Sankaramanchi Janaki, popularly known as Sowcar Janaki, is a veteran South-Indian actor, who began her career as film actor in 1949 film Shavukar. She has acted in over 385 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films. She worked with famous directors such as Dada Mirasee and K Balachandar. She served as jury member for the National Indian Films awards committee.