Ramya Krishnan

Neelambari, the antagonist she played opposite Rajinikanth in Padayappa (1999), won Ramya Krishnan the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil. Later, the Baahubali films made her widely known as Sivagami. Also credited as Ramya Krishna, she was born on 15 September 1970 in Madras, now Chennai. Most of her work is in Telugu and Tamil cinema, and she has acted in Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films too. It began in 1984. Her first shoot was the Malayalam film Neram Pularumbol, but it was released only in 1986, so the Tamil Vellai Manasu (1985) became her first film in theatres. Supporting parts in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada followed. Telugu turned her fortunes: K. Viswanath's Sutradharulu (1989) came first, then K. Raghavendra Rao hits such as Alludugaru, Allari Mogudu and Allari Priyudu. Kante Koothurne Kanu (1998) earned her a Nandi Award for Best Actress, and in Hindi she acted in films including Parampara and Khalnayak, both from 1993. In Jailer (2023) she was Vijaya Pandian, wife of Rajinikanth's character, a role she repeated in Jailer 2 (2026). After a fan screening of the sequel, she said that a third Jailer film was ready.