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* [[Harini (Kannada actress)|Harini]]
* [[Hariprriya]]
* [[Hariprriya]]
* [[Hema Choudhary]]
* [[Hema Choudhary]]
* [[Hebah Patel]]
* [[Harshika Poonacha]]
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* [[K. R. Indira Devi|Indira Devi]]
* [[K. R. Indira Devi|Indira Devi]]
* [[Isha Koppikar]]
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== J ==
== J ==
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* [[Jayalalithaa]]
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* [[J. Jayalalithaa]]
* [[Juhi Chawla]]
* [[Jayamala]]
* [[Jayamala]]
* [[Jayamalini]]
* [[Jayamalini]]
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* [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]]
* [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]]
* [[Jyotika]]
* [[Jyotika]]
* [[Jennifer Kotwal]]
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== K ==
== K ==
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* [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)]]
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* [[Kanchana (actress)]]
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| caption1          = [[Kriti Kharbanda]]
| image2            = Kavya Shetty - Ishtakamya.jpg
| caption2          = [[Kavya Shetty]]
}}
 
* [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]
* [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]]
* [[Karthika Nair]]
* [[Karthika Nair]]
* [[Kaveri (actress)]]
* [[Kaveri (actress)|Kaveri]]
* [[Kausalya (actress)]]
* [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]]
* [[Kriti Kharbanda]]
* [[Kriti Kharbanda]]
* [[Krishna Kumari (actress)]]
* [[Krishna Kumari (actress)|Krishna Kumari]]
* [[Kumari Padmini]]
* [[Kumari Padmini]]
* [[Kusalakumari]]
* [[Kusalakumari]]
* [[Kavitha Gowda]]
* [[Kutty Padmini]]
* [[Kutty Padmini]]
* [[Kushee Ravi]]
* [[Kavya Shetty]]
* [[Karunya Ram]]
* [[Kruttika Ravindra]]
* [[Kristina Akheeva]]
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== L ==
== L ==
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* [[Laila (actress)]]
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| image1            = Lakshmi Gopalaswamy DS.jpg
| caption1          = [[Lakshmi Gopalaswamy]]
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* [[Laila (actress)|Laila]]
* [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]
* [[M. N. Lakshmi Devi|Lakshmidevi]]
* [[M. N. Lakshmi Devi|Lakshmidevi]]
* [[Leelavathi (actress)]]
* [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]
* [[Lakshmi Gopalaswamy]]
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== M ==
== M ==
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* [[Madhavi (actress)]]
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| image1            = Meghana Raj.jpg
| caption1          = [[Meghana Raj]]
| image2            = Manvitha Kamath (3).jpg
| caption2          = [[Manvita Kamath]]
}}
 
* [[Meena (actress)|Meena]]
* [[Madhoo]]
* [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]]
* [[Manjula (Kannada actress)|Manjula]]
* [[Meghashree]]
* [[Malashri]]
* [[Malashri]]
* [[Mayuri kyatari]](Kannada actress)
* [[Mayuri Kyatari]]
* [[Manjula (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama (actress)]]
* [[Manvitha (actress)|Manvitha Kamath]]
* [[Manvitha (actress)]]
* [[Mahalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Mahalakshmi]]
* [[Mahalakshmi (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Madhuri Itagi]]
* [[Meena (actress)]]
* [[Meera Jasmine]]
* [[Meera Jasmine]]
* [[Milana Nagaraj]]
* [[Milana Nagaraj]]
* [[Meghana Raj]]
* [[Meghana Raj]]
* [[Moon Moon Sen]]
* [[Moon Moon Sen]]
* [[Meenakshi Dixit]]
* [[Meghana Gaonkar]]
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== N ==
== N ==
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* [[Nalini (actress)]]
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| caption1          = [[Nivedhitha]]
| image2            = Nikita Thukral at SRM University Milan 2010.jpg
| caption2          = [[Nikita Thukral]]
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* [[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]]
* [[Nagma]]
* [[Nagma]]
* [[Namitha]]
* [[Namitha]]
* [[Nayantara]]
* [[Nayanthara]]
* [[Neethu]]
* [[Neethu]]
* [[Nikita Thukral]]
* [[Navya Nair]]
* [[Nivedhitha]]
* [[Nabha Natesh]]
* [[Nithya Menon]]
* [[Nithya Menon]]
* [[Nikki Galrani]]
* [[Nithya Ram]]
* [[Nithya Ram]]
* [[Neha Shetty]]
* [[Nikesha Patel]]
* [[Nishvika Naidu]]
* [[Nikita Thukral]]
* [[Nidhi Subbaiah]]
* [[Nisha Ravikrishnan]]
* [[Nisha Ravikrishnan]]


