Devika Parikh

Devika Parikh
Parikh in 2000
Born	(1966-11-03) November 3, 1966 (age 54) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Devika Parikh is an American actress, best known for her recurring role in the NBC political drama series The West Wing from 1999 to 2003.^[1]

Life and career[]

Parikh was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and raised in Gaithersburg, Maryland.^[2] She is of Indian and African American origin, to an East Indian father (from Bombay, India) and an African-American mother.^[2] She received a degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University.^[2]

Parikh has worked in television, advertisements, film, voice work and theatre. She has also performed sketch comedy/improvisation with groups at the Comedy Store, the Upfront Comedy Theatre and the Underground Improv. She has had recurring roles on television shows such as NBC's drama series The West Wing; Fox's series 24; and Showtime drama series Resurrection Blvd. She has guest-starred on Criminal Minds, That's So Raven, The Parkers, Bones, Shameless and Grey's Anatomy.

Selected filmography[]

• 1997 How to Be a Player as Barbara
• 1999 Judgment Day as Officer Rhonda Reese
• 2000 Dancing in September as Cheryl Reed
• 2003 S.W.A.T. as Jail Intake Reporter
• 2005 Madagascar as News Reporter
• 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• 2011 A Bag of Hammers as Interviewer
• 2017 The Star
• 2018 Aquaman as Morgan, Newscaster
• 2019 Grey's Anatomy as Nancy Klein

Videogames[]

• 2013 Grand Theft Auto V as The Local Population
• 2019 Fallout 76: Wild Appalachia as Janelle Priblo / Mary Tinley / BoS Dispatch
• 2020 The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners as Radio Announcer / Additional Voices

References[]

External links[]

• Devika Parikh at IMDb

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