Ulka Gupta is an Indian film and television actress. She is popularly known as Manu as she played the role of Manu (the young Rani Lakshmibai) in the Zee TV soap Jhansi Ki Rani until leap and later Ulka made a re-entry to the same show as Kaali. Her debut film is a Tollywood movie, Andhra Pori, in which she plays the lead character, Prashanti. Ulka Gupta also worked in the 2015 Telugu film Rudhramadevi.
Ulka Gupta was born on 12 April 1997 at Mumbai. Her father and her sister are also actors. She studied at Rustomjee International School, Dahisar, Mumbai.
She first faced the camera in Resham Dankh, then she got Saat Phere, in which she played Savri, Saloni's daughter. she is best known for her versatile performance when she played the role of Manu in Jhansi Ki Rani. For making the serial very lively, she worked hard and had undergone horse riding and sword fighting training for two months. Apart from this training, she also learnt Sanskrit to deliver shlokas. She was playing the role of Ami in Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi on Zee TV. She worked in the Telugu movie Andhra Pori which is produced by Ramesh Prasad. The actor opposite to her in this movie is Akash Puri, the son of Puri Jagannadh. It was released in June 2015. She has played a lead role in a Tollywood movie Rudhramadevi.