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| education = [[National University of Singapore]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
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'''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 a [[Singaporean]] actress
==Early life and education==
Vasan was born in [[
==Career==
In 2011, Vasan made her television debut as Lauren in two episodes of the [[Channel 4]] comedy-drama ''[[Fresh Meat (TV series)|Fresh Meat]]''. After completing drama school the following year, she had small roles in the [[National Theatre Wales]] production of ''The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning'', the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] production of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'', as well as ''Golgotha'' at the [[Tristan Bates Theatre]] in London.
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|
In 2018, Vasan played Zahra Alsaadi in the
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
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.
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Her performance as Stella won Vasan the 2023 [[Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Guardian |date=2 April 2023 |title=Olivier awards 2023: full list of winners |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/apr/02/olivier-awards-2023-full-list-of-winners}}</ref>
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|
She has a role in the comedy film ''[[Wicked Little Letters]]'' as PC Gladys Moss.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/24/wicked-little-letters-review-thea-sharrock-olivia-colman-jessie-buckley-deliciously-sweary-poison-pen-mystery |title=Wicked Little Letters review – a deliciously sweary poison-pen mystery |last=Jones |first=Ellen E |date=24 February 2024 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography==
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| [[2024 WhatsOnStage Awards|WhatsOnStage Awards]]
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| [[2024 British Academy Television Awards|British Academy Television Award]]
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
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*[https://anjanavasan.bandcamp.com/ Anjana Vasan at Bandcamp]
{{Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress}}
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{{RTS Programme Award for Best Comedy Performance by a Female Actor}}
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