45 Indian child actresses

Ayilya Gopalakrishnan Nair, better known by her stage name Ananya, is an Indian film actress, who appears in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films

Baby Annie is a south Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu movies. She is known for the role of Mallamma in the 2011 movie Rajanna, for which she received a Nandi Award. She made her debut through Anukokunda Oka Roju starring along with Jagapathi Babu and Charmi. Her other noted film appearances include Swagatham, Athidi, Stalin and Ek Niranjan.

Ahsaas Channa is an Indian actress who appeared as a child actor in Hindi films such as Vaastu Shastra, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, My Friend Ganesha, Phoonk, etc. As a teenager, she has been mostly active in television shows, such as Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev, Oye Jassie and MTV Fanaah.

Spandan Chaturvedi is an Indian television child actress. Chaturvedi started her career with the 2012 drama series Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera. After she appeared in several television advertisements. Later she was cast in Sanskaar - Dharohar Apnon Ki. Thereafter she appeared as cameo in The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir. In February 2014, Chaturvedi played the role of young Madhubala in Colors TV's show Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon. But In August 2014 - February 2016 she portrayed the role 'Chakor' in Colors TV show Udaan, for which she became popular and won several awards, including the Zee Gold Award for Best Child Actor.

Saloni Daini is an Indian television actress and stand-up comedian, having started her career as a child actress. She is claimed to be one of the youngest comic stars on TV. She has faced the camera from the age of three, acting in Marathi serials and Marathi and Hindi films, and has released a music album for Disney. She also mimicks film stars and politicians, and was seen in the promos of Shah Rukh Khan's Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain. In 2010, she appeared on Comedy Circus Mahasangram. She also featured in video series called Main 13 Hoon for #fame in June 2015 where among others, Saloni mimes Arnab Goswami pretty well along with Kajol and Sonam Kapoor.

Ruhanika Dhawan is an Indian television actress. She started her career with the 2012 Zee TV's show Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein as Aashi. She was then approached to play the roles of young Ruhi Bhalla and Pihu in Star Plus's series Ye Hai Mohabbatein. For her performance she won several awards, including the Indian Telly Award for Most Popular Child Actress.

Urvashi Dholakia is an Indian television actress best known for portraying Komolika Majumdar in Kasautii Zindagii Kay and Queen Iravati in Chandrakanta, winning Bigg Boss 6 and participating in Nach Baliye 9.

Avika Gor is an Indian film and television actress. She predominantly works in Tollywood film industry and Hindi Television Soap Operas.She is known for playing the role Anandi in Hindi Television series Balika Vadhu. Some of her successful films include Uyyala Jampala (2013), Cinema Choopistha Mava (2015) and Raju Gari Gadhi 3 (2019).

Daisy Irani Shukla is an Indian actress in Hindi and Telugu language films. She was a popular child actor in the 1950s and 1960s. She is most known for films such as Bandish (1955), Ek Hi Raasta (1956), Naya Daur (1957), Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke (1957), Jailor (1958), Qaidi No 911 (1959) and Do Ustad (1959). As a supporting actress, she acted in Kati Patang in 1971. She also worked in a popular TV show Shararat.

Jamuna is an Indian actress, director and politician who appeared mainly in Telugu films. She made her acting debut at the age of 16 in Dr. Garikapati Rajarao's Puttillu (1953), and received her breakthrough with L. V. Prasad's Missamma. Her portfolio also includes Tamil movies. She won a Filmfare Award and a award at Filmfare Awards South.

Kalpana Ranjani, better known mononymously as Kalpana, was an Indian film actress who has appeared in South Indian films, predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films. Kalpana has acted in over 300 films in various South Indian languages.

Pasupuleti Kannamba was an Indian actress, playback singer and film producer of Telugu cinema, of Andhra Pradesh, India. She acted in more than 170 films and produced about 25 films in Telugu and Tamil languages during the 1930s to the 1960s.

Ayesha Kapur is an Indian Film actress who is best known in the Bollywood movie Black. Kapur became the recipient of many Awards in the "Best Supporting Actress" category. In doing so, she became the second youngest person to be both nominated and win a Filmfare Award and is currently the youngest person ever to win a Zee Cine Award and an IIFA Award.

Padmini Kolhapure is an Indian actress and singer, who works primarily in Hindi films. She began acting in 1972 at the age of 7, and her early works included Zindagi (1976) and Dream Girl (1977). She then had her breakthrough with the film Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978), starring as Young Roopa.

Harshaali Malhotra is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi-language films and television series.

