Chriselle Almeida
{{short description|Indian actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
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|birth_place = Mumbai, India
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Chriselle Almeida is an Indian actress.
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 however she never completed her degree and left after only 1 year.
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.{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywood/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1199525|title=Chriselle Almeida plays a lesbian in 'When Kiran met Karen'|date=21 January 2008|publisher=MSN Entertainment|accessdate=8 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324032815/http://entertainment.in.msn.com/bollywood/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1199525|archive-date=24 March 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Indian Lesbian Love Story Generates Hot Internet |url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/bollywood/bollywood-49263.html |access-date=6 March 2021 |work=Female First |date=12 March 2008}}{{cite news |title='It is fun playing a Lesbian' |url=https://www.santabanta.com/bollywood/it-is-fun-playing-a-lesbian |access-date=6 March 2021 |work=SantaBanta.com |date=25 January 2008}} She also starred as India in the 2004 film The Franklin Abraham, directed by Jonah Freeman, 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.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
In television, she appeared as Lakshmi, a prospective bride for Raj Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Transporter Malfunction".{{cite magazine |last1=Vary |first1=Adam B. |title='The Big Bang Theory': The problem with Raj |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/03/30/big-bang-theory-raj/ |access-date=6 March 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=30 March 2012}} Other credits include Arrested Development, Cavemen, Grey's Anatomy, Melissa & Joey, Showtime's Shameless,{{cite news |last1=Davies |first1=Alex |title=The Big Bang Theory: What happened to Raj's arranged wife Lakshmi? |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1186057/The-Big-Bang-Theory-what-happened-to-Lakshmi-Chriselle-Almeida-marry-Raj |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Express |date=4 October 2019}} and Gossip Girl, as well as Sex and the City 2, Body of Proof, and Loosely Exactly Nicole.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Kenneth |title=NYC's South Asian Troupe, Rasa Theater, Stages World Premiere One-Acts by O'Neill and Banka, Feb. 7-22 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/nycs-south-asian-troupe-rasa-theater-stages-world-premiere-one-acts-by-oneill-and-banka-feb-7-22-com-117627 |access-date=6 March 2021 |work=Playbill |date=29 January 2004}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1679534}}
- [http://www.chrisellealmeida.com Official website]
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Category:Actresses from Mumbai
Category:Indian emigrants to the United States
Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Indian television actresses