Shakeela is an Indian actress who has appeared mostly in softcore and B grade movies. She mostly acted with Athithan in film industries of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages. She started out as an actor in B-grade movies in the early 1990s. Later she moved to Chennai seeking a career in South Indian film industry. Shakeela debuted through the Tamil soft porn movie, Playgirls at the age of 20 as a supporting actress. She is termed as right successor to Silk Smitha.