Chriselle Almeida

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Chriselle Almeida
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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 however she never completed her degree and left after only 1 year.

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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.[ citation needed ]

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 .[ citation needed ]

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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