Jayalalita is a popular south Indian character actor, who acted in a number of Telugu movies. She has also acted in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi movies. She is sometimes referred to as Boring Papa, her character's name in the Telugu movie Lorry Driver.

Jayalalitha was born in Gudivada. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Guntur. She, with her sister, did 1000 stage shows. She got trained in classical dance.