She was born in Kakinada, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. She was grown up in the same city. Her father passed away when she was just one year old. She was not associated with acting until her adolescence.
She luckily got spotted when she participated in a talent hunt show hosted by anchor Jhansi in her home town Kakinada. Once she was approached by a TV associate Gunnam Gangaraju (Serial Advertiser) and she got an opportunity to work in a TV serial ‘
Laya
’.
She was married to Narasimha a Television actor and later she transformed as an anchor. She took up anchoring by the virtue that, acting needs different characters but anchoring can be bestowed by her own personality. Presently she was one of the best anchors on Telugu Television screen. She also started hosting different functions and Audio releases.
Shyamala is often spotted in a TV show “Maa Voori Vanta”, on MAA TV, a cooking show which was hosted by her, she travelled all over the state of Andhra Pradesh to host the show in all the places, in the participants own house itself. She is hosting the show for more than four years.
She also hosted a show named “
Pattukunte Pattucheera
”, on Gemini TV a live game show awarding Silk sarees to the lucky dailers.
She also acted in various TV serials like ‘
Vivaha Bandham
’ on Gemini Tv, ‘
Abhishekam
’ on ETV, ‘
Happy Days
’ on ZEE Telugu. Acting in these small screen projects gave a kick start to her career. She was presently living in Hyderabad and she took up modelling too.
She also started acting in movies. She started her career with a small role in the movie ‘Gundello Godaari’ and later she acted in '
Intinta Annamayya
’ under the direction Raghavendra Rao.
Recently she played a major role in the movie ‘
Loukyam
’, which was a grand success. She was busy with both silver screen and small screen projects.