Born on July 4, 1969, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Banupriya began her acting career as a child artist in the 1979 film "Urvashi". Her breakthrough role came in 1984 with the film "Pallu Padama Paathuka", which catapulted her to fame. Since then, she has appeared in over 100 films in various languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.