This is a list of notable actresses who appears in Kannada cinema, primarily based in Karnataka.[1][2][3][4][5]
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- 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
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edit- 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
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- 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
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editMany actresses have made their debut with Kannada films and went onto work in Hindi, and other cinema. These include: J. Jayalalithaa with Shri Shaila Mahathme (1961), Rekha with Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999 (1969), Soundarya with Gandharva (2006), Deepika Padukone with Aishwarya (2006), Nithya Menen with 7 O' Clock (2006) and Rakul Preet Singh with Gilli (2009).[6][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Radhika Pandit to Milana Nagaraj: The most followed Kannada actresses on Instagram". News18 India. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "The queens of desire: The top 30 Bangalore times most desirable women". Times of India. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Rachita Ram to Shraddha Srinath: Leading actresses of Kannada film industry". Zoom TV. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Top Kannada Cinema Actresses". Rediff.com. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Top Kannada actress who are also popular in other film industries". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Popular actresses who made their acting debut with Kannada films". Times Now. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "10 Bollywood beauties who acted in Kannada films". The Times of India. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.