Chriselle Almeida

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.

Almeida's role as a Bollywood starlet who has an affair with a female journalist in When Kiran Met Karen caused some controversy in India.[1] She also appeared as Lakshmi, a prospective bride for Raj Koothrappali, who turns out to be a closet lesbian in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Transporter Malfunction". Other credits include Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl, and Sex and the City 2 as well as Body of Proof, Loosely Exactly Nicole and Miss Indian America. Most recently she was nominated for Best Lead Actress at the Idyllwild Film Festival for a short film.

"Chriselle Almeida plays a lesbian in 'When Kiran met Karen'". MSN Entertainment. 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2009.

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