Poornima Bhagyaraj (born Poornima Jayaram) is an Indian film actress of Malayalam and Tamil films.
She has also done a few Hindi and Telugu films.
She is best known for her leading roles from 1980 to 1985.
Her on-screen pairings with Mohan in Tamil and Shankar in Malayalam were well acclaimed.
She was born in a Tamil Brahmin family and her mother tongue is Tamil.
She married Tamil director, actor, producer and script-writer K.
Bhagyaraj on February 7, 1984 and has a daughter, Saranya and a son, Shantanu.
She quit acting in films in 1984 prior to her marriage and made a comeback after 28 years in Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer in 2013.