Anahita Uberoi (born 1967) is an Indian actress working actively in theater circuit. Besides Uberoi also acted in some
Hindi film
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s.
Early life
Uberoi hails from a family of thespians to
Vijaya Mehta
Vijaya Mehta (born 4 November 1934), is a noted Indian Marathi film and theatre director and also an actor in many films from the Parallel Cinema. She is a founder member of Mumbai-based theatre group, Rangayan with playwright Vijay Tendulkar, ...
and Farrokh Mehta. Uberoi started to work in her mother's troupe at age of 12. Uberoi did her schooling from
The Cathedral & John Connon School
The Cathedral & John Connon School is a co-educational private school founded in 1860 and located in Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra.[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
St. Xavier's College is a private, Catholic, autonomous higher education institution run by the
Bombay Province of the Society of Jesus in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by the Jesuits on January 2, 1869. The college is affil ...](_blank)
. Subsequently, she trained
Herbert Berghof Studio
The HB Studio (Herbert Berghof Studio) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization offering professional training in the performing arts through classes, workshops, free lectures, theater productions, theater rentals, a theater artist residency prog ...
, New York and acted on Broadway, before returning to India.
Career
Anahita Uberoi worked in many
English language
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plays like ''Rupert's Birthday'', ''Going Solo'', ''Glass Menagerie'', ''Seascape with Sharks and Dancers'' and ''If Wishes Were Horses''.
Uberoi also worked as assistant director to
Gloria Muzio
Gloria Muzio is an American theatre and television director. She has worked on a number of TV shows including ''Criminal Minds'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', ''The Black Donnellys'', ''The Closer'', '' ER'', ''Third Watch'', '' Law & Order'', ''Law ...
and
Joe Dowling
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and worked with numerous American actors and actresses includes
Jason Robards
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,
Eli Wallach
Eli Herschel Wallach (; December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actor from New York City. From his 1945 Broadway debut to his last film appearance, Wallach's entertainment career spanned 65 years. Origina ...
, Robert Sean, Leonard, Judd Hirsch and Mary Steenburgen.
Anahita Uberoi at Rage Theaters
. Rage Theaters. Retrieved 23 October 2014. She has also appeared in 2003 hit film Jism, as Priyanka Kapoor.
References
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Living people
Hindi theatre
Indian film actresses
Indian stage actresses
Indian theatre directors
Indian women dramatists and playwrights
1967 births
Writers from Mumbai
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni
20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
Women writers from Maharashtra
20th-century Indian women writers
Indian women theatre directors
Dramatists and playwrights from Maharashtra
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