Uddapanda Harshika Poonacha- Actor

Uddapanda Harshika Poonacha, an Indian actres was born in Ammathi, Kodagu district of Karnataka  and she is the only daughter to her parents. She never dreamt of becoming an actor. An Engineering Graduate who got into acting by accident.  She works in Kannada films and also in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films. She rose to fame with 2008 Kannada film PUC.

Family

Father

Poonacha

Mother

Shambhavi ( Thamane -Kademada )

Education

Harshika Poonacha started her career at the age of 15 by acting in PUC in 2008 while she was doing her 12th Standard at Christ College, Bangalore. After completing 12th Standard, Harshika spent next two months working as a television anchor before beginning a professional course. She then joined Cambridge Institute of Technology, and completed her Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical. During the time, she took a two-month break from her shooting assignments to attend her classes, complete assignments and prepare for exams. In 2012 she joined Maxpro Software Company and agreed to work for five days in a month while working 21 days in films.

Achievements

• She acted in Kodava film called Ponnamma a regional language in Karnataka, Konkani  and Telugu films in 2010.
• In 2010, Harshika acted in an important role in Jackie with Puneeth Rajkumar
• She  appeared in Thamassu with Shivrajkumar for which she won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.
• She played Ramya in Nariya Seere Kadha, in which Ravichandran played the lead role.
• She also acted in a film named Cycle opposite Shivarjun.
• she acted in comedy film 5 Idiots.
• In 2013, she first had two releases in a row, Cycle and Ale and her third release Managana Kaili Maanikya opposite Ramesh Aravind.
•  She acted in B3 a love story directed by Gana Shyam with Srikanth and Adwaitha an action-based film directed by MB Giriraj.
• She also appeared in a video album Hoo Manase.
• She and her cousin Bhuvaan Ponanna own a company called Glamgod Fashion and Events and conduct fashion shows and fashion weeks.

Awards

• She won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
• She won the Chittara award in 2019 as a star of the decade.
• Won the DS Max National award in 2019 for excellence in movies and social work
• She was honoured as the Sandalwood Smiling Queen-2019
• Won the Udaya film award in 2010 for Best actress
• Won Suvarna film award for Thamassu
• SIMA award for Jackie

Films

2008	PUC	Kannada
2009	Ponnamma	Kodava
2009	Kazar	Konkani
2009	Edukondalavada Venkataramana Andaru Bagundali	Telugu
2010	Sugreeva	Kannada
	Thamassu	Kannada
	Jackie	Kannada
	Jugaari	Kannada
	Naariya Seere Kadda	Kannada
2011	Murali Meets Meera	Kannada
	5 Idiots	Kannada
2012	Ko Ko	Kannada
	Pari	Kannada
	Crazy Loka	Kannada
2013	Cycle	Kannada
	Ale	Kannada
	Mangana Kaili Maanikya	Kannada
	Case No. 18/9	Kannada
	Advaitha	Kannada
	B3	Kannada
2014	Maryade	Kannada
2016	Bhale Jodi	Kannada
	…Re	Kannada
	Beat	Kannada
2017	Upendra Matte Baa	Kannada
2018	Charminar	Malayalam
	Chitte	Kannada
2019	Un Kadhal Irundhal	Malayalam –
	Udgharsha	Kannada