Rashmika made her acting debut with the 2016 Kannada film Kirik Party.

Rashmika made her Telugu debut with Chalo in 2018.

In 2018 she starred in the romcom film Geetha Govindam, which has become one of the highest profit earners in Telugu cinema, which earned her wide recognition.

Rashmika third Telugu venture was the big budget film Devadas.

Devadas marked her third consecutive successful film in Telugu cinema.

Rashmika Mandanna was born on 5 April 1996 in a Kodava-speaking family to Suman and Madan Mandanna in Virajpet, a town in Kodagu district of Karnataka.

Rashmika did her schooling in Coorg Public School (COPS), Kodagu before she pursued a pre-university course in Mysore Institute of Commerce and Arts.

Rashmika later pursued a bachelor's degree in Psychology, Journalism and English Literature from the M. S. Ramaiah College.

Along with her studies, she pursued modelling and appeared in a couple of advertisements.

Rashmika won the clean and clear Times Fresh Face of India 2014 title which was awarded in January 2015 and was made the brand ambassador of Clean & Clear.