Archana Shastry is an Indian actress, working in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She was one of the contestants in the first season of Bigg Boss. In November 2019, she married Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam, vice president of a leading health-care company.

Career
Debuting as Veda in the Telugu film Tapana (2004), she subsequently changed her stage name to Archana, by which she was more popularly known. She is best known for her performances in Nenu (2004), Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) and Sri Ramadasu (2006) in Telugu and Aa Dinagalu (2007) in Kannada.