| Alias | Kavitha |
|---|---|
| Age | 38 years |
| Height | 5'8" |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Language Worked in | Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam |
| Spouse | Shivashankar |
| Birth Place | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Eye Color | Light Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Favourite Cuisine | Indian Cuisine |
| Favourite Color | Black |
| City | Bengalooru |
Kausalya (born Kavitha Shivashankar on 30 December 1979), also known as Nandini, is an Indian film actress and model, who has starred mainly in Tamil and Malayalam films. She was pursuing a modelling career, before she debuted in the 1996 Malayalam film April 16 by Balachandra Menon. The following year, she appeared in her first Tamil film Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga and went on to star in several successful films, including Nerukku Ner, Priyamudan, Pooveli and Vanathai Pola.
She had starred in over 30 films in Tamil and Malayalam in lead roles, while securing a Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in Pooveli. By the mid-2000s,
she turned character artiste and went on to portray supporting roles in films such as Thirumalai and Santosh Subramaniam and ventured into television with the series Manaivi which aired 436 episodes on Sun TV