Jassa Ahluwalia

Birth Name:

Jassa Ahluwalia

Birth Place:

Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actor, Sound department, Location management

Became one of the first Ambassadors for the Child Poverty Action Group
Already a fluent Punjabi speaker, he studied Russian and Spanish at University College London
A job as an extra in an online video led to him meeting his first agent, Samantha How
Ex-Royal Ballet principal Graham Fletcher scouted him and invited him to attend classes at the Leicestershire Arts in Education dance schemes
Though he originally pursued musical theater, when he was 16 a distant family member who was the CEO of a talent agency let him work at the agency for a week, an experience that convinced him he wanted to try screen acting
Quote: "A child is the definition of potential․ Whether or not they flourish is determined by opportunity․"
Quote: "I love the collective effort of filmmaking․ That's why I've always been drawn to filmmaking and T․V․ rather than stage․"
His stage roles include playing the title characters in a Simon Barnard directed production of "Aladdin" and a Stuart Sweeting production of "Peter Pan․"
Known for appearing in "Some Girls," "The Bible," Ripper Street" and "The Whale․"
Considers himself a fan of the works of Charles Dickens

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