Komal Sharma

Komal J. Sharma is an Indian actress, model and former squash player. She is known for starring in Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea.

She has also appeared in the Bollywood film Hungama 2 (2021) directed by Priyadarshan.

Early life
Komal Sharma was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to parents from northern India. She is the youngest of four siblings. She graduated with a Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) from Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Arts and Science College for Women, Chennai.

Squash
Komal got interested in squash from her school days. She joined the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) and won several junior and senior National squash championships. She represented Tamil Nadu several times in national level tournaments and won the medals.

Modelling
She has twice been crowned as Miss Tamil Nadu in two different events and worked as a commercial model before enetering into films.

Acting career
In 2013, she was offered a role in S. A. Chandrasekhar's Sattapadi Kutram. Before its release, she completed Oothari, directed by Shakti Krishna. After the release of her debut film Sattapadi Kutram, she taken the films seriously and carefully chosen the roles. Komal acted in Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA, the sequel to Amaidhi Padai directed by Manivannan.

Sharma played the title role in Telugu film Anu, directed and produced by Sunil Kumar. It was Komal's Telugu debut. Later she appeared in the Tamil film Vaigai Express directed by director Shaji Kailash. Natrinai is a Tamil movie directed and produced by director Gautham Elangovan.

She debuted in Malayalam films with Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea, directed by director Priyadarshan. In Marakkar she is paired opposite actor Arjun Sarja. Her second Malayalam film Ittymaani: Made in China released before Marakkar and was commercially successful.