Sowmya Rao Nadig (born 29th September 1992) is an Indian Model and Actress who predominantly appears in Kannada and Tamil television serials. She is best known for Nenjam Marappathillai (TV series) (2017) and Minnale (2018). ^[1]

Sowmya was born and brought up in Shimoga, Karnataka, India. She is also known as Sowmya Sharada. She completed her schooling from Government Girls High School, Shimoga. She is a graduate of Kuvempu University, Bangalore where she obtained a Bachelor's degree. ^[2]

Sowmya made her acting debut in 2016.

She acted in the Kannada television serial “Pattedari Prathiba” which was aired on Zee Kannada. She made her Kollywood debut in the series Valli. She acted with Raj Kumar Manoharan, led by Thangapandia. She rose to fame playing character of 'Sathya Arjun' in the famous Tamil series 'Nenjam Marappathillai (TV series)' in 2017.^[13] In 2018, she appeared in Tamil Soap opera ' Minnale (TV series)'. She has acted with many popular regional actors like Amit Bhargav, Shiv Sathish, Sasindhar Pushpalingam, Prakash Rajan and Venkat Renganatha so far.^[2][6]

Sowmya lives in Chennai. She is active on Social media. She has over 70k followers on Instagram.^[3]