Vinodhini Vaidyanathan is an Indian actress and writer who has mainly worked in Tamil cinema and theatre.

In early 2010, director Saravanan had watched Vinodhini's solo performance titled Saami Aattam, in which Vinodhini played multiple characters in a 45-minute monologue, and was impressed enough to cast her in his first Tamil film, Engeyum Eppodhum (2011), produced by AR Murugadoss.

[11] As of January 2020, Theatre Zero has partnered with stand-up comic Alexander Babu to bring back Vinodhini's play Nagercoil Expressum Nadaga Companyum in its new version and tour with it worldwide.

Her short stories and articles have been published in Silverscreen.in,[12] The Madras Mag, The News Minute,[13] The Hindu (Tamil)[14] among others.

from Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai and went on to do her master's degree in Human Resources Management from XIME, Bangalore.