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Lisa Hayley Ambalavanar is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Alia Hanif in the

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'' (2018–2019) and Mia in the

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series '' The A List'' (2018–present).

Early life

Ambalavanar was born in

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. She is of English and Sri Lankan heritage. She trained at the

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(LIPA).

Career

Ambalavanar made her professional debut in an episode of the

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'' in 2009, appearing as a shop assistant. She then made appearances in projects including short film ''Coffee'' (2011) and films ''The Stuff of Legend'' (2015) and ''Like Living'' (2016). Ambalavanar has also starred in various stage productions, including ''Painkillers'' (2014) and ''

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'' (2016). For her performance in ''Singin' in the Rain'', Philip Lowe of ''East Midlands Theatre'' wrote that she "lights up the stage with her attractive personality, her comic timing and some beautifully sung numbers". In 2018, she was cast in the

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daytime soap opera ''

''. She made her debut appearance as Alia Hanif on 7 February 2018; Alia was played by Mandy Thandi prior to Ambalavanar taking over the role. Later that year, she began appearing in the

series '' The A List'' in the main role of Mia. In 2019, she made an appearance in a production of ''

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'', in which she was described as "forthright, headstrong and full of energy" by Julie Bayley of '' Derbyshire Live''. Later that year, she portrayed the role of Fairy Wiseheart in a production of ''

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''. She appears as

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in Season 4 of ''

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'' on

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ambalavanar, Lisa Living people Actresses from Derbyshire Alumni of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts English actresses of South Asian descent English people of Sri Lankan descent English soap opera actresses English stage actresses English television actresses People from Derby Year of birth missing (living people)