Varada Sethu

Varada Sethu
Born 1992
Kerala, India
Occupation Actress
Years active 2010–present

Varada Sethu is a British actress, best known for playing DS Mishal Ali in the BBC apocalyptic TV Series Hard Sun. She has also featured in Now You See Me 2 as the assistant to Michael Caine’s character.

Early life

Varada was born in Kerala, India to parents who are both doctors. She has a twin sister, Abhaya. Having moved to the North East of England at a young age, she grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne. Sethu attended Dame Allan’s Schools and was a member of the National Youth Theatre.[1] During her final year of sixth form, Sethu won the 2010 Miss Newcastle competition.[2][3] She went on to study Veterinary medicine at University of Bristol,[3] later switching to Physiology.[2] Sethu has been performing both Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam from a young age.[2]

Career

Varada Sethu appeared in a short film Appearances as Sameena in 2010.[2] Later Sethu landed the role of Kiran in the 2011 feature film Sket,[1] then as Meghana Scariah in English: An Autumn in London in 2012. In 2015 she made an appearance in the 2000 TV series Doctors as PC Kylie Green.[4] her career moved on in 2016 appearing as Peaseblossom in a 2016 TV movie version of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[4] Also in 2016, Varada acted alongside Michael Caine and Daniel Radcliffe in Now You See Me 2,[4] and as an Indian nurse in New Blood.[4] In 2017 Varada starred as Aisha in 2 episodes of Doctor Foster.[5] Varada also performed in the TV series Hard Sun as DS Mishal Ali for 6 episodes.[6]

Filmography

Year Title Role
2016 Now You See Me 2 [4] Tressler's Assistant
2012 English: An Autumn in London Meghana Scariah
2011 Sket [1] Kiran
2010 Impressions (Short film) Sameena [2]

Television

Year Title Role
2018 Hard Sun (TV series) [6] DS Mishal Ali (6 episodes)
2017 Doctor Foster (TV series) .[5] Aisha (2 episodes)
2016 New Blood (TV series) [4] Indian Nurse (3 episodes)
2016 A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016 film) (TV Movie) [4] Peaseblossom
2015 Doctors (TV series) [4] PC Kylie Green (1 episode)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Geordie actress Aimee Kelly in line for film award". chroniclelive.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Latest News". ukmalayalee.com. 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "A Level results 2010". dailymail.co.uk. 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Hard sun cast". thesun.co.uk. 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Meet the cast of BBC1s hard Sun". radiotimes.com. 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Actor director - Varada Sethu". twomovies.net. 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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