She acted in supporting roles during the 1950s and 1960s in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films.

[citation needed] In 2013, she received Shantala Natya Sri Award from Karnataka Government.

[1] Born in Mavelikkara, Kerala, she was brought up in Chennai.

Padmini Priyadarshini was married to Ramachandran from Thalassery and the couple had 3 sons and 1 daughter.

She was appointed as its Head when Karnataka government formed the 'Education Board'.