Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi cinema. She made a brief screen appearance in the Hindi film *Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...* (2004) before making her lead acting debut in Teja's Telugu romantic drama *Lakshmi Kalyanam* (2007), followed by her Tamil debut in *Pazhani* (2008). Her breakthrough came with her portrayal of Yuvarani Mitravinda and Indira in S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy action film *Magadheera* (2009), for which she received a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu nomination. Her subsequent film roles included *Darling* (2010), *Brindavanam* (2010), *Mr. Perfect* (2011), Rohit Shetty's action film *Singham* (2011), *Businessman* (2012), A. R. Murugadoss's action film *Thuppakki* (2012), *Naayak* (2013), Neeraj Pandey's heist thriller *Special 26* (2013), *Baadshah* (2013), *Govindudu Andarivadele* (2014), *Temper* (2015), *Khaidi No. 150* (2017), *Nene Raju Nene Mantri* (2017), *Vivegam* (2017), *Mersal* (2017), the psychological drama *Awe!* (2018), and the comedy film *Comali* (2019). In 2020, a wax statue of her was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Singapore. She later starred alongside Nandamuri Balakrishna in Anil Ravipudi's film *Bhagavanth Kesari* (2023) and played ACP Satyabhama IPS in the investigative crime thriller *Satyabhama* (2024). Her other film credits include S. Shankar's vigilante action films *Indian 2* (2024) and *Indian 3*, the mythological fantasy film *Kannappa* (2025), A. R. Murugadoss's action film *Sikandar* (2025), and the social drama *The India Story* (2026). She is also part of the ensemble cast of Nitesh Tiwari's multi-part mythological film *Ramayana*.

Filmography

• 2026Dada
• 2026Ramayana — Mandodari
• 2026The India Story
• 2025Kannappa — Parvathy
• 2025Sikandar — Vaidehi
• 2024Indian 2: Zero Tolerance — Dhakshayini
• 2024Satyabhama — Satyabhama
• 2023Bhagavanth Kesari — Dr. Kathyayani "Kaachi"
• 2023Ghosty — Inspector Aarthi
• 2023Karungaapiyam — Karthika
• 2023Manu Charitra — Presenter
• 2022Hey! Sinamika — Malarvizhi
• Live Telecast — Jennifer Mathew
• 2021Mosagallu — Anu
• 2021Mumbai Saga — Jamuna
• 2019Comali — Reethika Mohan
• 2019Ranarangam
• 2019Sita — Sita
• 2018Awe! — Kali
• 2018Kavacham — Samyuktha varma
• 2018Manchi Lakshanalunna Abbayi
• 2017Khaidi No. 150 — Lakshmi
• 2017Mersal — Anu Pallavi
• 2017Nene Raju Nene Mantri — Radha Jogendra
• 2017Vivegam — Yazhini
• 2016Brahmotsavam — Kasi Annapurna
• 2016Do Lafzon Ki Kahani — Jenny
• 2016Janatha Garage — Special appearance in the song "Pakka Local"
• 2016Kavalai Vendam — Divya
• 2016Sardaar Gabbar Singh — Arshi Devi
• 2015Inji Iduppazhagi — Cameo Appearance
• 2015Maari — Sridevi
• 2015Paayum Puli — Sowmya
• 2015Temper — Shanvi
• 2014Govindudu Andarivaadele — Satya
• 2014Jilla — Shanthi
• 2014Yevadu — Deepthi
• 2013All in All Azhagu Raja — Chitra Devi Priya
• 2013Baadshah — Janaki
• 2013Naayak — Madhu
• 2013Special 26 — Priya Chavan
• 2012Businessman — Chitra
• 2012Maattrraan — Anjali
• 2012Sarocharu — Sandhya
• 2012Thuppakki — Nisha
• 2011Dhada — Rhea
• 2011Mr. Perfect — Priya
• 2011Singham — Kavya Bhosle
• 2011Veera — Chitti
• 2010Brindavanam — Bhumi
• 2010Darling — Nandini
• 2010Naan Mahaan Alla — Priya Sudharsan
• 2010Om Shanti — Meghana
• 2009Aarya 2 — Geetha
• 2009Ganesh — Divya
• 2009Magadheera — Mitravinda / Indu
• 2009Modhi Vilayadu
• 2008Aatadista — Sunanda
• 2008Bommalattam — Priya
• 2008Pazhani — Deepti
• 2008Pourudu
• 2008Saroja — Pooja (Cameo Appearance)
• 2007Chandamama
• 2007Lakshmi Kalyanam — Lakshmi
• 2004Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... — Diya's Friend
• Indian 3: War Mode — Dhakshayini
• Paris Paris
• Uma — Uma

Appearances as themselves (3)

• Unstoppable with NBK — Self
• Comedy Nights Live — Herself
• The Kapil Sharma Show — Self