Lakshmy was born and raised in a Tamil Brahmin family in Palakkad, Kerala.

[1] Ramakrishnan ran an event management business in Muscat, Oman from 1992 to 2001, before returning to India and acting and directing films.

She portrayed an angry mother who wants to avenge her daughter's death in Mysskin's Yuddham Sei (2011).

She acted in the serial Aval in STAR Vijay and hosted 1500 episodes of the reality show Solvathellam Unmai in Zee Tamil.

[11] Her 4th directorial venture, House Owner, has been selected as one of the only two Tamil movies to be screened at the flagship component of the IFFI, Indian Panorama (Goa, 2019).