Biography

Nishi Munshi has been an Actress, Singer, Musician and Choreographer/Dancer in the entertainment industry for 15 years. Her family traveled and performed in a music band throughout her childhood around the USA and in other countries. Growing up on stage, she has performed in over 1,000 live-stage shows singing, drumming, and dancing. She practiced Mixed Martial Arts and Tae Kwon Do which helped her land her first gig on an Indian feature film 'My Name is Khan'. Over the years, her credits in acting and music include working with: NBC, CBS, USA Network, FOX, Warner Bros., and Lifetime. Some of her fan favorite roles have been on 'Jane the Virgin', Gia on 'The Originals', 'Pretty Little Liars', and Erica Malick on FOX's 'Lethal Weapon'. She's enjoying working on her fourth video game with previous fan favorites as Devi in 'The Order 1886' and Rikki Patil in 'Days Gone' under Sony Playstation. In her independent film experience, her production team was able to sell their first feature film at AFI and obtain private funding and successful filming for which she served as an Executive Producer and took her first stab at directing scenes for the film.

Being a skilled Classical (Kathak, Bharatnatiyam) and 'Bollywood' dancer, she had the opportunity to choreograph and dance with prominent artists: Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Jason Derulo and the acclaimed Michael Jackson's Cirque ONE show.

As an advocate for human rights, she served as a board member for Valley Family Center (victims of domestic violence) for one year and her volunteer work has ranged from tutoring/mentoring at-risk youth all over Los Angeles to India at Shanti Bhavan Non-Profit School. Her Webisodes, Youtube videos, book of poetry and novel that she is working on are aimed to raise funds for human rights activism and educating at-risk youth.
- IMDb mini biography by: Management

Nishi is multi-lingual and fluent in Hindi, Gujarati, English with heavy training in Spanish and Urdu for film and vocalization.

Loves to sing in any language she can learn and finds it soothing while filming.

She has traveled with work, education & volunteering to 24 countries and hopes to keep seeing more of the world.

Crowned Miss India California 2006 & Miss National Orange Show Scholarship 2011.

Advanced mixed martial arts training in Tae Kwon Do, Karate through Young Olympians ranking first in highest kick, sparring and form. Composed music for NBC (Outsourced) and UFC fight games.

Dean's List graduate from University of California, Riverside, UCDC, and University of Sussex Brighton in Political Science/International Relations.