- She said that the only autograph she has ever taken in her life has been from her inspiration, Mother Teresa.
- By 2005, she has acted in nearly 300 films in a 30-year film career.
- She has acted in eight languages: Telugu (her mother tongue), Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.
- Jaya Prada was highest paid Hindi actress from 1985-89 with Sridevi and 3rd highest paid Hindi actress with Rekha from 1990-92 and 3rd highest paid actress along-with Parveen Babi in 1982-84.
- In the 1980s, Jaya Prada and Sridevi were fierce rivals. They were of a similar age, from the South and considered contenders for the coveted number one slot in Hindi cinema. Producers loved pairing them up in films, because of their amazing on-screen chemistry. But in public, each would give the other the cold shoulder. Once, during the shooting of Tofha (1984), Jeetendra locked the two warring queens in the same makeup room hoping they'd make up. No such thing happened. Two hours later, when he opened the door, he found the actresses sitting at opposite ends of the room in silence. However, in 2015, Sridevi attended the wedding of Jayaprada's nephew and warmly held hands with her former rival. In the intervening 30 years, both had taken separate paths in life, with Sridevi focusing on motherhood, and Jayaprada focusing on politics, so they were no longer in competition to rule the silver screen, and thus were able to mend fences. When Sridevi died of accidental drowning in 2018, a shocked Jayaprada called it "a bad dream" and talked about how it was Sridevi's wish that her daughters rule the silver screen like she had. Then, she went to Sridevi's house to pay her last respects to the family.
- When her days as a docile leading lady started winding down, she went into politics, but she hasn't given up films and plays stronger, mature roles.
- In 2005, she did a famous dance show in Mumbai, where she recreated the time and story of the fiery Amrapali through a ballet choreographed by Bhushan Lakandri with music and lyrics by Ravindra Jain. Part of the proceeds from this show were given to Deekshaa, the academy of classical dance and music.
- She was just fourteen years old when she was discovered dancing on stage and was cast as a dramatic heroine in her first Telugu film, Anthuleni Katha (1976). The famed director K. Balachander slapped her co-star Kamal Haasan right in front of her for muffing up a scene. Jaya got scared and ran away from the set crying. Her father soothed her feelings by taking her shopping for clothes and jewelry and convinced her to return to the set the next day.
- Celebrated Oscar winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray had called her "the most beautiful face on the Indian screen," a compliment that she cherished so much that she attended his tribute for the release of the book, "The Vision of Ray: Cine Posters & Beyond" (2005) with Sharmila Tagore and Jaya Bachchan, the two stars that Ray discovered.
- Daughter-in-law of producer Sunderlal Nahata.
- Jeetendra and Jaya Prada were romantically paired opposite each other in 25 films and 19 of them were box office hits.They also worked in one more film Sindoor but here Shashi Kapoor was paired opposite Jaya Prada and Jeetendra was supporting actor.
- Filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao repeatedly cast her in his films, and she remembered his loyalty when she agreed to take a guest role in the film "Edantastula Meda" (1980) at a time when she was the topmost heroine in films. In that film, he used her name in the song "Chakkani Chukka...Jayaprada" as a tribute to her when he picturized the song on her.
- Nephew Siddharth debuted in Tamil films in 2014.
- Former actor Raja Babu is her brother. He was producing Jaya Pradha Productions "Sawan Ka Mahina" in 1989. Starring Rishi Kapoor , Jaya Pradha, Rita Bhaduri, Raja Babu. Directed by Kalpatru. The film got shelved.
- Younger brother Sreeram (Sri Ram Kumar ,Chota Babu) eloped with K.Bapaiah's daughter in 1989.
- Jaya Pradha's adopted father who raised her name is Mr.Sriramulu.
- The Stardust magazine December 1983 had a article stating Jaya was once married to a famous make up man from south film industry. He was responsible for getting her films. She also had a son and daughter with him. Jaya denied the allegation, but her step father said there could be a possibility about her marriage.
- Sister name is Manali Thakur. She is married to Andra Pardesh Chairman politician Raj Thkur. They have two daughters named Manasa and Reva. They also have a son named Nidish.
- Younger brother Sri Ram Kumar was to debut as a actor in the Tamil version of Sanjay Dutt's Rocky in 1987. Jaya Pradha was producing the film. The film was eventually shelved. He later directed and acted in the film S.P. Teja with sister Jaya Pradha.
- Starred in the shelved movie Evergreen Creations "Ganga Bane Jwala" (1990) Starring Suresh Oberoi,Jaya Pradha,Kulbhushan Kharbanda,Paresh Rawal, Mangal Dhillon,Music by Rajesh Roshan, Directed by P. Devraj.
- Starred in the shelved movie Uma Films " Us Jahan Se Is Jahan Tak"(1990) Starring Kabir Bedi, Jaya Prada, Anupam Kher, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Music by Anand Milind, Directed by Joginder Shelly.
- Starred in the shelved movie Jaya Pradha Productions "Sankalp"(1989) Starring Jaya Pradha, Aslam Khan,Kundan Malik, Radheshyam,Parveen Anand,Produced by Jaya Pradha, Written and Directed by L.B. Yadav.
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