Manjula was an Indian film actress who acted in Kannada language films and also few Tamil and Telugu films. She was one of the most successful and prominent actresses of Kannada films in 1970s and 1980s. She acted in more than 100 films and won several awards for her performances, including a Filmfare Award.

Urmila Matondkar is an Indian actress and politician. Known for her work in Hindi films, in addition to Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi cinema, she has received numerous accolades, including the Filmfare Award and the Nandi Award. During her career as a leading actress, she established a distinctive on-screen persona, was identified with her intense style and dancing skills.

Meena is an Indian film actress who predominantly works in the South Indian film industry. Meena debuted as a child artist in the Tamil film Nenjangal in 1982 and has later appeared in films produced by various regional industries. Meena has been a superstar for over two decades by pairing up with every bigstar down south.

Nithya Menen is an Indian actress and singer, who appears in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. She is recipient of three Filmfare Awards for the Telugu films Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde, Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju and the Tamil film Mersal.

Hansika Motwani is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil films. She also appears in Telugu films, and has done a number of films in Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada. Hansika made her film debut in Telugu cinema with Desamuduru (2007), and became the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Filmfare Award.

Nanda Karnataki known mononymously as Nanda, was an Indian film actress who appeared in Hindi and Marathi films. As one of the most popular actresses in Hindi cinema, her career spans over 30 years and she is best known for her performances in Chhoti Bahen, Dhool Ka Phool, Bhabhi, Kala Bazar, Kanoon, Hum Dono, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Gumnaam, Ittefaq, The Train and Prem Rog.

Hiba Nawab is an Indian television actress known for her portrayal of Anushka in Channel V India's Crazy Stupid Ishq and Amaya in Star Plus's Tere Sheher Mein.

Kutty Padmini is a South Indian movie actress who mainly works in Tamil Cinema. She was a child star in her debut movie Ambala Anjulam (1959). She has also acted in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies. She made her debut in Tamil cinema at the age of 3. She has acted with prominent personalities of Tamil cinema, including Sivaji Ganesan, M. G. Ramachandran, Gemini Ganesan, Jaishankar, Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. She was the first female artist from Tamil Nadu to win the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for the movie Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum. The first Tamil child artiste to win the award was Kamal Haasan for Kalathur Kannamma.

Ishita Panchal is an Indian film and television actress. She is known for playing the lead role of Roma in Bollywood horror film Bhoot and Friends (2010).

Jannat Zubair Rahmani is an Indian film and television actress. She started her career in 2009 but gained recognition through Colors TV's Phulwa in 2011. She has also played the role of Young Phool Kanwar in Bharat Ka Veer Putra–Maharana Pratap and Pankti Sharma in Tu Aashiqui. In 2018, she was seen in the Bollywood film Hichki, where she played the role of a student.

Roja Ramani is a South Indian movie actress who predominantly worked in Malayalam and Telugu cinema. She was a child actor and her debut movie was Bhakta Prahlada (1967) for which she received National Film Award for Best Child Artist. She was popular during the 1970s and early 1980s and has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada movies. She worked in 400 films as a dubbing artiste. She is an active member of BlueCross and is involved in several social service activities.

Neelima Rani is an Indian film actress and a model and a dubbing artist who is mainly known for her roles in Tamil-language soap operas and movies in antagonistic roles. She also produced Zee Tamil series Niram Maaratha Pookkal and Endrendrum Punnagai

Kumari Rukmani, also known as Kumari Rukmini, was an Indian cine actress and dancer. She has acted in about 100 films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages.

Achala Sachdev was an Indian film actress who appeared in classic films of Hindi language film industry. She was from Peshawar who started her career as a child actor. She later became known for mother and grandmother roles in Hindi films. Her most memorable roles were as Balraj Sahni's wife in the 1965 film Waqt and Kajol's grandmother in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).

Sana Saeed is an Indian actress and model, who has appeared in Bollywood films. Her first appearance was as a child artist in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and continued to do so in films Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (2000) and Badal (2000). She also appeared in television shows such as Babul Ka Aangann Chootey Na (2008) and Lo Ho Gayi Pooja Iss Ghar Ki (2008). In 2012, Saeed made her screen debut as an adult in a supporting role in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year, which emerged as a box-office commercial success. She has appeared in many reality shows including Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2013), Nach Baliye (2015) and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (2016).

Sanusha Santhosh is an Indian film actress who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. She started her acting career as a child artist in Malayalam films, television serials.

Sarika Thakur, better known as Sarika, is an Indian actress. Apart from acting, she also served as costume designer, sound designer & associate director for Kuruthipunal under Raaj Kamal Films International. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the English film Parzania.

