Devika Bhise
{{short description|American actress (born 1991)}}
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| name = Devika Bhise
| image = Devika Bhise at the San Francisco Film Fest.jpg
| caption = Devika Bhise at SFFF 2016
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Manhattan, New York, US
| occupation = Actress
| education = Johns Hopkins University
The Brearley School
| mother = Swati Bhise
| spouse = {{marriage|Nicholas Gilson|2020}}
| children = 1{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CxI240Guaa2/?img_index=1 | title=Instagram }}
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Devika Bhise is an American actress, best known for her performance in The Man Who Knew Infinity, and for her role as Antoinette Benneteau in The Rookie: Feds.{{cite web |last=Simon |first=Samantha |title=Why Devika Bhise of The Man Who Knew Infinity Is an Actress You'll Want to Know |url=http://www.instyle.com/reviews-coverage/movies/man-who-knew-infinity-devika-bhise-interview |website=InStyle |date=April 30, 2016 |access-date=July 15, 2016}}
Early life
File:Devika Bhise at a Q&A at the Toronto International Film Festival.jpg
Bhise was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City, and is of Indian descent.{{cite web |last=Elizalde |first=Molly |title=Introducing: Devika Bhise |url=http://www.wearesweet.co/entertainment/movies-tv/a389/introducing-devika-bhise/ |website=Sweet |date=May 5, 2016 |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817104659/http://www.wearesweet.co/entertainment/movies-tv/a389/introducing-devika-bhise/}} She attended The Brearley School, an all-girl private school in Manhattan, and Johns Hopkins University, where she won the Hodson Trust Scholarship and was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow under the mentorship of John Astin.{{cite web |last=Lunday |first=Amy |title=Ancient Sanskrit theater group to perform at JHU |url=http://hub.jhu.edu/2012/08/30/kudiyattam-theater/ |website=Johns Hopkins University |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=July 15, 2015}} While at Johns Hopkins University, she acted in Ira Hauptman's play, The Partition, based on the life of Ramanujan, which contributed to her being cast in the film years later.{{cite web |title=Q&A: Devika Bhise |url=http://dujour.com/culture/devika-bhise-the-man-who-knew-infinity/ |website=DuJour |date=29 April 2016 |access-date=July 15, 2016}}
Career
File:Devika Bhise at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival.jpg
Bhise was cast in her first film, The Accidental Husband, directed by Griffin Dunne, in tenth grade.{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Emma |title=Discovery: Devika Bhise |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/discovery-devika-bhise/#_/ |website=Interview Magazine |date=April 28, 2016 |access-date=July 15, 2016}} While in high school, she also directed a documentary film Hijras: The Third Gender, which won the award for Best Social Documentary at the New York Independent Film Festival in 2009.{{cite web |title=Devika Urvashi Bhise's 'Hijras – The Third Gender' Wins Best Social Documentary| url=https://pegslist.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/devika-urvashi-bhises-hijras-the-third-gender-wins-best-social-documentary/ |website=Peg's List |date=August 24, 2009 |access-date=July 15, 2016}} After graduating from Johns Hopkins, Bhise appeared in multiple plays Off-Broadway, including Partial Comfort's production of And Miles To Go, a play written by Chad Beckim and directed by Hal Brooks.{{cite web |last=Rampell |first=Catherine |title=Sounds Like a Haven for Troubled Students. It's Not. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/theater/reviews/and-miles-to-go-a-chad-beckim-tale-set-in-high-school.html?_r=0 |website=The New York Times |date=October 21, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2016}} She starred in television series such as Elementary and One Bad Choice until she was cast in The Man Who Knew Infinity with Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons. She also performed in 'Impossible Monsters' which also starred Chris Henry Coffey and Geofrey Owens in 2020 as a university student being part of a study on sleep paralysis. She was seen next as the lead role in The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, the biopic on Indian queen Rani Lakshmibai, acting opposite Derek Jacobi and Rupert Everett.