Chriselle Almeida

Chriselle Almeida is an Indian actress.

Chriselle Almeida
Born
Mumbai, India
OccupationActress
Websitewww.chrisellealmeida.com

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]

References
  1. "Chriselle Almeida plays a lesbian in 'When Kiran met Karen'". MSN Entertainment. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  2. "Indian Lesbian Love Story Generates Hot Internet". Female First. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. "'It is fun playing a Lesbian'". SantaBanta.com. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. Vary, Adam B. (30 March 2012). "'The Big Bang Theory': The problem with Raj". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  5. Davies, Alex (4 October 2019). "The Big Bang Theory: What happened to Raj's arranged wife Lakshmi?". Express. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. Jones, Kenneth (29 January 2004). "NYC's South Asian Troupe, Rasa Theater, Stages World Premiere One-Acts by O'Neill and Banka, Feb. 7-22". Playbill. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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