Anjana Jayaprakash is an Indian actress who has appeared inMalayalam andTamil language films. She had acted in several short films in lead roles before making her debut in the Tamil filmDhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016) in one of the pivotal roles.

Anjana was born inDubai, United Arab Emirates. She completed her school education there and moved toCoimbatore, India, to pursue her engineering degree in B.Tech. Fashion Technology atKumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. In college, she was senior to DirectorKarthick Naren,^[1] who later directedDhuruvangal Pathinaaru. During college, she started modeling for college fashion shows and designer events. She also started acting in short films made in her college. One notable short film wasMuse,^[2] directed by her college junior Kannan RK. She portrayed the role ofMythili, a sex worker who aspires to become an actress and eventually ends up being a best-selling author of a novel. This short film fetched awards in many film festivals around the country. The short film was shortlisted for theNational Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film.^[3] After all these accolades, she finally decided to pursue acting as a full-time profession.

She got various offers in modeling and started appearing in many television advertisements. She acted in a music video,Sun Le Zara, and also took the helm of directing a music video,Rimjhim Gire sawan, by the artistSimran Sehgal. She finally made her debut with the blockbuster film portrayingVaishnavi, one of the pivotal characters in the film.

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