Patralekha (born 20 February 1990) is an Indian actress. She made her acting debut with CityLights alongside Rajkummar Rao for which she won Screen Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer.

Paul made her web debut with the 2017 ALT Balaji's series Bose: Dead/Alive.

Early life
Patralekha was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, in a Bengali family, to a Chartered Accountant father and a homemaker mother Papri Paul. In an interview, she stated that her grandmother was a poet. She has two siblings Parnalekha Paul and Agnish Paul. She went to The Assam Valley School, a boarding school, and then graduated from Bishop Cotton Girls' School, Bangalore. Her father wanted her to follow in his footsteps, but she was interested in acting. While studying in H.R. College of Commerce and Economics she did a few commercials for Blackberry, and Tata Docomo, before getting a break in films.

Personal life
Patralekha has been in a relationship with actor Rajkummar Rao since 2010. On November 15, 2021 the couple got married in a traditional Hindu wedding at The Oberoi Sukhvilas Spa Resort in Chandigarh, India.