Akshaya is an Indian actress who has appeared in

Tamil films Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood ...

Career

Akshaya Rao began her career as a supporting artiste alongside

Simran Simran (Gurmukhi: ਸਿਮਰਨ; hi, सिमरण, सिमरन ; from Sanskrit: , ''smaraṇa'', 'to remember, reminisce, recollect'), in spirituality, is a Sanskrit word referring to the continuous remembrance of the finest aspect o ...

in ''

Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi ''Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil language film directed by K. Rajeshwar. Simran dubbed in her own voice for the first time in this film with some dialogues dubbed by Deepa Venkat. The film was the last to have music composed b ...

'' (2003), before going on to appear in leading roles in Tamil films. Her most high-profile Tamil film till date is '' Kalabhak Kadhalan'' (2006), where she portrayed a negative role as the sister-in-law of

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's character, who wants to seduce him. She continued to feature in low-budget Tamil films throughout the late 2000s, notably starring in ''

Uliyin Osai ''Uliyin Osai'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language period drama film directed by Ilavenil, written by Karunanidhi, and produced by S. P. Murugesan. The film stars starring Vineeth, Keerthi Chawla, and Akshaya, while Sarath Babu, Manorama, Kovai ...

'' (2008) written by

Karunanidhi Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He was popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Art ...

and the

Vijayakanth Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Leg ...

-starrer ''

Engal Aasan ''Engal Aasan'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action comedy drama film directed by R. K. Kalaimani. The film stars Vijayakanth in the lead role and Vikranth, Sheryl Brindo, Akshaya and Suja Varunee playing supporting roles. The film was re ...

''. By 2012, several of her other proposed films including ''Imbathukkum Aasai Varum'', ''Manmadha Rajyam'', ''Pattikattu Mappillai'', ''Thasaiyinai Thee Sudinum'' and the Telugu film, ''Nakantu Okaru'', were started but left incomplete. In 2014, she featured in Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar's experimental Hindi film '' Umformung: The Transformation'' (2014), portraying the leading role. The film opened to critical acclaim and was shown at various film festivals internationally.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Akshaya Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Tamil actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Chennai