
Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970) is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 260 films across Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi cinema. She began her acting career with the Tamil film *Vellai Manasu* (1985). Krishnan's breakthrough in Telugu cinema came with K. Viswanath's *Sutradharulu* (1989). Her Telugu films from the 1990s include K. Raghavendra Rao's *Alludugaru* (1990), *Allari Mogudu* (1992), and *Annamayya* (1997). Her Hindi film credits include *Parampara* (1993), *Khalnayak* (1993), and *Bade Miyan Chote Miyan* (1998). In 1999, she played Neelambari opposite Rajinikanth in the Tamil film *Padayappa*, earning the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil. Krishnan appeared in devotional films including *Ammoru* (1995) and *Rajakali Amman* (2000), and in the comedy *Panchatanthiram* (2002), alongside Kamal Haasan. She later played Rajamata Sivagami Devi in S. S. Rajamouli's films *Baahubali: The Beginning* (2015) and *Baahubali 2: The Conclusion* (2017), earning the Filmfare and Nandi Awards for Best Supporting Actress Krishnan portrayed a politician inspired by J. Jayalalithaa in the web series *Queen* (2019). Her later film roles include *Super Deluxe* (2019), the Telugu drama *Republic* (2021), *Liger* (2022), and the action film *Jailer* (2023), in which she reunited with Rajinikanth. Her 2024 films include *Guntur Kaaram* and *Purushothamudu*. She also hosted the reality television show *Second Love* (2026) on JioHotstar.

as Vijayalakshmi 'Viji' Pandian

as Raja Rajeshwari

as Sivagami

as Vasundhara

as Vasundhara

as Vasundhara

as Vijayalakshmi 'Viji' Pandian

as Raju Garu

as Balamani Agarwal

as Satya

as ACP Ramya Gowariker

as "Vishakha" Vani

as Dr Soumini Devi

as Leela

as Padmavati

as Nandhini Prakash

as Shailaja Reddy

as Azhagu Meena/Jhansi Rani

as Sarojini/Saru

as Anjana Devi

as Bhanumati Devi

as Sivagami

as Self

as Krishna's Mother

as Matangi

as Satyabhama

as Priyamvada

as Sivagami

as Merlin

as Periya Ponnu

as Lavanya

as Vasundhara Devi

as Yama's wife Ayyo

as Malini Devi

as Ramya

as Rajyalakshmi

as Triveni Naik (Police Academy Director)

as Dr. Surekha

as Bela

as Divya

as Bhanumati Devi

as Anji's mother

as Ramya

as Special appearance

as Cameo

as Prabhavati

as Cameo Appearance

as Special Appearance in "Thoodhu Varumaa" Song

as Self - Dancer

as Vijaya

as Jaya

as Neelambari (Special Appearance)

as Doctor

as 'Maggie' Maragathavalli

as District Collector Kamala

as Self

as Special Appearance

as Raja Rajeshwari

as Nandhini

as Nagaveni

as Goddess Durga / Bhramarambika

as Ramya

as Sasi

as Azhagamma

as Satya

as Kannamma

as Neelambari

as Sireesha

as Shyamala

as Shalini / Sofia / Amina Twins Triple Role

as Neha Ahuja

as Raaji

as Swapna

as Kavita D. Kallu (as Ramya Krishna)

as Shanti

as Madhubala Chaubey

as Karisma

as Timakka

as Lakshmi

as Reshma Narang

as Sandhya

as Nancy

as A.C.P. Ramya

as Ramya

as Goddess Ammoru

as Lakshmi

as Pappi

as Manga

as Herself

as Rani

as Sophia Sulochana

as Rani

as Lalita Rani

as Mohana

as Lalitha

as Subathra

as Radhika

as Cameo

as Mohana

as Maala

as Poonkodi

as Aparna

as 'Steffi' Steffina

as Radha

as Uma

as Chandrika

as Seetha

as Nirmala/Nimmi

as Annie

as Rekha

as Radha

as Sherin

as Kavitha

as Gowri

as Herself

as Lakshmi

as Kavitha

as Nancy

as Manju

as Abhirami

as Sivagami (voice)