Kanaka was an lead actress in Tamil movies.She was born to Tamil actress Devaki who starred in around 150 southern language movies and her husband ???.

She started her career as the heroine in the tamil movie "karagatakaran"(1989) opposite Ramarajan. It was a movie based based on the tamil rural dance form"karagatam".Due to the popular music of maestro Illayaraja and the comedy duo of Goundamani and Senthil ,this movie went on to become a huge hit catapulating the careers of [[Ramarajan[[,Kanaka,Goundamani and Senthil to the big league. Ramarajan was once a very well known actor in Tamil who specialized in making village-based subjects. ... Goundamani is one of the most famous Tamil comedians. ... In Hinduism, Kārttikeya (also Murugan, Subrahmanya, Skanda, Kumaran, Swaminanda, Velan) is a deity born out of a magical spark created by Shiva. ... Goundamani is one of the most famous Tamil comedians. ... In Hinduism, Kārttikeya (also Murugan, Subrahmanya, Skanda, Kumaran, Swaminanda, Velan) is a deity born out of a magical spark created by Shiva. ...

But both Ramarajan and Kanaka never repeated the success of Karagatakaran again in their career.Kanaka starred opposite Superstar Rajnikanth in the movie Adisiya piravi(1991) but the movie was a average hit. Kanaka later starred opposite Vijaykanth; another major star in Kovil kalai(1993 which was a average grosser at the box office. Ramarajan was once a very well known actor in Tamil who specialized in making village-based subjects. ... Rajnikanth (Tamil: ரஜினிகாந்த், Marathi: रजनीकांत, Kannada: ರಜನೀಕಾಂತ್ ) , real name Sivaji Rao Gaekwad (Tamil: சிவாஜி ராவ் காயகவாட், Marathi: शिवाजीराव गायकवाड, Kannada: ಶಿವಾಜಿ ರಾವ್ ಗಾಯಕ್ವಾಡ್) (born December 12, 1949 in Karnataka, India)[1] is the highest paid actor [2] in India and the top rated popular South Indian film actor. ... Vijayaraj (popularly known as Vijaykanth, born on August 25, 1952) is a popular Tamil actor and politician. ...

She also starred opposite actor Prabhu in Periya Kudumbum and opposite Sarath kumar in Samundi both of which were commercial failures.She also starred in few Telugu and Malayalam movies against major stars like Mohanlal but failed to make a impact on the audiences there. She was also cast in a lot of movies of noted Director K S Ravikumar leading to speculation of Kanaka being K S Ravikumar's keep. Prabhu Prabhu is a famous Indian actor. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Due to the impact of Karagatakaran,Kanaka lot a lot of roles as village belle.She was never known as a particularly powerful performer, though it may be said that she never got roles to show her talent. She often played stereotype female lead.She glamourous performances were Kovilkalai and periyakudumbam in tamil and Valu geda tolu belt in telugu.In 2004 she got married and disapperared from public life.