Vidya Murthy is an Indian Kannada film and television actress well known for her roles in television serials such as Mayamruga, Baduku, Muktha Muktha and Krishna Tulasi and recently has appeared in Papa Pandu and Magalu Janaki serials being aired on Colors Super Channel.
She was in the first batch of NMKRV College, selected by its principal, C. N. Mangala, because of her acting skills.
She made her film debut in Urvashi, written by Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar.
[2][1] Murthy was born in the Hill Station town of Madikeri in Kodagu district as her father was working there.
[3] A Kannada literature, economics and psychology student, she was a part of a writers' group, and used to write poems and short stories.