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*  
* [[Oviya Helen]]
* [[Oviya]]
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== P ==
== P ==
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| caption1          = [[Pooja Gandhi]]
| image2            = Priyanka Upendra 2.jpg
| caption2          = [[Priyanka Upendra]]
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* [[Shamna Kasim|Poorna]]
* [[Padmavati Rao]]
* [[Padmavati Rao]]
* [[Pandari Bai]]
* [[Pandari Bai]]
* [[Parvathy Thiruvothu|Parvathy (actress)]]
* [[Parvathy Thiruvothu|Parvathy]]
* [[Pooja Gandhi]]
* [[Pramila Joshai]]
* [[Pramila Joshai]]
* [[Prema (actress, born 1977)]]
* [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]]
* [[Prathima Devi (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Prathima Devi (Kannada actress)|Prathima Devi]]
* [[Pranitha Subhash]]
* [[Pranitha Subhash]]
* [[Priyanka Thimmesh]]
* [[Priya Anand]]
* [[Priya Anand]]
* [[Priyamani]]
* [[Priyamani]]
* [[Parul Yadav]]
* [[Priya Tendulkar]]
* [[Priya Tendulkar]]
* [[Pavitra Lokesh]]
* [[Priyanka Upendra]]
* [[Priyanka Upendra]]
* [[Priyanka Kothari]]
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== Q ==
== R ==
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| caption2          = [[Rashmika Mandanna]]
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== R ==
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* [[Radha (actress)|Radha]]
* [[Radha (actress)|Radha]]
* [[Radhika Chetan]]{{Div col|colwidth=13em}}
* [[Rekha]]
* [[Rashmi (actress)|Rashmi]]
* [[Rachita Ram]]
* [[Rachita Ram]]
* [[Radhika (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Ranya Rao]]
* [[Radhika Kumaraswamy|Radhika]]
* [[Rachel David]]
* [[Roopa (actress)|Roopadevi]]
* [[Raai Laxmi]]
* [[Radhika Pandit]]
* [[Radhika Pandit]]
* [[Ragini Dwivedi]]
* [[Ragini Dwivedi]]
* [[Rajani (actress)]]
* [[Rashmi Prabhakar]]
*[[Ranjani Raghavan]]
* [[Rajani (actress)|Rajani]]
* [[Ramya Krishna]]
* [[Ranjani Raghavan]]
* [[Rashmika Mandanna]]
* [[Rukmini Vasanth]]
* [[Rajasulochana]]
* [[Rajasulochana]]
* [[Rekha]]
* [[Rekha Harris|Rekha]]
* [[Rekha (South Indian actress)]]
* [[Rachana Inder]]
* [[Roshni Prakash]]
* [[Rekha Vedavyas]]
* [[Rekha Vedavyas]]
* [[Rakshita]]
* [[Raveena Tandon]]
* [[Rashmika Mandanna]]
* [[Reeshma Nanaiah]]
* [[Ramya Krishnan]]
* [[Rishika Singh]]
* [[Roja Ramani]]
* [[Ramya Barna]]
* [[Radhika Narayan]]
* [[Rajshri Ponnappa]]
* [[Renukamma Murugodu]]
* [[Renukamma Murugodu]]
* [[Roja Ramani]]
* [[Rakul Preet Singh]]
* [[Roopa (actress)|Roopadevi]]
* [[Reba Monica John]]
* [[Roja Selvamani]]
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== S ==
== S ==
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| caption2          = [[Sruthi Hariharan]]
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| caption3          = [[Shanvi Srivastava]]
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| caption4          = [[Sharmiela Mandre]]
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* [[Sanghavi]]
* [[Sanghavi]]
* [[B. Saroja Devi|Saroja Devi]]
* [[B. Saroja Devi|Saroja Devi]]
* [[Sathyabhama (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Sathyabhama (Kannada actress)|Satyabhama]]
* [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]
* [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]
* [[Sithara (actress)]]
* [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]]
* [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]]
* [[Chippy (actress)|Shilpa]]
* [[Sadha]]
* [[Sonali Bendre]]
* [[Shilpa Shetty]]
* [[Shilpa Shetty]]
* [[Shanvi Srivastava]]
* [[Shoba|Shobha]]
* [[Shoba|Shobha]]
* [[Sayyeshaa]]
* [[Shobhana]]
* [[Shobhana]]
* [[Shraddha Srinath]]
* [[Shruti Hariharan]]
* [[Vinodhini|Shwetha]]
* [[Vinodhini|Shwetha]]
* [[Shubha (actress)]]
* [[Sherin]]
* [[Sanjana Anand]]
* [[Sushma Raj]]
* [[Samyuktha Hegde]]
* [[Shubha (actress)|Shubha]]
* [[Sharmiela Mandre]]
* [[Suhasini Maniratnam]]
* [[Suhasini Maniratnam]]
* [[Sudha Chandran]]
* [[Sudha Chandran]]
* [[Sukanya (actress)]]
* [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]]
* [[Shruti (actress)]]
* [[Shruti (actress)|Shruti]]
* [[Suman Ranganathan]]
* [[Suman Ranganathan]]
* [[Sonu (actress)]]
* [[Sonu (actress)|Sonu Gowda]]
* [[Sowcar Janaki]]
* [[Sridevi]]
* [[Sridevi]]
* [[Srinidhi Shetty]]
* [[Soundarya]]
* [[Sripriya]]
* [[Sripriya]]
* [[Sanjjanaa]]
* [[Sanjjanaa]]
* [[Sudharani]]
* [[Sudharani]]
* [[Sreeleela]]
* [[Sameera Reddy]]
* [[Sowcar Janaki]]
* [[Shraddha Das]]
* [[Shriya Saran]]
* [[Sanjana Anand]]
* [[Sindhu Tolani]]
* [[Shubha Poonja]]
* [[Shubha Poonja]]
* [[Soundarya]]{{div col end}}
* [[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]]
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== T ==
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* [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]]
* [[Tulasi (actress)|Tulasi]]
* [[Tripuramba]]
* [[Tripuramba]]
* [[Tara (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Tanya Hope]]
* [[Tulasi (actress)]]
* [[Tulip Joshi]]
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== U ==
== U ==
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* [[Umashree]]
* [[Umashree]]
* [[Urvashi (actress)]]
* [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]
* [[Urvashi Rautela]]
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== V ==
== V ==
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* [[Vedhika]]
* [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]]
* [[Vanitha Vasu]]
* [[Vanitha Vasu]]
* [[Vaishali Kasaravalli]]
* [[Veena Sundar]]
* [[Veena Sundar]]
* [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)]]
* [[Vijayalakshmi Singh]]
* [[Vijayalalitha]]
* [[Vijayalalitha]]
* [[Vijayashanti]]
* [[Vijayashanti]]
* [[Vinaya Prasad]]
* [[Vinaya Prasad]]
* [[Varsha Bollamma]]
* [[Vaishnavi Gowda]]
* [[Vaibhavi Shandilya]]
* [[Vijayalakshmi Singh]]
* [[Vaishali Kasaravalli]]
* [[Varalaxmi Sarathkumar]]
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== Y ==
== Y ==
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* [[Yamuna (actress)]]
 
