Linda Arsenio

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Linda Arsenio
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Linda Arsenio
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Other namesLinda
Occupation(s)Actress, Model
Years active2001–present
Spousedivorced

Linda Arsenio is an American actress and model from Texas. She has predominantly appeared in Indian films in various languages. She is probably best known for her performance as Jessica Beckham in the 2006 Hindi film Kabul Express .

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Early life

Arsenio was born on Galveston Island, Texas, the daughter of a Salvadoran mother and a Yugoslavian father. She has two sisters and one brother, who live in Texas.

She studied at the Actors' Conservatory in Dallas for two years, graduating with a degree in acting and continued her studies in acting in New York City. Having already experience with theatre and musicals, she went on to do professional theatre in Texas and later in New York, which then led her to working in feature films.

Career

She made her acting début in a British independent film, called The Process of Creative Deception, before stepping into the Hindi film industry. She has acted in Tamil and Telugu films. The Tamil films are Sachein and Thotti Jaya in which she has item numbers, and she also plays a cameo in Kana Kandaen . The Telugu movie she has acted in is Bhadra . [1]

Her first Hindi film is Kabul Express . This movie was entirely shot in Afghanistan. [2] She also appeared in other movies Mumbai Salsa, and Aloo Chaat . [3] [4]

In early 2007, she had acted in two cross-cultural Tamil telefilms, titled My Dear Father (En Iniya Thanthai) and Self Defence (Aththu Meera Aasai), both directed by 'Atlanta' Ganesh. [5] [6]

In 2009, she acted in the Malayalam film Pazhassi Raja alongside popular South Indian actors Mammootty and Sarath Kumar. However, she received much criticism for her role in the film (as Malabar District Sub-Collector's young wife Dora Baber). [7]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2001The Process of Creative DeceptionRandy Kyle English
2004Avenue X Bar Fly # 1 American Sign Language Short film
2005 Sachein Dancer/Singer Tamil Special appearance
Bhadra Telugu Special appearance in item song
Kana Kandaen TamilGuest appearance
Thotti Jaya TamilSpecial appearance
2006 Kabul Express Jessica Beckham Hindi
2007My Dear FatherTamil Telefilm
Original title:En Iniya Thanthai
Self DefenceTamilTelefilm
Original title: Aththu Meera Aasai
Mumbai Salsa Pamela Nicole AdamsmithHindi
2009 Aloo Chaat NikkiHindi
Pazhassi Raja Dora Baber Malayalam
2010 Kedi NadiaTelugu
Help NatashaHindi
2011 Dam 999 Sandra [8] EnglishIndian English movie
2019 Puzhayamma Roza Linda Malayalam

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