Gayatri Jayaraman

• Name — Gayatri Jayaraman • Other Names — Gayatri Jayaram • Occupation — Actress, model • Years Active — 2001 2006 2017 present • Spouse — Samit Sawhny (m.2007) • Children — Ishaan, Inara • Parents — Jayaraman Chitra

Gayathri began her career as an actress with director K. Balachander's tele-serial Azhukku Veshti and rejected offers from prominent directors such as Arjun before deciding to make her debut by featuring in Nagabharana's Neela. Neela, a Kannada film about a tribal singer with cancer. Her Telugu film debut was with Srikanth in Aaduthu Paaduthu, before she also went on to feature in a supporting role in Shree alongside Suriya, with Gayatri revealing that her role was chopped by the editors in post-production. She retired from films after her marriage and is now a certified scuba diving instructor in the Andaman Islands and briefly returned to compere the Chennai Super Kings Cheer Leaders talent show on Vijay TV in 2009. She also notably, anchored the show Super Kudumbam on Sun TV in early 2013.

They are parents to two children—a son and a daughter.

• Year — Film — Role — Language — Notes • 2001 — Neela — Neela — Kannada • Asoka — Gypsy Dancer — Hindi — Special appearance • Manadhai Thirudivittai — Shruthi — Tamil • 2002 — Aaduthu Paaduthu — Gayatri / Vasanthi — Telugu • Shree — Stella — Tamil • April Maadhathil — Nimmi • |2003 — Vaseegara — Asha • |2004 — Njan Salperu Ramankutty — Sangeetha — Malayalam • 2005 — Lokanathan IAS — Durga — Malayalam • Swamy — Aishwarya — Kannada • 2006 — Naidu LLB — Telugu • 2021 — Uppena — Sangeetha's mother — Telugu • Lanke — Kannada

• Serials • Year — Title — Role — Language — Channel • 2000 — Shree Ganesh — Devi Adishakti — Hindi — Sony TV • Micro Thodargal-Azhukku Vetti — Rasathi — Tamil — Raj TV • 2001 — Micro Thodargal-Nizhal Vilaiyattu — Gayathri • 2017–2018 — Nandhini — Bhairavi — Sun TV • 2019–2020 — Azhagu — Shakunthala Devi • 2021–2022 — Kayal — Sivasankari • 2022 — Valli Thirumanam — Vasundhara — Colors Tamil • 2023 — Mr. Manaivi — Muthulakshmi — Sun TV • 2024–2025 — Thangamagal — Bhairavi — Star Vijay • 2025–2026 — Aadukalam — Selvanayagi — Sun TV • 2026 — Parijatham — Amman — Zee Tamil • Shows • Year — Title — Role — Language — Channel • Ilamai Pudhumai — Host — Tamil — Sun TV • Telephone Manipol — Host — Tamil — Vijay TV • 2006 — Grandmaster — Herself — Tamil — Vijay TV • 2009 — Chennai Super Kings Cheer Leaders Talent Show — Vijay TV • 2012 — Super Kudumbam — Sun TV • 2016 — Achcham Thavir — Contestant — Vijay TV • 2018 — Nandhini Kudumbam — Herself — Sun TV • Web Series • Year — Title — Role — Language — Channel • 2018 — Dollhouse Diaries — Damayanthi — Tamil — MX Player