* [[Yamuna (actress)|Yamuna]]
* [[Yagna Shetty]]
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[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema| ]]
== Other notable ==
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 ''[[Shri Shaila Mahathme]]'' (1961), [[Lakshmi (actress)|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), [[Rajashree (actress)|Rajeshwari]] with ''[[Gandhada Gudi Part 2]]'' (1994), [[Monal Naval]] with ''[[Indradhanush (film)|Indradhanush]]'' (2000), [[Gayatri Jayaraman]] with ''[[Neela (film)|Neela]]'' (2001), [[Bhavna Pani]] with ''[[Yuvaraja (film)|Yuvaraja]]'' (2001), [[Deepika Padukone]] with ''[[Aishwarya (film)|Aishwarya]]'' (2006), [[Nithya Menen]] with ''[[7 O' Clock]]'' (2006), [[Surveen Chawla]] with ''[[Paramesha Panwala]]'' (2008), [[Rakul Preet Singh]] with ''[[Gilli (film)|Gilli]]'' (2009),<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Catherine Tresa]] with ''[[Shankar IPS]]'' (2010), [[Yami Gautam]] with ''[[Ullasa Utsaha]]'' (2010), [[Gayathiri Iyer]] with ''[[Shravana (film)|Shravana]]'' (2011), [[Karishma Tanna]] with ''[[I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona]]'' (2011), [[Sakshi Agarwal]] with ''[[Software Ganda]]'' (2014), [[Rukshar Dhillon]] with ''[[Run Antony]]'' (2016), [[Rashmika Mandanna]] with ''[[Kirik Party]]'' (2016), [[Rukmini Vasanth]] with ''[[Birbal Trilogy Case 1]]'' (2019), [[Priyanka Mohan|Priyanka Arul Mohan]] with ''[[Ondh Kathe Hella]]'' (2019), [[Sreeleela]] with ''[[Kiss (2019 film)|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]]
 
