Lahari Shari (full name B. Lahari Sharma) is an Indian actress, television presenter, and news anchor born on 5 June 1993 in Hyderabad, Telangana. She began her entertainment career in journalism and television presenting in 2016, hosting the Celebrations show on Eenadu TV and then joining Mahaa News in 2017, where she hosted a political news show and a viral late-night celebrity interview programme Night Drive with Lahari - a first-of-its-kind format in Telugu television. At Studio N, she served as creative head and hosted celebrity shows including Iddarammayilatho and Truth or Dare. She also hosted special events including the Zee Cine Awards 2018 red carpet. She made her film debut in the Telugu romantic drama Arjun Reddy (2017), directed by Sandeep Vanga, playing a nurse - a film that became a defining cultural landmark in Telugu cinema. She followed with appearances in Malli Raava (2017), Patel S.I.R (2017), Agnathavasi - Prince in Exile (2018), Paper Boy (2018), Srinivasa Kalyanam (2018), U Kathe Hero (2018), Thipparaa Meesam (2019), Zombie Reddy (2021), Maestro (2021), and Operation Valentine (2024). She also played a newsreader in Thirgusomeese (2021). In September 2021, she entered Bigg Boss Telugu Season 5 hosted by Nagarjuna. She was eliminated in Week 3 (Day 20), finishing seventeenth.
Her Telugu film debut playing a nurse in the cult blockbuster Arjun Reddy (2017), directed by Sandeep Vanga; her appearances in Malli Raava (2017), Patel S.I.R (2017), Agnathavasi (2018), Paper Boy (2018), Srinivasa Kalyanam (2018), Thipparaa Meesam (2019), and the zombie-comedy Zombie Reddy (2021); her celebrity interview show Night Drive with Lahari and news career at Mahaa News and Studio N; finishing seventeenth in Bigg Boss Telugu Season 5 (2021).