Sakshi Shivanand is an Indian actress, who has appeared in  Telugu, Tamil,  Kannada, Malayalam and  Hindi films. She has also given her background voice for Cinderella in The Story of Cinderella. Shivanand made her debut in Bollywood in 1996. During her early career, she starred in the Aditya Pancholi-starrer Zanjeer (1998). She later shot to fame within a short span of time in Tollywood. Her debut in Telugu was with Chiranjeevi in the film Master.