==References==
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This is a list of notable actresses who appear in Kannada cinema, primarily based in Karnataka.[1][2][3][4][5]

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1940s: M. V. Rajamma
1950s: B. Saroja Devi
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1960s: Leelavathi
1970s: Jayamala
1980s: Suhasini
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1990s: Sudha Rani
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2000s: Ramya
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Aindrita Ray
Ashika Ranganath
Aditi Prabhudeva

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Bhavana
Bhama

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Chaya Singh

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Deepti Sati

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Ester Noronha

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Hariprriya

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Jennifer Kotwal

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Kriti Kharbanda
Kavya Shetty

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Lakshmi Gopalaswamy

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Meghana Raj
Manvita Kamath

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Nivedhitha
Nikita Thukral

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Pooja Gandhi
Priyanka Upendra

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Rashmika Mandanna

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Shraddha Srinath
Sruthi Hariharan
Shanvi Srivastava
Sharmiela Mandre

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Tanya Hope

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Umashree

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Vedhika
Vaibhavi Shandilya

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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 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), Rajeshwari with Gandhada Gudi Part 2 (1994), Monal Naval with Indradhanush (2000), Gayatri Jayaraman with Neela (2001), Bhavna Pani with Yuvaraja (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] Catherine Tresa with Shankar IPS (2010), Yami Gautam with Ullasa Utsaha (2010), Gayathiri Iyer with Shravana (2011), Karishma Tanna with I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona (2011), Sakshi Agarwal with Software Ganda (2014), Rukshar Dhillon with Run Antony (2016), 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).

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Radhika Pandit to Milana Nagaraj: The most followed Kannada actresses on Instagram". News18 India. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "The queens of desire: The top 30 Bangalore times most desirable women". Times of India. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Rachita Ram to Shraddha Srinath: Leading actresses of Kannada film industry". Zoom TV. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Top Kannada Cinema Actresses". Rediff.com. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Top Kannada actress who are also popular in other film industries". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Popular actresses who made their acting debut with Kannada films". Times Now. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "10 Bollywood beauties who acted in Kannada films". The Times of India. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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