Best known for playing supporting roles in Tamil cinema, Uma Padmanabhan is a film and TV actress and a socialite. Having completed her graduation in commerce from SIET, Nandanam, she applied for a job as a compere at SUN TV when the channel was founded in 1993. Uma got the job and after working as a news reader for a brief time, she was eventually chosen to host the Tamil program, Vanakkam Tamizhagam.
