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Anisha Nagarajan Biography from WikiPedia
Born Anisha Nagarajan - September 17, 1985 (1985-09-17) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Known for Bombay Dreams, Outsourced
Anisha Nagarajan (born September 17, 1985)[citation needed] is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the Andrew Lloyd Webber theater musical, Bombay Dreams, and the 2010 NBC television series, Outsourced.[1]
Nagarajan's parents are immigrants from India.[1] Her mother, Geetha Nagarajan, is a former developmental specialist at Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic.[1] Her father, Nandu Nagarajan, is a professor and academic at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.[1] She has one brother, Arjun.[1]
Anisha Nagarajan was raised in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, before moving with her family to the suburb of Fox Chapel.[1] She spent a year at a boarding school in India when she was 15 years old before graduating from Fox Chapel Area High School in 2002.[1][1] She enrolled at New York University (NYU) after high school. She was cast in the Broadway musical Bombay Dreams as Priya during her sophomore year at NYU. She married her husband, actor Aalok Mehta, who co-starred in the musical.[1]
Nagarajan appeared in a number of regional theater productions following Bombay Dreams, including the Hangar Theater production of Rent in Ithaca, New York and the The Wiz at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California.[1] She is currently[when?] finishing her bachelor's degree at New York University.[1]
In 2010, Nagarajan was cast as Madhuri, a shy call center employee in the NBC series, Outsourced.[1] The role was her largest television credit to date.[1] She had previously appeared in a guest role on the ABC television series, Ugly Betty.[1]
From the LAPHIL Website
ANISHA NAGARAJAN originated the lead role of Priya in the Broadway production of AR Rahman's Bombay Dreams (Broadway Theatre). Other Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include Hair (Actor's Fund Benefit, New Amsterdam Theatre) and Snapshots (45th Street Theatre). Anisha's regional theater credits include Princesses (5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle) and Song Cycle of a Life (O'Reilly Theatre, Pittsburgh). She performed for the President and Queen Elizabeth at Winfield House, Regents Park, London. She has also performed at the Samuel Tilden Mansion in Gramercy Park and at Carnegie Hall, New York. Anisha's expertise and interests include piano composition, piano performance, and Indian vocal music. She has studied piano performance under Natasha Snitkovsky and piano composition under Lucas Richman. She has studied vocal music under teachers such as Joan Lader in New York and T. R. Subramaniam, S. R. Janakiram, and Aruna Sairam in Pittsburgh. She is a recognized alumna of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied theatre at the Stella Adler Studio. Anisha is honored to be a part of tonight's concert and would like to thank her family and friends for all their support.
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