She starred in many Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi language films.
[citation needed] Sumathi was born in Madurai a city in Tamil Nadu India.
She started her film career in Tamil movies as a child actress (Baby Sumathi) by playing the role of daughter of Gopi in the late 60's.
As soon as her brothers entered the film industry, most of her family members were interested to go on the same line.
Baby Sumathi is a three-time winner Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist (female).