Purva Bedi

FILM

Cosmopolitan Supporting Lead Gigantic Pictures (Dir. Nisha Ganatra/Writer Sabrina Dhawan)
The Emperor’s Club Supporting Universal Pictures (Dir. Michael Hoffman)
American Desi    Lead  American Desi Productions / Eros
Green Card Fever  Lead Net Effect Media
Ball & Chain Lead  Lions Gate / Victory Productions
Wings of Hope Lead Touch Films Productions / Cinecorps
Vasarma’s Lovers Lead Universal Pictures / Hypnotic
Eastern Son Lead Dir. Jaffar Mahmood / Prod. Amotz Zakai
Good Thing  Lead  Dir. Keshni Kashyap *Winner Spotlight Award, IFP LA*
Bananas  Lead  Dir. Brett Hershey / Prod. Brad Silberling / Gordon Clapp
This Moment Lead Dir. Leena Pendharkar

TELEVISION

Boston Legal   Guest Star  ABC
House Guest Star FOX
Law & Order: Criminal Intent  Guest Star NBC
Alias   Guest Star ABC
The West Wing Guest Star NBC
The Drew Carey Show Guest Star ABC
Strong Medicine  Guest Star Lifetime
Fastlane  Co-Star FOX
E.R. Co-Star NBC
Guiding Light  Recurring  CBS

NEW YORK THEATRE

The American Pilot (workshop) Evie  Manhattan Theatre Club
Merchant Of Venice Noorani/Jessica Lark/Cornerstone/East West Players, Dir. Tracey Young
Sonoma   Pepper Target Margin Theatre
These Very Serious Jokes (Goethe’s Faust) Gretchen Target Margin Theatre, Dir. David Herskovits
Kingdom of Lost Songs (Dir. Lab) Rani  Lincoln Center Theatre, Dir. Brooke Brod
East is East Meenah   Manhattan Theatre Club, Dir. Scott Elliott
The Quadroon Ball (workshop) Jeanette New York Theatre Workshop
ABCD (workshop) Multiple Ensemble Studio Theatre
The 5 Hysterical Girls Theorem Kleine Esther Target Margin Theatre, Dir. David Herskovits
The Seagull   Yakov  Target Margin Theatre, Dir. David Herskovits

REGIONAL THEATRE

Merchant Of Venice Noorani/Jessica Mark Taper Forum, Dir. Tracey Young
Rice Boy   Servant Girl  Mark Taper Forum Taper, Too, Dir. Chay Yew
Clothes Lead New Works For A New World/UMASS Amherst, Dir. Roberta Uno
King Lear  Gloucester Williams College, Dir. David Herskovits
Six Characters in Search of An Author Step-Daughter Williams College, Dir. Bernard Bucky

On Camera and V.O. list upon request

TRAINING

The Public Theatre Shakespeare Lab, New York, NY

Teachers Include Ron Van Lieu, Michael Cumpsty, Deborah Hecht, Kate Wilson, Liev Schreiber, Roger Rees, John Dias

Talking Band Performance Lab, New York, NY

Artists Include Anne Bogart, Joe Chaikin, Joanna Akalaitis, Basil Twist, Janie Geiser, F. Murray Abraham

British American Drama Academy,London

Acting: Jane Lapotaire, Fiona Shaw      Voice: Catherine Charlton      Shakespeare: George Hall

Actors Center & Independent Studios, New York

Acting: Tina Shepard    Michael Chekov: Lenard Petit    Masks: Isabelle Anderson    Film Audition: Todd Thaler

Williams College, Williamstown, MA National School of Drama, New Delhi, India 

SPECIAL SKILLS & AWARDS

African Dance, Stage Combat (Rapier & Dagger), Ice Skating, Skiing, Scuba Diving, Biking

Languages French, Hindi, Punjabi,  Urdu, Spanish

AccentsBritish, Indian, French, Middle Eastern, Iraqui, Iranian, Afghani, Spanish, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Mexican

Nominated for “Best Actress in a Feature Film” 2001 AMMY Awards for American Desi,

Winner Most Notable Actresses Berkshire Eagle Annual Theatre Review (Williamstown)

Directed stage adaptation of “The Ramayana.”  Founder & Artistic Director of  Disha Theatre.