She acted in more than 500 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi movies.
Jayamalini was born in Chennai on 22 December 1958 into a Tamil family. She was the youngest of 8 siblings.
She was introduced to Tollywood in 1974 by Vittalacharya in the movie he produced, Aadadani Adrustam. She acted in several Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam movies. She learned dancing from Heeralal master. She acted in Hindi movies too. She had a dance number in Shalimar (1978), starring Rex Harrison, Dharmendra and Zeenat Aman, which were in both English and Hindi versions. She also had a raunchy dance number, which was provocatively titled "Maamalu Maamalu Baavalu Baavulu", in the movie Maha Shaktimaan. Her sister Jyothi Lakshmi was also a cabaret dancer in films.
1991
1990
as Jaya
1989
1988
as Kanagam
1987
1986
1985
1985
1985
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1984
1983
as Parijatham
1983
as Ananda Bhairavi
1983
as Sornam
1982
1982
1982
1982
as Kamala
1981
1981
1980
1980
1980
1980
1980
as Miss Lee
1980
1980
1980
as Special Appearance
1980
1979
as Kamini
1979
1979
as Special Appearance
1979
1979
as Special Appearance
1979
as Kalavati
1979
1978
1978
1978
1978
1978
as Dancer
1978
as Jaganmohini
1978
as Dancer
1978
as Item number
1978
1977
1977
as Dancer
1977
as Guest appearance
1977
1977
as Parvathi
1977
as Special Appearance
1977
1977
1976
as Special Appearance
1975
1975
1972
as Chinnamma