Ami Sheth

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Ami Sheth
Born
New Jersey, United States
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2007–present
SpouseMiraj Patel

Ami Sheth is an American actress and model best known for starring in the NBC drama Blindspot, the AMC drama Dietland, and the American film Most Beautiful Island . [1] [2]

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Sheth was included in the 2019 Vogue India list of the Top 50 Most Influential Global Indians. [3]

Early and personal life

Sheth was born to Indian immigrant parents and grew up in New Jersey, United States. [4] She graduated from Boston University with a degree in biology and later received her doctorate in veterinary medicine. [5] She later practised at a vet hospital in Staten Island and quit the job to go into acting. While she was in college, she attended acting classes, and since then she has continued to play parts in theatre, film, and television.

Riz Ahmed, Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra, and Aasif Mandvi have been her inspirations. She has worked with the Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra at the Sundance Film Lab in Utah. [6]

Sheth is married to Miraj Patel, [7] and has a daughter.

Career

She has starred in the cross Indian-American film Walkaway (2010), a romantic comedy that revolves around four couples living in New York. [8] She has acted in the SXSW Critics Choice Award winning film Most Beautiful Island (2017).

She has also guest starred in Delocated (2010) and Blue Bloods (2011) [9] and had significant parts in Bull (2016) and Elementary (2018).

In 2017, she starred in Blindspot, appearing in three of its seasons. She played Afreen, an Indian-Muslim FBI lab technician who helps the team decipher the mysterious tattoo case. [10]

In 2018, she appeared in Dietland, a modern feminist revenge fantasy, alongside Julianna Margulies. [11] She portrayed Sana, an acid attack survivor, and member of the feminist collective called Calliope House, who befriends Plum, played by Joy Nash.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2007Astoria ParkShort
2009Hotel ChelseaMonica Jain
2009TomorrowMonicaShort
2009Three (Teen)
2010Karma Road
2010 Delocated Princess Fairuz1 episode
2010 Walkaway Anu
2011 Blue Bloods Farrah1 episode
2011The Eye of Genie StraussMelroseShort
2011One Life to LiveNadia1 episode
2016BullErica Povery1 episode
2016New Wall Street1 episode
2017 Most Beautiful Island Benedita
2017–2020 Blindspot Afreen Iqbal12 episodes, (Seasons 3–5)
2018 Dietland Sana6 episodes [12]
2018Anatomy of an OrchidRadhaShort
2018 Elementary Mrs. Holland1 episode
2018AstralDr. Sasha Bhatia
2019OsirisPadma BastShort
2020Swiped to DeathMaya1 episode
2022Asian Persuasion [13]

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