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's '' Star Wars Rebels'' (2014–2018), played Rooni Schuman in ABC's '' Alex, Inc.'' (2018) and co-starred in ''

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'' (2013).

Early life and education

Sircar took dancing and acting classes at a young age. Her parents are

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Hindu college professors from

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, India. Sircar attended the

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. During her time in university, she interned at BLVD talent agency in Austin, which would go on to act as her first

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. The summer before her senior year, she was a tour guide in

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. Sircar graduated with a

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in Business/Marketing and a bachelor's in Theater & Dance. After graduation, she worked in sales at

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before moving to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career.

Career

Sircar's television appearances include ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Moonlight'', '' Numbers'', ''Privileged'', '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', and she has played recurring characters on ''The Suite Life on Deck'' and '' The Good Place''. In 2008, she played a Mac Genius as part of Apple's national ad campaign. The following year, she voiced an animated character for the Disney show ''Phineas & Ferb''. She was cast in New Line Cinema's ''17 Again'' as "Samantha"–a high school senior with a crush on the lead character played by

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. Sircar also appeared in the 2013 theatrical release ''

'', comedy also starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, and Rose Byrne. Sircar has stated that she'd often get cast as ethnically ambiguous characters because she's not "Indian enough". Sircar's voice acting for animation include the feature film '' Walking with Dinosaurs 3D'' and the television series '' Star Wars Rebels'', which began airing on Disney XD in October 2014. Sircar provides the voice of

, a Mandalorian graffiti artist and explosives expert. On March 24, 2014, it was announced that Sircar would star in the CBS/FOX pilot '' How I Met Your Dad'', a spinoff of the successful ''

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''; however, CBS passed on the proposed project. Sircar had a prominent role in the cast of the 2016 comedy television series '' The Good Place'' as "the real Eleanor Shellstrop," a virtuous woman mistakenly sent to hell in place of the series' protagonist, another Eleanor Shellstrop (

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). In 2018, Sircar began a starring role opposite

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in ABC's '' Alex, Inc.'' The series was cancelled after one season. Sircar subsequently led the

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feature film ''Good Sam'' in 2019.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sircar, Tiya 1982 births American film actresses Living people Actresses from Texas People from Fort Worth, Texas American television actresses 21st-century American actresses American people of Bengali descent American actresses of Indian descent McCombs School of Business alumni American environmentalists American women environmentalists Activists from Texas American voice actresses American video game actresses Moody College of Communication alumni