Ananya Nagalla (born Anusha Nagalla) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu films. She made her debut in 2019 with Mallesham and went onto appear in films such as Play Back (2021) and Vakeel Saab (2021). She was nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu.

Nagalla was born in a Telugu family in Sathupalli of Khammam district in Telangana (then in Andhra Pradesh) to Venkateswara Rao and Vishnu Priya. Her father is a businessman and her family moved to Hyderabad for her studies. She completed her B. Tech in Raja Mahendra College of Engineering, Ibrahimpatnam and worked in Infosys before pursuing a career in the film industry.

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While working, Nagalla appeared in the short film Shaadi and was nominated as Best Actress at the SIIMA Short Film Awards. She was later auditioned and selected for the 2019 biographical Mallesham co-starring Priyadarshi. She was credited with her birth name Anusha Nagalla in the film Nagalla took a break from her work to prepare for the role.