Pinky Sarkar (born 6 August 1982[1]) better known as Meenakshi, is an Indian actress, who appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films.

[2] Meenakshi first appeared in two Telugu ventures, the historical fiction Hanumanthu[citation needed] and the devotional film Sri Satyanarayana Swamy, under her birth name Pinky Sarkar; the latter featured her as goddess Lakshmi, with a reviewer from Indiaglitz.com writing that she "failed to emote well".

[3] In 2007, she made her Tamil debut in Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar, playing the role of Raasathi, a first year medical student.

Not wanting to becoming typecast, she rejected all roles, took a break from acting and completed her education before returning to Chennai.

She played the role of Pooja, a "rich extrovert and party loving cosmopolitan girl",[citation needed] for which she went in for a fashion makeover just like Sameera Reddy.