Chriselle Almeida

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.[1][2][3] She also starred as India in the 2004 film The Franklin Abraham, directed by Jonah Freeman,[3] 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]

In television, she appeared as Lakshmi, a prospective bride for Raj Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory episode “The Transporter Malfunction”.[4] Other credits include Arrested Development, Cavemen, Grey’s Anatomy, Melissa & Joey, Showtime’s Shameless,[5] and Gossip Girl, as well as Sex and the City 2, Body of Proof, and Loosely Exactly Nicole.[citation needed]

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.