Fatima Sana Shaikh is an Indian film actress. She is known for her works in Hindi-language cinema, and television. Fatima appeared as a child artist in films such as Chachi 420 and One 2 Ka 4. Years later, she played Zoya in the Indian drama film Tahaan which received "The German Star of India award" at "Bollywood and Beyond" festival at Stuttgart Germany in 2009.

Sheela Kaur is an Indian film actress who has starred in several Tamil and Telugu films along with a few Malayalam and Kannada films. She is known for her performances in Nandha and Veerasamy.She has appeared in nearly 20 films as a child actor.

Mahalakshmi Menon, best known by her stagename Shobha, was an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam and Tamil films. At the age of 17, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1979 Tamil film Pasi. She also received three Kerala State Film Awards: for Best Actress (1978), Best Supporting Actress (1977) and Best Child Artist (1971); and two Filmfare Awards South for Best Actress in Kannada (1978) and Tamil (1979) films. Considered one of the finest talents to have emerged in the Indian film world, her promising career was unexpectedly cut short as she committed suicide in 1980, due to unknown reasons. Her popularity resulted in considerable public scrutiny of the events that led to her death and also various conspiracy theories. The 1983 Malayalam film Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback is supposedly based on her life and death.

Neetu Kapoor (née Neetu Singh; born Harneet Kaur born 8 July 1958 is an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films. She started acting at the age of 8 under the name Baby Sonia, and made her acting debut in 1966 with the film Suraj. Her other early roles included starring in the films Dus Lakh, starring in a double role in the film Do Kaliyaan, as well as appearing in Waris and Pavitra Paapi. She made her adult debut in 1973 with the film Rickshawala, and went on to appear in 50 films as the lead heroine from 1973 to 1983. She made her comeback in 2009, appearing opposite her husband in the film Love Aaj Kal, and has since appeared in Do Dooni Chaar, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, and Besharam.

Sridevi was an Indian actress and producer, who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada language films. Regarded as the "First Female Superstar" of Bollywood, she was the recipient of various accolades, including a National Film Award, a Nandi Award, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award, the Kerala State Film Award, four Filmfare Awards, including a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and three Filmfare Awards South. In a career that spanned five decades, she was known for her portrayals of women in challenging situations, and appeared in a range of genres, from slapstick comedy to epic dramas. Sridevi ranked as the highest paid woman in the Indian entertainment industry during the 1980s and 1990s and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actresses in the history of Indian cinema.

Tabassum is an Indian film actress and talk show host, who started her career as child actor Baby Tabassum in 1947. She later had a successful television career as the host of first TV talk show of Indian television, Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan. It ran on National broadcaster Doordarshan from 1972 to 1993, wherein she interviewed film and TV personalities. She also worked as a stage compere. She has appeared in all four mediums ie Films, TV, radio and web.

Tamanna Bhatia, known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi-language films. In addition to acting, she also participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.

Tanuja Samarth, popularly known as Tanuja, is an Indian film actress, who predominantly works in the Hindi film industry. Part of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, she is the daughter of actress Shobhna Samarth and producer Kumarsen Samarth, and was married to filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee, with whom she has two daughters, actresses Kajol and Tanisha. A recipient of two Filmfare Awards, Tanuja is best known for her roles in the Hindi films like Memdidi (1961), Chand Aur Suraj (1965), Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), Jewel Thief (1967), Nai Roshni (1967), Jeene Ki Raah (1969), Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), Anubhav (1971), Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972) and Do Chor (1972). Her pairings with actors Sanjeev Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra were popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Nivetha Thomas is an Indian film actress who appears in predominantly Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil-language films. She is best known for Ninnu Kori (2017), Gentleman (2016), Brochevarevarura (2019) and Darbar (2020).

Vaishnavi was an Indian television actress.

Saridey Varalakshmi was an Indian actress and singer who worked in Telugu and Tamil-language films. She was popular for her roles and songs in Telugu movies like Mahamantri Timmarasu and Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam and Tamil movies like Veerapandiya Kattabomman and in Poova Thalaiya.

Roshni Walia is an Indian actress. Walia began her career with television advertisements and firstly acted in television shows Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki. She is also known for her work in Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap as Maharani Ajabde and Tara Mane in Tara From Satara on Sony TV.

Zaira Wasim is a former Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. The recipient of numerous accolades, including a Filmfare Award and a National Film Award, Wasim was honoured with the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement by Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India, at a ceremony in New Delhi in 2017.