After working as a model and winning the Miss Uttarakhand title in 2006.

She entered the film industry in 2012, starring in the Telugu film Andala Rakshasi.

Lavanya Tripathi was born in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India and grew up in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

Her father is a lawyer practicing in high and civil court and her mother is a retired teacher.

She has two elder siblings, one brother and sister.

After completing her schooling from Marshalls School, she moved to Mumbai, where she graduated in Economics from Rishi Dayaram National College.

She made her feature film debut with the 2012 Telugu film Andala Rakshasi, after a friend suggested that she audition for the role. She earned critical acclaim for her performance as Midhuna and won the Best Debutante Award from Maa TV.

In 2013, She starred in Doosukeltha which also proved to be successful.

In 2014, she made her debut in Tamil cinema with Brahman in which she played an aspiring journalist, Gayathri.

She quickly landed her next Tamil film role, in Naanum Rowdydhaan, But was removed from the film when a new production studio took over the project.

In 2015, She starred in Bale Bale Magadivoy with Nani, Which was one of the blockbusters of the year 2015.