Chriselle Almeida Explained

Chriselle Almeida
Birth Place:Mumbai, India
Occupation:Actress

Chriselle Almeida is an Indian actress.

Education

Almeida received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Connecticut-Storrs and received a full scholarship towards her Master of Fine Arts in Acting from University of California, Los Angeles.

Career

Almeida's film career includes her starring role as Kiran, a Bollywood star who has an affair with a female journalist in When Kiran Met Karen, which caused some controversy in India.[1] [2] [3] She also starred as India in the 2004 film The Franklin Abraham, directed by Jonah Freeman,[3] and played Bindu Kapoor in the 2016 film Miss India America, directed by Ravi Kapoor. She has also been nominated for Best Lead Actress at the Idyllwild Film Festival for a short film.

In television, she appeared as Lakshmi, a prospective bride for Raj Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Transporter Malfunction".[4] Other credits include Arrested Development, Cavemen, Grey's Anatomy, Melissa & Joey, Showtime's Shameless,[5] and Gossip Girl, as well as Sex and the City 2, Body of Proof, and Loosely Exactly Nicole. On stage, Almeida has performed with Rasa Theater, a professional South Asian company in New York City, including in the Eugene O'Neill play Abortion and the Sarovar Banka play The End of the Apurnas.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chriselle Almeida plays a lesbian in 'When Kiran met Karen'. 21 January 2008. MSN Entertainment. 2009-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20080324032815/http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywood/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1199525. 24 March 2008. dead.
  2. News: Indian Lesbian Love Story Generates Hot Internet . 6 March 2021 . Female First . March 12, 2008.
  3. News: 'It is fun playing a Lesbian' . 6 March 2021 . SantaBanta.com . January 25, 2008.
  4. News: Vary . Adam B. . 'The Big Bang Theory': The problem with Raj . 6 March 2021 . Entertainment Weekly . March 30, 2012.
  5. News: Davies . Alex . The Big Bang Theory: What happened to Raj's arranged wife Lakshmi? . 7 March 2021 . Express . October 4, 2019.
  6. News: Jones . Kenneth . NYC's South Asian Troupe, Rasa Theater, Stages World Premiere One-Acts by O'Neill and Banka, Feb. 7-22 . 6 March 2021 . Playbill . January 29, 2004.