Akanksha Puri is an Indian actress and model, who prominently works in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films.

[1] Puri was a contestant on the reality TV show Bigg Boss OTT Hindi - Season 2 and entered the show in June 2023 with 12 other contestants[2] Puri took up modelling projects during her short stint as an international cabin crew member.

She was then spotted by Studio Green who bagged her for a role in the 2013 Tamil action comedy Alex Pandian through which she made her first film debut.

[5][6] In 2017, she was cast as Mata AdiParashakti in Vighnaharta Ganesh TV series.

[8] In 2023, Akanksha participated in Bigg Boss OTT (Hindi season 2) where she kissed Jad Hadid,[9][10] which caused a controversy.