Kira Narayanan is an Indian Actress and TV Presenter. She is best known for playing Aayat in "Jee Karda" on Amazon Prime Video, hosting ''Cricket Live'' on the

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and for playing the role of

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and BookMyShow's ''Aladdin the Musical'' in India.

Personal life

Kira grew up in

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and started acting when she was 13. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (London).

Career

Television

Kira debuted as an English Television Sports Anchor for

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during ''Vivo Pro

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Season 7 (2019)''. She then went on to anchor for "''Cricket Live"'' in the absence of

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, hosting her first ''Indian Premier League (IPL)'' in 2020, as well as the India/England Test, ODI and T20I Series in 2021. She's appeared alongside cricket greats and network regulars

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, Gautham Gambhir, Greame Swann, Lisa Sthalekhar,

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and Dean Jones.

Stage

Kira was cast by Tess Joseph to play Princess

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in the stage

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version of the Disney film ''Aladdin'', produced by Disney International and BookMyShow. In 2019, Kira stepped into the iconic shoes of

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and

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to play the role of ''

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'' in Rael Padamsee's ''

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the Musical''.

Web series

Kira plays Aayat Merchant in "

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" on Amazon Prime Video starring

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, and in the 2019 web serie
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she appeared as ''Devika/Lavanya'' opposite Indian web stars Aisha Ahmed and Ayush Mehra.

Film

Kira made her feature film debut as ''Sri Devi'' (a classical dancer) in the 2018

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Picture ''Koothan'', where she starred alongside

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greats

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and

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Work and filmography

Television

Plays/Musicals

Films

Web series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Narayanan, Kira Living people 1994 births Actresses from Kuala Lumpur Musicians from Kuala Lumpur Tamil actresses Malaysian film actresses Malaysian television actresses Malaysian people of Indian descent Malaysian people of Tamil descent Malaysian stage actresses Malaysian television personalities Actresses in Tamil cinema Malaysian expatriate actresses in India Malaysian expatriates in the United Kingdom Alumni of University College London New York Film Academy alumni 21st-century Malaysian actresses