Kanaka

Alias Kanaka
Age 45 years
Height 5'6"
Occupation Actress
Language Worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Birth Place Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Eye Color Black
Hair Color Black
Religion Hinduism
Marital Status Married
Parents Devika.
City Chennai

Kanaka Mahalakshmi, mononymously known as Kanaka (Tamil: கனகா), is a South Indian film actress. She was considered one of the leading actress in the Tamil film industry. She is a daughter of the actress Devika.

She started her career as the heroine in Karakattakaran (1989), a movie based on the Tamil rural dance Karakattam, along with Tamil film stars Ramarajan, Goundamani and Senthil. It was a blockbuster movie which ran more than a year. Kanaka acted in many Tamil movies, including Adisiya Piravi (1991), Periya karan, Periya Kudumbam and Samundi. She starred with many major stars like Rajnikanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Vijayakanth, SarathKumar, etc.
She also starred in a few Telugu and Malayalam movies with major stars like Mammootty and Mohanlal. Her Malayalam debut, Godfather, was an all-time hit movie in Kerala, and ran for 434 days

Kanaka is born to Devadoss and the famous actress Devika. In 2007 she married an engineer from the U.S