Hemashree Hosahalli Nagaraju was an Indian actress who worked in Kannada television soap operas. A struggling actress, she had also appeared in a handful of Kannada films in supporting roles. At the 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, she contested with a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ticket for her home town Chikkanayakana Halli in the Tumkur region of Karnataka. She died of mysterious circumstances in October 2012, and her husband Surendra Babu was alleged to have murdered her.
Hemashree made her debut as an actress in 2001, as a 19-year-old, in a Kannada television soap opera. She trained at the Adarsha Film and T. V. Institute, Bangalore. In the following years, she worked in soaps such as Danda Pindagalu, Saahasa Lakshmiyaru and others made by S. Narayan. She appeared in minor roles in films, Varsha and Sirivantha (2006).
| Date of Birth | 1st January 1982 |
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| Date of Death | 9th October 2012 |
| Age at Death | 30 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Country | India |
| Current City | Tumkur district |
| Birth Place | Tumkur district |
| Death Place | Bengaluru |
| Nationality | India |
| Citizenship | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Occupation | actor, television actor |
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