Sumalatha

Sumalatha
Sumalatha at the 60th Filmfare Awards South
Born	August 27, 1963 (age 53) Chennai
Other names	Sumalatha Ambarish
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–present
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Spouse(s)	Ambarish M H

Sumalatha is an Indian film actress. She has acted in more than 150 films in Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.

Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and raised in a Telugu Brahmin family in Bethapudi, Andhra Pradesh, She gained popularity in Malayalam cinema and later married Kannada actor-politician Ambarish and has a son Abhishek Gowda.

Sumalatha began acting at age 15, after winning an Andhra Pradesh beauty contest in 1979. Her first film was Thisai Maariya Paravaigal (Tamil) for which she got the Best New Face Award. Her Kannada entry was through Ravichandra opposite to Rajkumar. She entered Telugu through Samajaniki Saval (1979), and Malayalam through Moorkhan (1980). She appeared in many Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films early in her career. She was Rajinikanth's second heroine besides Rati Agnihotri in films like Murattu Kaalai and Kazhugu. Most of her Telugu films are with Chiranjeevi. She was the heroine of legendary Malayalam actor Jayan's last film Kolilakkam (1981). In her Malayalam entry film Moorkhan, she acted as Jayan's second heroine. Her most memorable Malayalam films include Thazhvaram, Isabella, Nirakkoottu, Thoovanathumbikal, Parampara and New Delhi. She has acted in many Kannada movies like Aahuti, Avatara Purusha, Tayi Kanasu, Karna, Hong Kong nalli Agent AmarTayiya Hone, Kallarali Hoovagi, Ravichandra in which she acted with actor Rajkumar. Telugu is the language in which she acted the most number of times, followed by Malayalam.