Vanitha Vijayakumar (born 5 October 1980) is an Indian actress who has appeared predominantly in Tamil. She has also acted in Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada language films. She made her cinematic acting debut in 1995, along with actor Vijay in Chandralekha, where she played the title role. She has acted more than 20 films in languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. She made her acting debut at the age of 14 in the 1995 Tamil film Chandralekha with Vijay. She made her debut in Malayalam cinema with Hitler Brothers (1997) and Telugu with Devi (1999). Vanitha is also one of the highest paid television personalities in the South Indian film and television industry along with other popular personalities such as Priyanka Deshpande and Sreemukhi who are also leading ladies in the Indian television industry. In Bigg Boss Tamil 3 Vanitha was the highest paid contestant in history and broke records in India alone for her income after the show, making her one of the richest women in Tamil Nadu after her networth and income was counted. In 2020, Vanitha filled a defamation lawsuit against her partner Peter Paul. Vijayakumar wanted an immediate defamation case against Paul and the court of Tamil Nadu awarded Vanitha US$8.56 million in cash after the jury voted for her in favour of the court case. She later immediately filled a divorce against Paul and the couple broke up soon after the case ended and the divorce papers were approved. After her defamtion case with Peter paul ended, she immediately filled another defamation case against actress Lakshmy Ramakrishnan and demanding Rs 2.5 crore worth of money for violating her privacy and defaming her on various different social media platforms. However Lakshmy Ramakrishnan also filled a defamation report against Vanitha in return demanding around 1.25 crores of cash, the court and jury favored Lakshmy over Vanitha. Vanitha was also involved in creating rumors of actress Kasthuri on social media and defaming her reuptution on social media by creating false information, Vanitha was later taken to trial by supreme court of Tamil Nadu and was found guilty for defamation and was forced to remove herself from every social media platform. However Vanitha later rejoined social media in late 2021. Early life Vanitha is the eldest daughter of Tamil actor Vijayakumar and his second wife, Tamil actress Manjula. Vanitha has two younger sisters, Preetha and Sridevi, who