Sukanya is a South Indian actress, singer, music composer, Bharatanatyam danseuse and voice actor. She has predominantly acted in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu movies, although she did two roles in Kannada films. She has also composed two devotional albums namely "Azhagu" and "Thirupathi Thirukudai Thiruvizha".Sukanya was born into a Chennai Tamil speaking family. Sukanya was married to Sridharan Rajagopalan in 2002 in the United States and later she got divorced in 2003 and came back to Chennai to resume her acting career from 2003.