Anjana Vasan: Difference between revisions

| birth_place = [[ChennaiMadras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India

| alma_matereducation = [[National University of Singapore]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Royal Welsh College of Music &and Drama]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])

'''Anjana Vasan''' (born 31 January 1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/who-is-anjana-vasan-age-where-from-black-mirror/|title=Black Mirror's Anjana Vasan: 'I Would Love To Explore Demon 79 Again – But In A Different Universe'|work=[[Grazia]]|last1=Roberts|first1=Charlotte|last2=Harry|first2=Aaliyah|date=19 June 2023|accessdate=24 July 2023}}</ref><!-- Possibly [[WP:CITOGENESIS]] - are there other sources to verify this? --> is ana [[Indian Singaporean]] actress and singer-songwriter based in [[Greater London|London]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://thebritishblacklist.co.uk/tbb10-with-anjana-vasan-starring-in-young-vic-production-of-life-of-galileo/|title=#TBB10 with Anjana Vasan starring in Young Vic production of Life of Galileo|journal=The British Blacklist|first=Akua|last=Gyamfi|date=17 May 2017|accessdate=20 June 2021}}</ref> SheBorn into a Tamil family in India, she is knownbased forin the [[United Kingdom]]. For her stage work, winningVasan has won a [[Laurence Olivier Award]],.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/summer-and-smoke-duke-of-yorks-patsy-ferran_48044.html | title=Review: Summer and Smoke (Duke of York's Theatre) | publisher=WhatsOnStage | first=Alun | last=Hood | date=21 November 2018 | accessdate=5 December 2022}}</ref> andOn hertelevision, roleshe stars in the [[Channel 4]] sitcom ''[[We Are Lady Parts]]'' (2021–2024), for which she was nominated for a [[British Academy Television Award]]. SheHer starredfilms in theinclude ''[[BlackWicked MirrorLittle Letters]]'' episode "[[Demon 79]]" in (2023).

Vasan was born in [[ChennaiMadras]] (now known as Chennai), India to a [[Tamils|Tamil Hindu]] family and moved to [[Singapore]] when she was four years old.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/witching-hour/291280|title=Witching Hour|journal=Outlook|first=Vibhuti|last=Patel|date=14 July 2014|accessdate=20 June 2021}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://browngirlmagazine.com/2020/11/the-cast-of-mogul-mowgli-on-representation-and-breaking-barriers/|title=The Cast of 'Mogul Mowgli' on Representation and Breaking Barriers|journal=Brown Girl Magazine|date=24 November 2020|accessdate=20 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624223536/https://browngirlmagazine.com/2020/11/the-cast-of-mogul-mowgli-on-representation-and-breaking-barriers/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mogulmowgli.co.uk/anjana-vasan|title="Chennai. Singapore. London. I'm made up of three places and cultures. I often feel like I'm split in three."|website=Mogul Mowgli|accessdate=20 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202140/https://www.mogulmowgli.co.uk/anjana-vasan|url-status=dead}}</ref> She took theatre studies at the [[National University of Singapore]] before relocating to the United Kingdom, where she graduated in 2012 with a [[Master of Arts]] in Acting from the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.rwcmd.ac.uk/2014/07/08/ajana-on-singapore-shakespeare-and-sir-ken/|title=Anjana on Singapore, Shakespeare and Sir Ken|website=RWCMD|date=8 July 2014|accessdate=20 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/arts/anjana-vasan-dolls-house-interview-lyric-hammersmith-337086|title=Anjana Vasan on A Doll's House: 'I didn't know if someone who was foreign and brown would have a career here'|journal=INews|first=Fiona|last=Mountford|date=10 September 2019|accessdate=20 June 2021}}</ref>

Vasan played a witch in [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s ''[[Macbeth]]'' at the [[Manchester International Festival]] and for its New York run at the [[Park Avenue Armory]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/people/anjana-vasan|title=Anjana Vasan|website=BBA Shakespeare|date=12 April 2022|accessdateaccess-date=5 February 2023}}</ref> SheIn 2015, she made her feature film debut with a small role in the live-action version of ''[[Cinderella (2015 Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' (2015).

In 2018, Vasan played Zahra Alsaadi in the [[Channel 4]] sitcom ''[[Hang Ups (TV series)|Hang Ups]]'' and had a role in the anthology film ''[[London Unplugged]]''. She played Rosa in ''[[Summer and Smoke]]'' at the [[Almeida Theatre]] and [[Duke of York's Theatre]], marking her [[West End theatre|West End]] debut. This was followed by roles ''[[Rutherford and Son]]'' at the National Theatre and ''[[A Doll's House]]'' at the [[Lyric Hammersmith]], the latter of which earned her an [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards|''Evening Standard'' Theatre Award]] nomination.

Vasan starred in the 2020 [[Riz Ahmed]]-written and starring drama film ''[[Mogul Mowgli]]''. She then reprised her role from the 2018 short ''Lady Parts'' as lead guitar player Amina in ''[[We Are Lady Parts]]'' on [[Channel 4]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/we-are-lady-parts|title='We Are Lady Parts', A Comedy Series About An All-Female Muslim Punk Band, Is About To Bring The House Down|journal=British Vogue|first=Radhika|last=Seth|date=14 May 2021|accessdateaccess-date=20 June 2021}}</ref> For her performance, Vasan received nominations at the [[British Academy Television Awards]], [[Independent Spirit Awards]], and [[Gotham Awards]]. She also appeared in [[Joe Wright]]'s ''[[Cyrano (film)|Cyrano]]''.

Vasan joined the main cast of the BBC spy thriller ''[[Killing Eve]]'' for its fourth and final series as Pam. She returned to the stage as [[Stella Kowalski]] in the London revival of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' opposite [[Paul Mescal]] and [[Patsy Ferran]]. The production opened at the Almeida Theatre in 2022 and moved to the [[West End theatre|West End]]'s [[Phoenix Theatre, London|Phoenix Theatre]] in 2023.

In 2023, Vasan starred in the ''[[Black Mirror]]'' episode "[[Demon 79]]" as Nida Huq, a woman in 1970s Britain who discovers a talisman. She had previously made a brief appearance in a previous ''Black Mirror'' episode, "[[Nosedive (Black Mirror)|Nosedive]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/anjana-vasan-black-mirror-streetcar-named-desire-hype-2407637|title=Anjana Vasan on Black Mirror, Paul Mescal and bad reviews|work=[[i (newspaper)|i]]|last=Saville|first=Alice|date=14 June 2023|accessdateaccess-date=17 June 2023}}</ref>

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| [[Television film]]

| ''[[Sex Education (TV series)|Sex Education]]''

| Abortion clinic protester

| 2021-2024

| Main role, 2 series

| Rosa/Nellie/Rosemary

| style="text-align: center;" |2019
| [[65th Evening Standard Theatre Awards|2019Evening Standard Theatre Award]]

| 2021
| [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2021|2021Gotham Award]]

| rowspan="43" | ''[[We Are Lady Parts]]''

| rowspan="32" | 2022

| [[37th2022 IndependentBritish SpiritAcademy Television Awards|IndependentBritish SpiritAcademy AwardsTelevision Award]]

| [[IndependentBritish SpiritAcademy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in a New Scripted Series|Best Female Comedy Performance in a New Scripted Series]]

| [[National37th ComedyIndependent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]]

| rowspan="3" | ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''