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Jayamala (born 28 February 1959) is an Indian actress and politician. She served as the Minister for Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens in the Government of Karnataka, by virtue of being a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council. She served as the female president of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce between 2008 and 2010. Her popular Kannada films include Premada Kanike, Shankar Guru, Antha and Chandi Chamundi among several others. She has produced and acted in the award-winning Thaayi Saheba.

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1947
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Jayamala
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Jayamala in 2020
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Ex-Minister for Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, Government of Karnataka Leader of the Upper House, Karnataka Legislative Council
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June 2018
Officeholder.term_end
June 2019
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Umashree
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Minister for Kannada and Culture, and Information and Public Relations, Government of Karnataka
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6 June 2018
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June 2019
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Umashree
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Member of the Karnataka Legislative Council
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24 June 2014
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23 June 2020
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President, Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce
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29 June 2008
Officeholder.term_end3
May 2010
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Basant Kumar Patil

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  • Personal life
  • Film career
  • Controversy
  • Filmography
  • Kannada films
  • Tamil
  • Malayalam: Credited as Jayanthi
  • Telugu
  • References

Jayamala (born 28 February 1959) is an Indian actress and politician. She served as the Minister for Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens in the Government of Karnataka, by virtue of being a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council. She served as the female president of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce between 2008 and 2010. Her popular Kannada films include Premada Kanike, Shankar Guru, Antha and Chandi Chamundi among several others. She has produced and acted in the award-winning Thaayi Saheba.

==Personal life== Jayamala was born to a Tulu speaking Billava family in Mangalore. Her father G. Omaiah was an agriculturist and mother Kamalamma, a homemaker. She has six sisters and a brother. They moved to Chikmagalur in 1963 after being displaced due to the harbour work in Panambur.

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