Leah Khambata
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Leah is a Parsi* actress, singer-songwriter and filmmaker from Bombay who has worked across India, NYC, LA and London, acting in multiple languages and accents. She is best known for Lionsgate Play's series, "Feels Like Home", Sony Liv's series, "Rocket Boys," Amazon Prime's series "Guilty Minds" and Jio Studios' film, "Khwaabon Ka Jhamela."
As a songwriter, she's represented by Sony Music Publishing. Two music videos of her original songs premiered on VH1 India and she won Hungama's Artist Aloud's Indian Independent Music Award for Best Lyricist in 2022.
She has a BA (Film Studies and Psychology double major) from Wesleyan University, an MBA from Cornell, trained in Acting at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, studied Improv at UCB, and is also trained in Reiki 2.
When she's not on screen, you can find her at the potter's wheel making vases, jigsaw puzzle piece-hunting, crocheting scarves for her nieces or analyzing Myers-Briggs personality types.
*Parsi refers to a Zoroastrian Persian Indian community now less than 80,000 worldwide. Fun Fact: Freddie Mercury from Queen was actually Parsi!
As a songwriter, she's represented by Sony Music Publishing. Two music videos of her original songs premiered on VH1 India and she won Hungama's Artist Aloud's Indian Independent Music Award for Best Lyricist in 2022.
She has a BA (Film Studies and Psychology double major) from Wesleyan University, an MBA from Cornell, trained in Acting at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, studied Improv at UCB, and is also trained in Reiki 2.
When she's not on screen, you can find her at the potter's wheel making vases, jigsaw puzzle piece-hunting, crocheting scarves for her nieces or analyzing Myers-Briggs personality types.
*Parsi refers to a Zoroastrian Persian Indian community now less than 80,000 worldwide. Fun Fact: Freddie Mercury from Queen was actually Parsi!
