Nandita Chandra

^[1]Nandita Chandra is an Indian actor and model. She has featured widely on the international stage and in independent films. In addition to acting, Chandra is an acclaimed children's theatre director and a former television anchor for Channel V India. She also holds the distinction of being the first Indian woman to be accepted into the Acting program (MFA) at the prestigious Actor's Studio Drama School in New York.^[2][3][4]

In 2003 she received critical acclaim for her performance in the play Edible Women and Anastasia. In 2005 she was featured in the Government of India's landmark tourism campaign - Incredible India.^[5] In March 2008 she was felicitated by Himachal Pradesh C.M. Hon Pratibha Singh for her contribution in the field of theatre and performing arts in India.^[6]

She is a company member of the Off Broadway Irish Repertory Theatre. She currently lives and works in New York. She was last seen in The Homebase Project in David Bar Katz's "Can't Go Home" opposite LAByrinth founding member David Deblinger. She was last featured in a Yashraj films production with Bollywood leading man Shahid Kapoor. In 2010 she will star in the "The Blowup" by J Wingfield, shooting for which begins in fall.

In September 2011, she won the Outstanding Actress award at The Midtown International Theater Festival in NYC for her one woman show I-Pod written by Natalie Menna. i-Pod is the story of a glamorous New York City artist pretending to be an environmentalist aboard an eco barge in order to win a Guggenheim grant. The awards ceremony took place at New World Stages in New York. ^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Filmography

• Chehere (2003) Mrs Fernandez
• Red, Black and White (2003) Yasmin
• Red Earth (2004) Katsaki
• Occasional Twists and Turns (2004) Shashi
• Going Up (2007) Sylvia)

References

1. ^ http://www.communitytheaterny.com/midtown-international-theatre/ http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2011/midtown-international-theatre-festival-announces-2_41000.html
2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2531567/workedwith
3. ^ http://www.asianweek.com/2008/12/09/daily-dose-120908/
4. ^ http://www.aaww.org/aaww_events.html
5. ^ http://www.incredibleindia.org
6. ^ http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=51947
7. ^ http://www.newschool.edu/drama/subpage.aspx?id=12198
8. ^ http://www.newschool.edu/alumni/dramaclassnotes.html
9. ^ http://www.anandfoundation.com/oldsite/dec.asp
10. ^ http://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/whatson/oa-f.htm
11. ^ http://www.ntcp.org/NationalDiversityForum/Roundtable/JustinWoo.htm
12. ^ http://www.newyorktheatrenet.com/archives/20080204.shtml
13. ^ http://www.indiahabitat.org/calendar/sep2k2/calen2.htm
14. ^ http://www.indiahabitat.org/calendar/may2k2/calen.htm

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