Amrit Maghera

Amrit Maghera is a British actress, born in Milton Keynes, England. Her Mother is of Indian (Punjabi) descent and her Father is Scottish, English and Irish. She speaks Hindi as well as English; her Mother tongue. Her work uniquely spans across the UK, international and Bollywood, TV and film industries. She starred as series regular, Neeta Kaur, in the TV show Hollyoaks in the UK, and can be seen playing a lead role in Pan Nalin's female-centric, critically acclaimed feature, Angry Indian Goddesses, on Netflix worldwide. The film's awards include; first runner up at the 'Grolsch People's Choice Awards' at Toronto International Film Festival, where it had it's world premiere and received a standing ovation. It also won 'The People's Choice' at Rome International Film Festival. Her performance was described as 'tender and compassionate' by Subhash K Jha. She has also guest starred on other prime time TV shows in the UK, such as BBC's 'Casualty' and has most recently finished filming the lead in feature, 'Desert Dolphin', directed by the Los Angeles based and award winning Manjari Makijany.