Anjli Mohindra
/Actor/Writer
Anjli Mohindra grew up in Nottingham and trained at The Television Workshop – an East Midlands-based training centre for young acting talent.
Her first major TV role was as Rani Chandra in CBBC’s The Sarah Jane Adventures – a part she played for four series between 2008-2011.
She has since had roles in many television dramas including Cucumber (Channel 4), written by Russell T Davies, Paranoid (Netflix), The Boy with The Topknot (BBC Two), Bancroft (ITV), Dark Heart (ITV), The Dead Room (BBC Four) opposite Simon Callow and Wild Bill alongside Hollywood star Rob Lowe.
She starred as Nadia in the BAFTA-winning BBC/Netflix thriller Bodyguard, a controversial role for which she received critical acclaim and in 2021 starred in Vigil - the BBC’s biggest new drama of the year - alongside Suranne Jones.
She recently featured in Netflix film Munich: The Edge of War with Jeremy Irons and George MacKay and starred in The Lazarus Project - a thriller for Sky alongside Paapa Essiedu as well as The Suspect for ITV with Aidan Turner.
She recently wrapped as the lead in The Red King, a brand new folk horror series which will air in Spring 2024.
Anjli recently secured a development deal with Urban Myth Films to create a TV series based on the life Princess Sophia Duleep Singh - the daughter of the last Maharajah of Punjab and a goddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Anjli lives in London.