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Umashree
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Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She appears in Kannada cinema, particularly in character roles and supporting roles. She received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Gulabi in the 2008 Kannada film Gulabi Talkies.
Film & TV
Nonavinakere, Karnataka, India
Umashree is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language, particularly comic roles.
Known for
- Anna From Mexico2026
- City Lights2026
- Kranti — Kranti's grandmother2023
- Saandrithazh — Sooravalli2023
- Vedha — Shakri2022
- Rathnan Prapancha — Saroja2021
- Weekend With Ramesh — Herself2014
- Chatrigalu Sir Chatrigalu2013
- Kalpana2012
- Alemari2012
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Key facts
- Officeholder.name
- Umashree
- Officeholder.birth_name
- Umashree
- Officeholder.birth_place
- Nonavinakere, Tiptur taluk, Tumakuru district, Karnataka, India
- Officeholder.office
- Member of Karnataka Legislative Council
- Officeholder.term_start
- 21 August 2023
- Officeholder.predecessor
- C. M. Lingappa
- Officeholder.constituency
- Nominated
- Officeholder.office1
- Minister for Women and Child DevelopmentGovernment of Karnataka
- Officeholder.term_start1
- 20 May 2013
- Officeholder.term_end1
- 15 May 2018
- Officeholder.predecessor1
- Kalakappa G. Bandi
- Officeholder.successor1
- Jayamala
- Officeholder.office2
- Minister for Kannada and CultureGovernment of Karnataka
- Officeholder.term_start2
- 20 May 2013
- Officeholder.term_end2
- 15 May 2018
- Officeholder.predecessor2
- Govind M. Karjol
- Officeholder.successor2
- Jayamala
- Officeholder.party
- Indian National Congress
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Occupation
- television actor
- Political party
- Indian National Congress
- Image
- Umashree.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1957-05-10
- Commons category
- Umashree
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- Umashree
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Personal life
- Public office
- Stage work
- Film work
- Television work
- Partial filmography
- Kannada films
- Tamil films
- Telugu films
- Awards
- References
- External links
Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She appears in Kannada cinema, particularly in character roles and supporting roles. She received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Gulabi in the 2008 Kannada film Gulabi Talkies.
In 2013, Umashree became a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Karnataka in the government of Siddaramaiah where she was the minister for women and child development, empowerment of disabled and senior citizens, Kannada language and culture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Umashree” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.