
Sujatha Nidudavolu (born December 1, 1958), known professionally as Jayasudha, is an Indian actress and politician who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She began her film career as a child actor in *Pandanti Kapuram* (1972) before transitioning to leading roles with *Arangetram* (1973), *Nomu* (1974), and the romantic drama *Apoorva Raagangal* (1975). Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she established herself in mainstream commercial cinema, starring in features such as *Soggadu* (1975), the action film *Adavi Ramudu* (1977), *Idi Katha Kaadu* (1979), and the musical romantic drama *Premabhishekam* (1981). For her leading performances, she received seven Filmfare Awards South and eight Nandi Awards, including wins for *Jyothi* (1976), *Aame Katha* (1977), and *Meghasandesam* (1982). Beginning in the late 1990s, Jayasudha shifted into supporting and character roles, appearing in the comedy *Money* (1993), the drama *Anthimanthaarai* (1996), and the Hindi drama *Sooryavansham* (1999). Over the subsequent decades, she played matriarchal figures across Telugu and Tamil productions, including the romantic drama *Alaipayuthey* (2000), *Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi* (2003), *Bommarillu* (2006), *Kotha Bangaru Lokam* (2008), *Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu* (2013), and *Shatamanam Bhavati* (2017). Her later feature credits include *Chekka Chivantha Vaanam* (2018), the family drama *Varisu* (2023), *Bhairavam* (2025), and *I'm Game* (2026).

as Mercy John

as Nagarathnamma

as Anvitha's Mother

as Narendra's Mother

as Judge

as Sudha Rajendran

as Sarojini Naidu

as Rishi's Mother

as Lakshmi Senapathi

as Janakamma

as Pranitha's Mother

as Seenu's Mother

as Baby

as Karthik's mother

as Lakshmi

as Dr. Shailaja

as Annapournamma

as Saavitri

as Sandhya's mom

as Parvathamma, Ravindra's Mother

as Vandhana's Mother

as Janaki

as Ravindra's Mother

as Janaki

as Balu's Mother

as Dr.Seema

as Yashoda (Cameo Appearance)

as Kanakadurga

as Jagan's mother

as Sivakasi's mother

as Siddhu's Mother

as Raghava's mother

as Lakshmi

as Thavasi’s Wife

as Sreedevi

as Seetha

as Mrs. Selvaraj

as Shiva's mother

as Sharda

as Rajeswari

as Babyakka

as Thangam

as Sindhu

as Shanthi / Jyothi

as Vijaya

as Journalist Renuka

as Savitri

as Ranganayaki

as Sridevi

as Uma

as Rajalakshmi

as Janaki

as Vijaya

as Vijayalakshmi

as Raja Rajeswari Devi

as Jaya

as Uma

as Sharada Teacher

as Mallamma

as Sarala

as Archana

as Kranti

as Kasturi

as Sridevi

as Neeli

as Durga

as Ravindra Babu's wife

as Lakshmi

as Jayanthi

as Dancer

as Chitti

as Sudha

as Jaya

as Varalakshmi

as Goddess Lakshmi

as Kamini

as Chukkamma

as Lilly

as Seetha

as Ganga

as Parvathi

as Manga

as Chilakama

as Usha G. Shastri

as Saroja

as Ranjini

as Latha

as Usha

as Sudha

as Lata

as Jaya

as Radha

as Shakila

as Mohini

as Devi

as Santhi