Biography

Ruchika Jain is a London-based award winning method actor originally from India. She is a graduate in Maths from St. Stephen's College Delhi and in Operations Research from Case Western University USA with a business qualification from Stanford University. She worked for 25+ years in IT before moving to a career in acting.

Her latest film and TV stints include "Aladdin: The Monkeys Paw" and Richard Gadd's "Half Man". Previously she has worked in "The Nan Movie" with Catherine Tate, Warner Brothers' "The Sandman" and "Count Abdulla" on ITVX. She has also starred in several Bollywood films including Kareena Kapoor Khan's "The Buckingham Murders" on Netflix.

Her solo performances as Maanika in Polka Theatre's "Maanika and the Wolf" received 5 star reviews. She has performed across the UK including Curve Theatre, Hope Mill Theatre, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Church Hill Edinburgh, Questor's and The Royal Albert Hall, London. She has also performed in Beijing, China.

Ruchika has starred in several commercials and is in the top 5 of the Classic Miss British Isles modeling competition as Miss SW London.

She is married to Kapil Jain, CEO of eClerx Limited and has two daughters Ayushi and Pranati. Ayushi is an actress as well and has played real daughter along with her mother in several films and commercials.
- IMDb mini biography by: RUCHIKA JAIN