Nivedita Kulkarni

Nivedita Kulkarni
Alma mater	Washington University in St. Louis
Occupation(s)	Writer, actress, comedian
Website	Archived 5 November 2024 at the Wayback Machine

Nivedita Kulkarni is an American actress, model, writer, and comedian. She performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and is best known as the national face of Bank of America. She is a part of the ensemble cast of "The Untitled Web Series That Morgan Evans Is Doing", which was nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 2013. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

Nivedita Kulkarni was a finalist of Miss India America in 2007. After earning a degree in Econometrics from Washington University in St. Louis, she moved to New York and began her acting career.^{[ citation needed ]}

Kulkarni has performed in stage shows including: Anish Shah's National Summer of Comedy Tour, ^[4] "The Laziest Woman In The World," which gained a mention in The New York Times , ^[5] and the 2011 national NetIP Summit, where Kulkarni became the first Indian American to perform an improvised show on national television.

In 2011, she was selected to be one of the national spokeswomen for Bank of America, and the only South Asian face of the brand. She was subsequently cast in a principal role in Tochi Onyebuchi's film Lippizaners, ^[6] which released in 2013. She also did a television commercial for Nescafe USA for 2013.^{[ citation needed ]}

Nivedita's 2012 article for the Huffington Post , titled "The Craft of Acting," ran on the HuffPost Front Page and on HuffPost Beauty in 2012. ^[7]

Non-profit work

Kulkarni has partnered with the Nanubhai to organize combined theater shows and fundraisers. The Nanubhai Education Foundation is a US-based non-profit organization that works to promote childhood education in India. In 2012, Kulkarni was nominated to the national Lady Godiva Program for her work with the Nanubhai Foundation. ^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2010	Bingo!	Indian Woman
2011	The Most Optimistic Man In The World	Sheila
2011	Star Wars Starring Chris Tucker	Princess Leia
2012	Vision	Nina
2012	Lippizaners	Maggie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2009	Royal Pains	Wedding Guest	USA Network
2011	The Most Optimistic Man In The World	Sheila
2011	Star Wars Starring Chris Tucker	Princess Leia
2013	I'd Kill For You	Joan Conner	Discovery ID
2013	Redrum	Ms. Patel	Discovery ID

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Sex Lives of Disney Princesses [9]	Pocahontas	Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (August 2009 – November 2009)
2009	Samsara	Suraiya	Dramatists Guild
2012	The Laziest Woman In The World	Sammy
2013	Parking Space	Lucille	Producers Club
2013	Women Of The Wild West	The Squaw	Producers Club
2014	How I Died	Sanya Patel	Strawberry One-Act Festival

Awards and nominations

Year	Work	Award	Result
2010	Bingo!	Wallabout International Film Festival - Best Film	Won
2011	Nice Brothers in India	New York TV & Film Festival - Best Comedic Short	Won
2012	The Untitled Web Series That Morgan Evans Is Doing	Writers Guild of America - New Media	Nominated
2014	How I Died	Best Actress - Strawberry One-Act Festival	Nominated

References

1. "Writers Guild Awards". Archived from the original on September 1, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
2. Team, The Deadline (2013-01-16). "WGA Announces New Media & Videogame Nominees". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
3. Gregg Kilday, Jordan Zakarin, "WGA Awards: 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Argo' Take Top Screenplay Honors", The Hollywood Reporter, February 17, 2013.
4. "Save A Mother's NO LAUGHING MATTER Comedy Show in New York on DesiwebUSA TV". Desi Web USA. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
5. "New York Times". The New York Times.
6. Parimal M. Rohit. "Indian-American Actress Enjoys the Stage but Is Excited to Be on Screen in 'Lippizaners'". Bollywood Buzzine. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.
7. "The Craft of Acting". HuffPost . 26 October 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
8. "Lady Godiva Program" . Retrieved January 25, 2013.
9. "Lortel Archives-The Internet Off-Broadway Database". Lortel.org. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2012.

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 November 2024)
• Nivedita Kulkarni at IMDb