Jayanthi is an actress who has worked in over 500 films, including films in the Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi cinema. Kannada film industry honored her with the title Abhinaya Shaarade. She is associated with films like Jagadeka Veeruni Katha, Justice Chowdhury, Jenu Goodu, Miss Leelavathi etc. She has won the Karnataka State Film Awards 7 times and Filmfare Awards South twice for Edakallu Guddada Mele and Tulasi.