Devika Bhise is an American actress, best known for her performance in ''

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'', starring

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and

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Early life

Devika Bhise at a Q&A at the Toronto International Film Festival

Bhise was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City, and is of Indian descent. She attended

The Brearley School The Brearley School is an all-girls private school in New York City, located on the Upper East Side neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan. The school is divided into lower (kindergarten – grade 4), middle (grades 5–8) and upper (grades 9� ...

, an all-girl private school in Manhattan, and

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

, where she won the Hodson Trust Scholarship and was a

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under the mentorship of

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. While at Johns Hopkins University, she acted in Ira Hauptman's play, ''The Partition'', based on the life of Ramanujan, which contributed to her being cast in the film years later.

Career

Devika Bhise at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival

Bhise was cast in her first film, ''

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'', directed by

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, in tenth grade. While in high school, she also directed a documentary film ''Hijras: The Third Gender'', which won the award for Best Social Documentary at the New York Independent Film Festival in 2009. After graduating from Johns Hopkins, Bhise was cast in Partial Comfort's Off-Broadway production of ''And Miles To Go'', a play written by Chad Beckim, directed by Hal Brooks. She played small parts in television series such as ''

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'' and ''One Bad Choice'' until she was cast in ''

'' with

and

. She was seen next as the lead role in The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, the biopic on Indian queen

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, acting opposite

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and

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. Bhise also co-wrote the script. She also performed in 'Impossible Monsters' which also starred Chris Henry Coffey and Geofrey Owens in 2020 as a university student being part of a study on sleep paralysis.

Social activism

Devika Bhise at the Indo-American Film Festival

Bhise is part of New York's New Abolitionists, a group of New Yorkers "united by our commitment to ending human trafficking, in New York State and globally", alongside

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, Michael Bloomberg,

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, Seth Meyers,

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, and others.

Personal life

She is the daughter of dancer and director Swati Bhise and Bharat Bhise. In 2020, Bhise married Nicholas Gilson, Founder and CEO of Gilson Snow.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhise, Devika Living people 1990s births People from Manhattan Actresses from New York City American film actresses American television actresses American actresses of Indian descent 21st-century American actresses Johns Hopkins University alumni Brearley School alumni Year of birth missing (living people)