Gautami Tadimalla (born 2 July 1968) is an Indian actress, social worker, politician and Deputy Propaganda Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

She has worked mainly in Tamil and Telugu cinema, in addition to Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada films.

[1][2] Gautami was born into a Telugu-speaking family from Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh to T. R. Seshagiri Rao and Vasundhara Devi.

[3] Gautami married Sandeep Bhatia, a businessman, in 1998, and the couple have a daughter, Subbulakshmi born in 1999.

Her notable performances in Malayalam films include His Highness Abdullah (1990) with Mohanlal, Daddy (1992) with Arvind Swami Dhruvam (1993) with Mammootty and Ayalathe Adheham (1993) with Jayaram.

She made a guest appearance in the song "Chikku Bukku Railu" with Prabhu Deva in the film Gentleman (1993).

[13] She made comeback to Malayalam after 14 years in the horror thriller titled E (2017) playing the lead role.

She extensively campaigned for Atal Bihari Vajpayee during that period in Andhra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

[citation needed] On 23 October 2023, She quit BJP, claiming that the party's senior members have been helping a person who has swindled her off her properties.

[17] On 14 February 2024, She joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the presence of its general secretary Edappadi K.