Shobana is an Indian film actress and bharatanatyam dancer from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She has acted in more than 200 films, predominantly in Malayalam, and also in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and English languages.
Shobana was a lead actress in a number of south Indian films during the 1980s and 1990s. She has worked with directors such as Adoor Gopalakrishnan, G. Aravindan, K. Balachander, AM Fazil, Mani Ratnam, Bharathan and Priyadarsan.
She won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in the films Manichitrathazhu (1993) and Mitr, My Friend (2001).