She is the niece of actress
Gautami and great-granddaughter of the Indian thinker
U. G. Krishnamurti and has acted in
Telugu films primarily. She is also related to
Nirmala Sitharaman through her mother. Soumya is also the
rakhi sister (sworn sister) of Prince
Manvendra Singh Gohil. Her father Divakar was an engineer in the
Merchant Navy, her mother a housewife. She ran a monthly magazine Evoke for three and half years in
Vizag. She has a bachelor's degree in English literature and Psychology from
Andhra University She was one of the six finalists in
Miss South India where girls from Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and
AP had participated. Soumya secured the Ms Photogenic and Ms Perfect 10 rounds in the contest. She made her debut in Tamil in
Thozha with the stars of
Chennai 600028. She also played a role in
Netru Indru Naalai (
Ninna Nedu Repu in Telugu). She was part of
Mugguru produced by Movie Mogul D Ramaniadu and directed by V N Aditya. She acted in the horror thriller
Poga and in
Ramadandu and played a journalist in the latter. She is the founder of the theatre group Applause – The Theatre People. She has also hosted TV shows like
Jollywood Express, a comedy show with actor
AVS on
Gemini TV and
Zee Sound Party on
Zee Telugu. She was the winner of the country-wide
Lucky 13 contest held by author
Ashwin Sanghi. In addition to this she has worked as a writer for
Chhota Bheem, Mighty Raju, Arjun, Chimpoo Simpoo. == Filmography ==