Jayasudha has won 5 Nandi Awards, and 6 Filmfare Awards South
Jayasudha has worked in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies.
If not an actress, she would have wanted to become either a teacher or a nurse.
She comes from a Telugu speaking family though born in Chennai, Tamilnadu
In 2007 she won Pride of Indian Cinema Award
She was elected as MLA for Congress from the Secunderabad constituency in 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections
Her husband Nitin Kapoor committed suicide by jumping from the top of a building on March 14 2017, he was suffering from depression and was under medication for it.
Telugu actress/director Vijaya Nirmala is her Aunt.
Jayasudha appeared in the movie Pandanti Kapuram (1972) for the first time at the age of 12
Jayasudha's grand father Nidudavolu Venkatarao was an eminent scholar and historian
Jayasudha has acted in more than 300 movies
Sujatha changed her name to Jayasudha after she entered films.
In the year 1982 director Dasari directed a movie named After Jayasudha, Jayasudha(1982)
Jayasudha early in her career was considered successor to the popular actress of early years Savitri
Jayasudha is friends with actresses Jayaprada, Raadhika, Revati.
When she was acting in the lead, she had at one time had 24 movies released in one year.
Jayasudha & Jayaprada are close friends, they have acted together in movies like Adavi Ramudu, Meghasandesam
Jayasudha is allergic to Eggs, she doesn't eat cakes or pastries.
Her mother tongue is Telugu but she can not read or write Telugu being brought up in Tamil Nadu, despite that she delievered dialogues herself for 225 movies in Telugu