Malavika Avinash
A trained Bharatanatyam dancer, Malavika Avinash has been training in the dance form since she was five years old. During a performance, where she was playing the role of Krishna, she was she was spotted by well-known Tamil director G. V. Iyer, who cast her in his 1988 Kannada movie Krishnavataar. After debuting as a child actor at the age of 12, she went on to feature in movies like Nakkala Rajakumari, Daivathinte Vikrithikal, Kalyanothsava, and Samara.
Holding a bachelor's degree in law from the Bangalore University, and also the 3rd rank that year, Malavika pursued her television career while she had taken a break from movies, featuring in shows such as Mayamruga, Manvantara, Grihabhangra, Anni, and Mukhta before making her big-screen appearance in the 2003 Tamil movie Jay Jay.