Neravanda Chengappa Prema known popularly as Prema, was born into Neravanda family, of the Kodava community to Chetticha and Kavery, in Bangalore. is an Indian film actress. She has worked as a lead actress in numerous Kannada and Telugu films besides working in a few Tamil and Malayalam films. She has appeared in many commercially successful and critically acclaimed feature films. Prema began her career in the Rajkumar camp in 1995.