- Born
- Height1.71 m
- Banita Sandhu is a British actress who works in film and television internationally. Banita began acting as a child in local stage and film productions when she signed her first agent at just 11 years old. 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 latest release saw her reunited with Shoojit Sircar in Sardar Udham (2021) which was voted the Best Hindi Film of the Year. She will next be seen in Kavita and Teresa (2022) which follows the life of Mother Teresa and Kavita Mukherjee, played by Banita.- 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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