Divya Uruduga (ದಿವ್ಯ ಉರುಡುಗ), also known as Chinnu, is an Indian actress and model born on 16 January 1990 in Uruduga village, Thirthahalli Taluk, Shivamogga district, Karnataka. Her father is Manjunath Uruduga (a regional manager) and her mother is Kusuma Manjunath Uruduga; she has two brothers, Darshan Uruduga and Deepak Uruduga. She completed her schooling at Holy Cross School, Thirthahalli, and earned a B.Sc. in Multimedia from a Mangaluru college. She competed in state-level Kabaddi during school and college. She has three pet dogs named Laddoo, Bhima, and Partha. She was discovered through social media by the producers of the Kannada serial Chitte Hejje, making her television debut in 2013. She subsequently appeared in Ambaari (2015), Khushi (2015), and Om Shakti Om Shanti (2016). Her film career began with Huliraya (2017, with Balu Nagendra and Chirashree Anchan), followed by Face 2 Face (2018/2019, lead as Sneha), Dhwaja (2018), Girki (2019), and Ranchi (2020). In 2021, she participated in Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8, where she developed a well-known relationship with fellow contestant Aravind KP. She was reportedly approached for the role of Kiccha Sudeep's sister in Hebbuli but declined. Her film Paru Parvathy was released in 2025. In September 2022, she entered Bigg Boss Kannada Season 9 as the fifth contestant. She was a consistent performer throughout and finished as the fifth-place finalist (in a double eviction with Rupesh Rajanna at the finale on 31 December 2022).

Serial Chitte Hejje (debut, 2013); Kannada films Huliraya (2017) and Face 2 Face (2019, lead as Sneha); participation in Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 (2021); dating fellow BBK8 contestant Aravind KP; finishing as fifth-place finalist on Bigg Boss Kannada Season 9 (2022, double-eviction at finale with Rupesh Rajanna).

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