Ankita Makwana is a Swiss actress and model. She made her acting debut with the

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. She is founder of two film production companies, ''Rebelmango'' and ''Am films''.

Early life

Makwana is daughter of the Honorary Consul-General of India to Zurich and State of the Vatican City J.H. Makwana. She grew up in Zurich and lived in

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. She studied Bachelor of Arts in Law and Economics at the

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Career

In her childhood Makwana hosted one episode of TV Show ''Euro Zindagi'' on '' Zee TV UK''. Before acting in movies, she took formal training at the ''Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Lab'' in Mumbai in 2010. After that she started with small movies and ad films for companies like ''Ford Ikon'' or ''Universal Mobile'' where she shared screen space with renowned Bollywood actor

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. She appeared in a friendly appearance in

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'' as Tisha. She has been a cover model for the Swiss women's magazine ''Annabelle''. She has also modelled for ''495dm'' and other brands. She was featured in the ''WW Who is Who Zurich 2014'' magazine, and several other Swiss-German papers as such

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. According to the media Makwana is also writing a script for a Bollywood movie which will be produced in

. In October 2013 Makwana was invited as a motivational speaker at the '' TEDx conference'' in Zurich Makwana is also producing, writing, directing and acting in the sitcom ''Zurich 8001''. ''Zurich 8001'' is the first international and English speaking sitcom to be shot entirely in Zurich,

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Filmography

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Actors from Zürich Swiss film actresses Swiss television actresses Swiss female models Swiss motivational speakers Swiss people of Indian descent Actresses of Indian descent Swiss expatriates in India Actresses in Hindi cinema European actresses in India University of St. Gallen alumni 21st-century Swiss actresses {{Switzerland-bio-stub