Poornima is a Telugu actress who starred in many Telugu films in the early and mid 1980's. She is known for her vivacious and bubbly yet homely and soft natured roles. She acted in 100 movies including telugu, tamil, kannada and malayalam. Her notable films include Jandyala's Srivariki Premalekha, Naalugu Sthambhalaata and Maa Pallelo Gopaaludu. She acted in Malayalam movies with the stage name Sudha. She hails from Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her husband is a marine engineer.