Krishna Veni, known popularly by her stage name Hema, is an actress who appears primarily in character roles in Telugu cinema. Since her Tollywood debut in the late 1980s, she has appeared in over 200 movies in a career spanning around three decades. Some of Hema's notable acting credits in the early days of her career include Bhale Donga (1989), Kshana Kshanam (1991) and the Chiranjeevi starrer Mechanic Alludu (1993). The action drama Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012), the Allu Arjun starrer S/O Satyamurthy (2015), the family drama Ammammagarillu (2018) and the action fantasy thriller Saakshyam (2018) are among the actress' significant film credits in recent times.