Divya Spandana (born 29 November 1982), known professionally as Ramya, is an Indian actress, producer and politician.

Her performance as the eponymous heroine in the 2011 romantic drama Sanju Weds Geetha garnered her further critical success and a Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress.

[4][5][6] Her parents are from Mandya; mother Ranjitha is a senior member of the Congress Party in Karnataka while her foster father, R. T. Narayan, was an industrialist.

Around this time, film offers came her way, and was considered for Ninagagi, Dumbee and Appu, before being cast opposite Puneeth Rajkumar in Abhi.

She had major box-office success with three Kannada films – Aakash, Gowramma and Amrithadhare – garnering critical acclaim for her performances and establishing her as a leading actress.

[26] Later that year, she starred in the films Bombaat and Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu, the former performing well at the box office.

[27] Her final release in 2008 was Gautham Vasudev Menon's Vaaranam Aayiram, which also won that year's National Award for the best feature film in Tamil.

Her next release was the Tamil film Singam Puli, followed by the romantic drama Sanju Weds Geetha.

This film opened to positive reviews, with Ramya being praised by critics for her performance, which was considered among the best in her career.

[30] Following her brief political career, Ramya made her acting comeback in 2016 with Nagarahavu, a film which placed deceased actor Vishnuvardhan in the lead role through visual effects.

[31] After nearly 7 years of sabbatical, Ramya returned to the film industry with her own production company, AppleBox Studios.

[32] As the first assignment, she produced the film Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye (2023) which was directed by Raj B. Shetty.

Senior Haryana state BJP politician Ramveer Bhatti told press the attack was Kundu's fault for being out so late: "The girl should not have gone out at 12 in the night.

"[41][42] The campaign started when Ramya and friends began posting photos of themselves out late at night with the hashtag #AintNoCinderella.

"[41][43] On 3 October 2018, there was a rumor that she was reportedly upset with Congress Party and there was a speculation that she had stepped down as its social media head.

[44] Ramya has often been cited by the media as one of the most popular actresses in Sandalwood and is known as the "Golden Girl" of Kannada films due to her success rate.