Avantika Akerkar
Overview
- Ethnicity
- Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial
- Age Range
- 51 - 56
- Height
- 5' 3" (1m 60cm)
- Weight
- 8st. 0lb. (51kg)
- Hair Colour
- Brown
- Eye Colour
- Brown
- Build
- Slim
Documents
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document fileCurrent Bio
Agent
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Bret Adams LtdAgent
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tel. 212 765 5630Contact
- Website
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2018 |
Uma Parekh
Television |
4 More Shots Please Anu Menon / Amazon Prime |
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2017 |
Mrs. Swaroop
Television |
Made In Heaven Nitya Mehra and Prashant Nair / Amazon Prime |
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2015 |
Aunty Ina
Television |
Sense 8 Wachowskis / Netflix |
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2014 |
Mrs. Palawat
Film |
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel John Madden / Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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2007 |
Mrs. Harjan
Film |
The World Unseen Shamim Sharif / Enlightenment Productions, UK |
London, United Kingdom |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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1987 | Degree in Journalism and PR | New York University |
About me
An indo-germanic actor who presently lives in Mumbai after 15+ years in NYC. Has worked on multiple projects: theatrical, film, TV, voice overs, animation. Some of the film projects are: Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Sense 8, Other End of the Line, The World Unseen amongst a few. Theatrical work includes the Vagina Monologues with Jane Fonda, Marissa Tomei and Eve Ensler; Monsoon Wedding with Mira Nair and others. Animation for an Italian company, and voice overs for documentaries and advertising films.Acting experience:
I have been an actor since 2001, having performed in film, theatre and television. I have worked with directors as Mira Nair, John Madden, James Dodson and Shamim Sharif among others; with actors as Dames Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Richard Gere, Marissa Tomei, Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher to name a few.
Additional skills:
I speak several languages: French, German, English, Hindi, and can learn a part in Italian, Spanish and Marathi. I am very versatile as an actor having played roles from 19 years old to a grandmother.
Additional information:
THEATRE • RADIO PLAYS
Monsoon Wedding (workshop) Vijaya Jumpstart Entertainment, NYC (Mira Nair)
The Vagina Monologues Lead Benefit Performance (Eve Ensler,
Jane Fonda, Marissa Tomei)
Clogged Arteries Bina (lead) Royal Court Theatre, Mumbai Festival
(Rage)
The Terrorist Claire (lead) Benefit Performance Mumbai American
Centre (Howard Pflanzer)
Jossticks Victoria (lead) Benefit Performance Mumbai British
Council (Paddy Navin)
Salome Herodias (lead) Q Theatre Productions, Mumbai (Gil Alon)
Boiled Beans on Toast Kitty and Saroja Kunagal London Premiere, Prime Time Theatre,
(Lilette Dubey)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Jumaana (lead) Art and Adventur (William Henderson)
(BBC Radio)
The Truth Avan (lead) Motley Theatre Group (Ratna Pathak Shah)
FILM • TV • VOICE OVERS
The Second Best Exotic Mrs. Palawat John Madden (dir); Fox Searchlight Pictures
Marigold Hotel
The World Unseen Mrs. Harjan Shamim Sharif (dir); Enlightenment
Productions, UK
Loins of Punjab Ashwini Manish Acharya (dir); Horn OK Please
The Other End of the Line Miss Prasad James Dodson (dir); Ideal Entertainment Ltd.
Darkness Visible Sulekha Neil Biswas (dir); Sikhya Entertainment &
Darkness Visible Films Ltd, UK
Rockstar (Bollywood) Shireen Imtiaz Ali (dir); Ashtavinayak Films
Thackeray (Bollywood) Indira Gandhi Abhijeet Panse (dir); Rauters Entertainment LLP
RIP Tara Devi Sidharth Srinivasan (dir); Reel Illusion Films
X and I (Animation) Lead Stansilao Pasqualini (dir); ASP & Paprikas
Sense 8 (TV Season 1,2) Ina Wachowskis (dir); Netflix
Made in Heaven (TV Season 1) Mrs. Swaroop Nitya Mehra & Prashant Nair; Excel
Entertainment; Amazon Prime
4 More Shots Please (TV Season 1) Uma Parekh PNC Communications; Amazon Prime
Swami (Music video) Lead Sony/BMG
Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (Documentary Film) Lalit Ajgaonkar (dir); Voice over
Skills
Languages Spoken | English, French, German, Hindi |
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Accents/Dialects | American - General, Boston, Chinese, Farsi, German, Indian, Irish, Italian (Standard International), Japanese, New York, Pakistani, Spanish (International Spanish) Acento Neutro, Swiss (French), Swiss German, US South (Deep South, Dixie, Delta), Yiddish |
Dance Styles | Bollywood, Folk |
Vocal Types | Alto |
Additional Skills | Acrobatics |