Meena Durairaj[1] (Tamil : மீனா) is one of the most successful actresses in South Indian cinema. Meena was born on September 16, 1979, in Chennai, India. Her mother Raj Mallika who is a politician belonging to Congress Party is also a former actress. She started her career in 1982, in the flim ‘Nenjangal’ when she was a 4yrs child with ‘Shivaji Ganesan’ and soon She became heroine in 1990 in a very young age when she was studying 8th std, she was just 12 or 13yrs old. But the characters she made is really a matured one, though the ‘cute’ and ’sweet little girl’ performed very well in all her characters. This made her most successful heroine and she is well known for her ‘beautiful eyes’, ‘charming smile’ and ’sweet baby voice’.
Meena started her career as a the child artist in Tamil films. She acted with Nandamuri Harikrishna and Kamal Haasan, and later became a the star in her own right. She had hits with Muthu, Ejaman, Veera and Avvai Shanmughi. Following the release of her movies with Rajinikanth in Japan and their commercial success, Meena’s popularity also rose in Japan. She has acted in almost all the south Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada etc and opposite almost all the leading actors in these languages. Her first film as a child artist was ‘Nenjangal’ with Sivaji Ganesan.

She is currently starring as the lead in the Sun TV serial Lakshmi.

She did her schooling till 8th std in Vidyodhya schools in Chennai, after that she underwent private coaching and completed her 10th std . Then she got her MA (Geography)degree from University of Madras through open university system. Currently she is acting in one Tamil serial.