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/rupert-everett-derek-jacobi-swords-and-sceptres-1202607669/|title=Rupert Everett, Derek Jacobi Join Swati Bhise's 'Swords and Scepters'|first1=Stewart|last1=Clarke|date=6 November 2017|publisher=}} Bhise also co-wrote the script. Bhise has guest starred in many television shows, including Chicago Med on NBC, Extrapolations on Apple TV+, Fantasy Island (2021 TV series) on Fox Broadcasting Company, and 11 episodes of The Rookie: Feds on ABC, playing Antoinette Benneteau, a French laboratory technician for the FBI and love interest of Brendon Acres, played by Kevin Zegers.{{cite web |last=Prasad |first=Sumith |title=Will Brandon and Antoinette end up together in The Rookie Feds?Theories |url=https://thecinemaholic.com/will-brandon-and-antoinette-end-up-together-in-the-rookie-feds-theories/|website=The Cinemaholic |date=January 17, 2023 |access-date=May 9, 2023}}
Social activism
File:Devika Bhise at the Indo-American Film Festival.jpg
Bhise is part of New York's New Abolitionists, a group of New Yorkers "united by our commitment to ending human trafficking, in New York State and globally",{{cite web |title=New York's New Abolitionists |url=http://www.newyorksnewabolitionists.com/ |access-date=July 15, 2016}} alongside Christie Brinkley, Michael Bloomberg, Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, Lee Daniels, Preet Bharara, Diane von Furstenberg, Gloria Steinem, Meryl Streep, and others. She has also been honored by Asia Society as a leader in "socio-cultural developments that have long-term impact on the presentation and response to Asian-American culture"{{cite web |title=Asia in America: Next Generation |url=https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/asia-america-next-generation/ |access-date=May 9, 2023}} and has been an ongoing contributor to The Asia Foundation.{{cite web |title=Leaders on the Frontlines - The Asia Foundation |url=https://asiafoundation.org/leaders/ |access-date=April 28, 2021}}
She serves on the board of directors of Sing For Hope alongside Jon Batiste, Andrea Bocelli, Eva Haller, Muhammad Yunus, and others.{{cite web|url=https://singforhope.org/about |title=About Sing for Hope |date=September 20, 2024 |website= Sing for Hope}}
Personal life
She is the daughter of dancer and director Swati Bhise. In 2020, Bhise married Nicholas Gilson, Founder and CEO of Gilson Snow.{{cite web |last=Raniwala |first=Praachi |title=Inside actor Devika Bhise's cross-cultural wedding in Udaipur |url=https://www.vogue.in/weddings/content/devika-bhise-nicholas-gilson-udaipur-wedding-pictures-white-wedding-hindu-tarun-tahiliani-lehenga-necklace |website=Vogue India |date=April 16, 2020 |access-date=June 23, 2021}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 2008
| Chandini | |
| 2013
| Queensbee | Ganesha Girl |Short film |
| 2015
| The Bench | Erica |Short film |
| 2015
| Janaki | |
| 2017
| Jo | |
| 2017
| Mosaic | Clarice | |
| 2018
| The Rest of Us | Reina | |
| 2019
| |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| One Bad Choice | Stephanie | Episode: "Michelle Gopaul" |
| 2015
| Minerva | 2 episodes: "Hemlock" and "The Past is Parent" |
| 2022
|Varsha Patel | Episode: "May Your Choices Reflect Hope, Not Fear" |
| 2022–2023
|Antoinette Benneteau | Recurring role |
| 2023
|Lola |Episode: "Lola" |
| 2023
|Natalie Rose |Episode: "War of the Roses (and the Hutchinsons)" |
| 2024
| Antoinette Benneteau | Recurring role (season 7) |
| 2025
| Juno Marsh | Recurring role (season 2) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2457309}}
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Category:Actresses from Manhattan
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American actresses of Indian descent
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:People from the Upper East Side