Aakanksha Singh is an Indian film actress best known for her work in Telugu and Hindi films and television. She was born to the late Gyan Prakash Singh, a principal, and her mother is a theatre artist.

Singh is an alumna of Ryan International School, Jaipur. She first appeared in the TV series Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha (2012). She was cast opposite Kunal Karan Kapoor in this series. It lasted two seasons, and she received immense recognition and fame for her role.

Next, Singh appeared in the TV series Gulmohar Grand (2015) in 2015. She played Anahita "Annie" Mehta Fernandez in this show. She was also part of the Box Cricket League (2014) in 2016, supporting team Ahmedabad Express.

She then started acting with Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017). She also appeared in the Telugu film Malli Raava (2017) in 2017. She was also cast in Devadas (2018) in 2018. In the same year, she acted in two short films, Methi Ke Laddoo and Qaid.

She first appeared in the Kannada film industry with Pailwaan (2019). This film was made in five languages and did reasonably well at the box office.

In 2021, she entered the Telugu web series industry with Parampara (2021), which was aired on Disney+Hotstar.

Wanting to explore the South film industry further, Singh appeared in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual film Clap (2022), aired on SonyLIV. She also acted in Tamil in Veerapandiyapuram (2022) in 2022.

She was cast in Runway 34 (2022) as Ajay Devgn's wife. Singh also appeared in several web series, including [title=tt9420618], [title=tt15128122], [title=tt21331462], and [title=tt15211130], an anthology, produced by [title=nm3761004].

Singh received a SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut - Telugu nomination for Malli Raava (2017). She also won the Indian Telly Awards for Fresh New Face - Female in 2012 for the show Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha (2012).