Personal life
She was born in a Sankethi Brahmin family to M. K. Vinayak and Saraswathi, as the youngest of two children at Hassan. She has an elder sister, Jyothi. She is a home science graduate. She is married to Gurudas Shenoy, a Kannada Film & Television Producer. They have a daughter Kushi Shenoy. Gurudas & Chitra Shenoy together run two television production companies - Dakshin Videotech and Good Company Productions. She currently resides at Bangalore with her family..Filmography
Television series
Awards
;Won *Film Fans Best Supporting Actress Award-1999 from Chennai for the film "Chaitrada Chiguru". *Sir.M.Visvesvaraya National Mahila Sreeratna Award-2000 at Mantralayam. *Arybhatta Award as a producer for “Kshamaya Dharithtri” * Asianet television award for Most popular actress 2013 * Asianet television award for Best Character actress (Special Jury mention) 2014 * Asianet television award for Most popular actress 2015 ;Nominated * Asianet television award for Best Character actress 2013 * Asianet television award for Best Character actress 2014 * Asianet television award for Most popular actress 2014 * Asianet television award for Best Character actress 2015 * 2nd IIFA Utsavam for performance in a Supporting role female-Kannada 2017Reality Shows
* Munch Stars ( Asianet) * Ningalkkumakam Kodeeswaran ( Asianet) * Sell Me The Answer ( Asianet) *Badai Bungalow ( Asianet) *Kumkumam ( Kairali TV)References
External links
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