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Varada Sethu
Varada Sethu (born Varada Sethumadhavan, 12 May 1992) is a British actor, best known for playing Detective Sergeant Mishal Ali in BBC television series Hard Sun (2018), Cinta Kaz in the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor (2022–present) and Belinda Chandra in the BBC-Disney+ co-production Doctor Who (2025–present). In 2010, Sethu won the Miss Newcastle beauty pageant competition. Early lifeSethu and her twin sister, Abhaya, were born in Kerala, India,[1] and are of Malayali descent.[2][1] Sethu's parents are both doctors. Having moved to the North East of England at a young age, she grew up in Benton, Tyne and Wear,[3] near Newcastle upon Tyne. Sethu attended Dame Allan’s Schools and was a member of the National Youth Theatre.[3] During her final year of sixth form, Sethu won the 2010 Miss Newcastle competition.[1] She went on to study veterinary medicine at University of Bristol, later switching to physiology.[1] Sethu has been performing both Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam from a young age.[1] Sethu continued her acting education at the Identity School of Acting in London.[4][5] CareerIn 2010, Sethu made her debut appearance on screen in the short film Impressions as Samena.[6] In 2011, Sethu landed the role of Kiran in the feature film Sket,[3] then as Meghana Scariah in English: An Autumn in London in 2012. In 2015 she made an appearance in the 2000 TV series Doctors as PC Kylie Green. Her career continued in 2016 appearing as Peaseblossom in a 2016 TV movie version of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[4] Also in 2016, Sethu acted alongside Michael Caine and Daniel Radcliffe in Now You See Me 2 and as an Indian nurse in New Blood. In 2017, Sethu starred as Aisha in 2 episodes of Doctor Foster. In 2018, Sethu starred as DS Mishal Ali for six episodes in the BBC apocalyptic TV crime Series Hard Sun.[7] In 2019, Sethu performed as a series regular in season seven of Strike Back: Revolution as Lance Corporal Manisha Chetri of the British Army.[8][9] She played rebel Cinta Kaz in the 2022 first season of Andor.[2] Sethu is set to portray the companion Belinda Chandra in Doctor Who alongside Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday in Series 15 in 2025.[10][11] Prior to this, she played Mundy Flynn in the Series 14 episode "Boom".[12] FilmographyFilm
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