Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi cinema. She made a brief screen appearance in the Hindi film Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... (2004) before making her lead acting debut in Teja's Telugu romantic drama Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007), followed by her Tamil debut in Pazhani (2008).
Her breakthrough came with her portrayal of Yuvarani Mitravinda and Indira in S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy action film Magadheera (2009), for which she received a Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu nomination. Her subsequent film roles included Darling (2010), Brindavanam (2010), Mr. Perfect (2011), Rohit Shetty's action film Singham (2011), Businessman (2012), A. R. Murugadoss's action film Thuppakki (2012), Naayak (2013), Neeraj Pandey's heist thriller Special 26 (2013), Baadshah (2013), Govindudu Andarivadele (2014), Temper (2015), Khaidi No. 150 (2017), Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017), Vivegam (2017), Mersal (2017), the psychological drama Awe! (2018), and the comedy film Comali (2019). In 2020, a wax statue of her was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Singapore.
She later starred alongside Nandamuri Balakrishna in Anil Ravipudi's film Bhagavanth Kesari (2023) and played ACP Satyabhama IPS in the investigative crime thriller Satyabhama (2024). Her other film credits include S. Shankar's vigilante action films Indian 2 (2024) and Indian 3, the mythological fantasy film Kannappa (2025), A. R. Murugadoss's action film Sikandar (2025), and the social drama The India Story (2026). She is also part of the ensemble cast of Nitesh Tiwari's multi-part mythological film Ramayana.
