Varada Sethu

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Varada Sethu
Born1992
Kerala, India
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Varada Sethu (born 1992) is a British actress, best known for playing DS Mishal Ali in the BBC apocalyptic TV Series Hard Sun. She has also featured in Now You See Me 2 as the assistant to Michael Caine’s character.

Early life[]

Varada was born in Kerala, India to parents who are both doctors, and she has a twin sister, Abhaya. Having moved to the North East of England at a young age, she grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne. Sethu attended Dame Allan’s Schools and was a member of the National Youth Theatre.[1] During her final year of sixth form, Sethu won the 2010 Miss Newcastle competition.[2] She went on to study Veterinary medicine at University of Bristol, later switching to Physiology.[2] Sethu has been performing both Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam from a young age.[2] Sethu continued her acting education at the Identity School of Acting in London.[3]

Career[]

Varada Sethu appeared in a short film Appearances as Sameena in 2010.[2] Later Sethu landed the role of Kiran in the 2011 feature film Sket,[1] then as Meghana Scariah in English: An Autumn in London in 2012. In 2015 she made an appearance in the 2000 TV series Doctors as PC Kylie Green. Her career continued in 2016 appearing as Peaseblossom in a 2016 TV movie version of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[3] Also in 2016, Varada acted alongside Michael Caine and Daniel Radcliffe in Now You See Me 2 and as an Indian nurse in New Blood. In 2017 Varada starred as Aisha in 2 episodes of Doctor Foster.[4] Varada also starred as DS Mishal Ali for 6 episodes in the British crime drama series Hard Sun in 2018.[4]

In 2019, Verada performed as a series regular in season seven of Strike Back: Revolution as Lance Corporal Manisha Chetri of the British Army [5] [6]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role
2010 Impressions (Short film) Sameena [2]
2011 Sket [1] Kiran
2012 English: An Autumn in London Meghana Scariah
2016 A Midsummer Night's Dream[7] Peaseblossom
2016 Now You See Me 2 [7] Tressler Assistant
2018 Special Delivery (Short film) Parminder
2020 Bad News (Short film) Mindi

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Doctors 1 episode
2016 New Blood Indian Nurse 3 episodes [7]
2017 Doctor Foster. Aisha 2 episodes [4] [7]
2018 Hard Sun DS Mishal Ali 6 episodes [4]
2019 Strike Back: Revolution Lance Corporal Manisha Chetri, British Army 10 episodes [6]
2019 Hanna CIA Analyst McArthur 2 episodes
2020 Strike Back: Vendetta Lance Corporal Manisha Chetri, British Army 9 episodes

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Geordie actress Aimee Kelly in line for film award". chroniclelive.co.uk. 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Latest News". ukmalayalee.com. 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Portfolio: Varada Sethu". identityschoolofacting.com. 2021. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Meet the cast of BBC1s hard Sun". radiotimes.com. 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Strike Back's Varada Sethu: 'It Really Is A Season Unlike Any Other'". nerdophiles.com/. 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Strike Back: 10 Best Characters Killed Off Prematurely In The Show". screenrant.com. 24 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d "From Miss Newcastle to TV star and the other North East female stars making it big". chroniclelive.co.uk. 2018.

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