The original name of Nagma is Nandita Morarji, which later became Namratha Sadhana. She has done works in Bollywood as well as Kollywood. During her peak times in 90`s decade, she ruled the Tamil cinema. Her mother is Muslim and her father is Hindu. She was born on Christmas Day. She started her acting career in Bollywood and acted in a few movies but shifted south where she met with greater success before returning again to Mumbai. She is particularly expert in speaking different types of languages, which include Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, English, and Telugu. She has done different roles in different regional languages that include Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu and so on.

An ardent supporter of India`s Congress Party Nagma was recommended for the Rajya Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh in the year 2007. An ardent supporter of India`s Congress Party Nagma was recommended for the Rajya Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh in the year 2007. She had also been the star campaigner for the Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh during the elections in, April 2004. Earlier in the same month she formally became a member of the Congress Party in Hyderabad. She claimed that her joining to the party is for the welfare and development of mainly the poor and weaker sections of the society and also for a secular state.

Nagma got her first success at the box-office in her debut film "Baaghi" opposite Salman Khan released in the year 1990. She starred as one of the female leads in the year 1994 along with Karisma Kapoor in the movie, "Suhaag" released in the year 1994. The movie also featured Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgan. Despite the initial successes in Hindi cinema, she moved to south to star in Tamil and Telugu movies. Her major box office hits in Telugu include "Gharana Mogudu" released in 1993. She was starred opposite to Chiranjeevi. Following this she has another grand success with the movie "Allari alludu" where she starred opposite Nagarjuna. Her biggest Tamil hits were "Baasha" with Rajnikanth and "Kadhalan" with Prabhu Deva. In 1995, "Kadhalan" is said to have become the first Tamil movie to be dubbed into Hindi, in which it was renamed "Hum Se Hai Muqabala". Most of her performances in this era were glamorous roles with little substance.

Some of her notable movies include, "Panditji Batai Na Byah Kab Hoi" which was her first Bhojpuri film, "Pariraam" which was her first Bengali movie. Other of her films include, "Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar", "Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love" where she appeared in a cameo role opposite Anil Kapoor and Karishma Kapoor. She also enacted in the comic flick, "Kunwara" where she starred opposite Govinda and Urmila Matondkar. A gorgeous and a talented actress who has yet to deliver her best in Hindi cinema although she is already a hit in south.