\Prakruti Mishra is a popular Indian actress who works in Odia Film Industry. Nicknamed "the Barbie doll of Odiya film industry", she made her acting debut as a child artist in Hari Bhai Harena (2000). Since then she has acted in movies like Sabata Maa (2003), Shaashu Ghara Chaalijibi (2006), Sata Sure Bandha E Jibana (2009), Om Sai Ram (2012), ACP Sagarika (2013), Premika (2013) and Omm (2014). Prakruti won the Orissa State Film Award for Best Child Artiste for the Shaashu Ghara Chaalijibi. In 2017 she starred along with Sambhav Mansingh, Jyoti Ranjan Nayak, Ankita, Shradha and Rajesh in Srikant Gautam`s Mitha Mitha (2017). The movie is the directorial debut of popular lyricist Srikant Gautam.