Nivedita Kulkarni

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Nivedita Kulkarni
Born (1987-03-05) March 5, 1987 (age 35)
OccupationWriter, actress, comedian
Websiteniveditakulkarni.com

Nivedita Kulkarni (born March 5, 1987) is an American actress, model, writer, and comedian. She performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater,[1] and is best known as the national face of Bank of America. She is a part of the ensemble cast of "The Untitled Web Series That Morgan Evans Is Doing", which was nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 2013.[2][3][4][5]

Career[]

Nivedita Kulkarni was a finalist of Miss India America in 2007. After earning a degree in Econometrics from Washington University in St. Louis, she moved to New York and began her acting career.

Kulkarni has performed in stage shows including: Anish Shah's National Summer of Comedy Tour,[6] "The Laziest Woman In The World," which gained a mention in The New York Times,[7] and the 2011 national NetIP Summit, where Kulkarni became the first Indian American to perform an improvised show on national television.

In 2011, she was selected to be one of the national spokeswomen for Bank of America, and the only South Asian face of the brand. She was subsequently cast in a principal role in Tochi Onyebuchi's film Lippizaners,[8] which released in 2013. She also did a television commercial for Nescafe USA for 2013.

Nivedita's 2012 article for the Huffington Post, titled "The Craft of Acting," ran on the HuffPost Front Page and on HuffPost Beauty in 2012.[9]

Non-profit work[]

Kulkarni has partnered with the Nanubhai to organize combined theater shows and fundraisers. The Nanubhai Education Foundation is a US-based non-profit organization that works to promote childhood education in India. In 2012, Kulkarni was nominated to the national Lady Godiva Program for her work with the Nanubhai Foundation.[10]

Filmography[]

Film
Year Title Role Other notes
2010 Indian Woman
2011 Sheila
2011 Princess Leia
2012 Nina
2012 Maggie
Television
Year Title Role Other notes
2009 Royal Pains Wedding Guest USA Network
2011 Sheila
2011 Princess Leia
2013 Joan Conner Discovery ID
2013 Ms. Patel Discovery ID
Stage
Year Title Role Notes
2009 [11] Pocahontas Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (August 2009 – November 2009)
2009 Samsara Suraiya Dramatists Guild
2012 Sammy
2013 Lucille Producers Club
2013 The Squaw Producers Club
2014 Sanya Patel Strawberry One-Act Festival

Awards and nominations[]

Year Work Award Result
2010 Won
2011 Won
2012 Nominated
2014 Nominated

References[]

  1. ^ Upright Citizens Brigade
  2. ^ Time Magazine 2013 Writers Guild Nominees
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 1, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ WGA Announces New Media Nominees: http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/wga-announces-new-media-videogame-nominees/
  5. ^ Gregg Kilday, Jordan Zakarin, "WGA Awards: 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Argo' Take Top Screenplay Honors", The Hollywood Reporter, February 17, 2013.
  6. ^ "Save A Mother's NO LAUGHING MATTER Comedy Show in New York on DesiwebUSA TV". Desi Web USA. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  7. ^ "New York Times". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "Indian-American Actress Enjoys the Stage but Is Excited to Be on Screen in 'Lippizaners'". Bollywood Buzzine. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  9. ^ "The Craft of Acting". Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  10. ^ "Lady Godiva Program". Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  11. ^ "Lortel Archives-The Internet Off-Broadway Database". Lortel.org. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2012.

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