Mahira Kakkar

Birth Name:

Mahira Kakkar

Birth Place:

Calcutta, India

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Won a Napa Valley Film Festival Award for Best Actress for "Hank and Asha" in 2013
Graduated from the Juilliard School with a degree in Drama in 2004, and was the first Indian person to be accepted into the school's drama program
Made her screen acting debut in the TV series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" in 2007
Trained in Bharatnatyam dance and Hindustani classical music in her youth
Quote: "Sometimes, it's hard to be just the brown girl and not the supermodel brown girl, but nobody said life would be easy․ If I get obsessed with ethnic bias issues, where's the energy to do my work?"
Quote: "Acting, for me, is like trying to find the truth, and getting closer to it with every show․ On the one hand, everything about the stage is really a lie, but, on the other, we strive to make it as truthful as possible․"
Has primarily worked as a stage actress in New York, appearing in plays like "Clive," "Ms․ Witherspoon," "Opus," and "Betrothed․"
Best known for her role as Asha in "Hank and Asha" and as Dr․ Gupta in "Blue Bloods․"

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