Veteran actress Jayasudha one of the biggest stars in Telugu cinema has also acted in several hit films in Tamil during the 1970s. She has paired with all the top stars of the era such as Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Vijayakanth, Sathyaraj, Sivakumar and Jai Shankar among others.

After a long gap Jayasudha made a comeback to Tamil in Mani Ratnam's multistarrer 'Chekka Chivantha Vaanam'. She has won praise for her portrayal of Vijay's mother in the recently released 'Varisu' directed by Vamshi Paidipally which has collected over rupees hundred and twenty five crores in just four days.

Meanwhile it was reported in Tollywood media that the 64-year-old Jayasudha recently got married for the third time. Rumours were triggerred due to a middle aged foreigner often spotted traveling with her. Jayasudha has been married twice before first to Prasad whom she divorced while her second husband Nitin Kapoor passed away in 2017 after 32 years of marriage. The couple have two sons Nihar and Shreayan.

Jayasudha has set the record straight explaining that the said foreigner is in the process of writing her biography and is travelling with her to collect the necessary information from her. She has made it clear that she has no intention of remarrying. about this, the foreigner who is traveling with him is a person who is trying to make a film about his life story, and that is why he is traveling with him, otherwise he has no intention of marrying anyone.

Jayasudha is also involved in active politics. In 2009, she was elected as Congress MLA from Secunderabad constituency. After that she joined the Telugu Desam Party but quit and is now in the YSR Congress Party.