- Born
- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- Banita Sandhu is a British actress who works in film and television internationally. Banita began acting in local stage and film productions at just 11 years old. She trained in screen acting at The Workshop in Cardiff throughout her adolescence. She began her professional acting career, whilst attending King's College London, in Shoojit Sircar's Hindi feature film October (2018). She received major critical acclaim for her "outstanding debut" with Vogue India naming her the 2018 Face to Watch Out For. She returned to university to graduate, with honors, and went straight back to work with Eternal Beauty (2019), Adithya Varma (2019), and The CW's summer show, Pandora (2019). Banita's reunited with Shoojit Sircar in Sardar Udham (2021) which won Best Hindi Film at the National Awards in India. She recently led the movie "Mother Teresa & Me" which won Best Film at Rome’s Film Festival and received a nomination for Best Ensemble Cast for her role in Bridgerton at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild awards.
- IMDb mini biography by: Claire O'Sullivan
- Signed to an agency at the age of 11 and worked with the BBC throughout her childhood.
- Shot and released her first film, October, in India whilst completing her degree at King's College London.
- Shaved her head for October.
- Can speak Spanish and has learned both Hindi and Tamil for film projects.
- Was the highest new entry and only Indian actress to be voted in the the top 10 of 2018's World's Most Beautiful Women.
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