Anjli Mohindra

Anjli Mohindra (born c. 1990) is a British actress known for her television roles in The Sarah Jane Adventures as Rani Chandra, as Nadia in the BBC One series Bodyguard, and as Josie Chancellor in the ITV series Dark Heart. In 2018, she played Tara Lohia opposite Simon Callow in the original ghost story The Dead Room written by Mark Gatiss.[1] In 2021, she played Surgeon Lieutenant Tiffany Docherty in the BBC One drama Vigil.

Anjli Mohindra
Mohindra in 2013
Bornc. 1990
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Early life

Mohindra was born c. 1990 in London, and grew up in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.[2][3] Her family is Hindu originating from Punjab, India.[2][4] She attended Jesse Gray Primary School and West Bridgford School. She later joined Nottingham Central Junior Television Workshop.[5] She trained in acting at the Carlton Workshops.[6]

In a 2018, interview about her personal style, Mohindra said that she had been a tomboy whilst growing up, sometimes wearing her brother's hand-me-down clothes.[7]

Career

Mohindra played the role of Rani Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures on CBBC, where her character is a few years younger than her. Mohindra played a small part in an episode of teen TV series The Inbetweeners,[8] and appears briefly as Sophie Martin in episode twelve of Law & Order: UK.[9] She also appears on Beaver Falls as Saima. She guest starred in an episode of Legends of Tomorrow as Punk Charlie. She initially declined the role of Nadia in Bodyguard until learning there would be more depth to her character than she assumed.[10]

ITV drama Wild Bill features Mohindra as a regular lead, opposite Rob Lowe.[11][12]

She appeared as Queen Skithra in the 12th series of Doctor Who, broadcast in 2020.[13]

In May 2020, Mohindra wrote People Under the Moon, a short film set during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown starring Gwilym Lee as a medic who joins a dating app on the eve of lockdown.[14]

Mohindra played the role of Surgeon Lieutenant Tiffany Docherty in the 2021 BBC One drama Vigil. Upon release, it was the most watched new drama that year from the BBC with 10.2 million viewers.[15]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Miss You Already Kira
2017 The Boy With The Topknot Bindi
2021 Munich – The Edge of War Joan

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005–2006Coronation StreetShareen2 episodes
2006DoctorsGemma FoxSeries 7; Episode 125
2008–2011The Sarah Jane AdventuresRani ChandraSeries 2–5; 41 episodes
2008The InbetweenersCharlotte's Friend1 episode; "Will Gets a Girlfriend"
2009Law and Order UKSophie Martin1 episode; "Love and Loss"
2010Holby CityMindy Kapoor1 episode; "The Butterfly Effect: Part Two"
Sarah Jane's Alien FilesRani Chandra1 episode
2011Beaver FallsSaimaSeries 1; Episode 1 and 4
2012CasualtyMeera HusseinSeries 26; Episode 36: "Teenage Dreams"
The Black Scholes ConspiracyDee
2013Coming UpRoxySeries 11, Episode 4: "Doughnuts"
2014–2015My JihadFahmida4 episodes
2014The MissingAmara SuriSeries 1
2015CucumberVeronica Chandra
CuffsNasreen IqbalEpisode 8
2016ParanoidPC Megan WatersMain role; 1 series
2016–2018Dark HeartDC Josie ChancellorMain role; 6 episodes
2017RevoltingZaynab1 episode
BancroftZaheera KamaraMain role; series 1
2018Midsomer MurdersFaiza JindalSeries 20, Episode 1 "The Ghost of Causton Abbey"
BodyguardNadia Ali4 episodes
Legends of TomorrowCharlieEpisode: "Dancing Queen"
The Dead RoomTara Lohia1 episode
2019Wild BillDCC Lydia PriceMain role
2020Doctor WhoQueen SkithraSeries 12; Episode: "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror"
Daleks!Mechanoid QueenVoice only
2021–presentVigilSurgeon Lieutenant Tiffany Docherty
2022ExtinctionArchieFilming

References
  1. The week in TV: The ABC Murders; Watership Down; You; The Dead Room; Mrs Brown’s Boys Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 30 December 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019
  2. Harvey, Chris (24 September 2018). "Bodyguard star Anjli Mohindra: 'Nadia isn't an Islamophobic stereotype – playing her was empowering'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. "Anjli hungers for a real taste of home". Nottingham Post. 16 October 2013. p. 36.
  4. Mohindra, Anjli (23 September 2018). "What starring in Bodyguard taught me about self-acceptance". Stylist. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. "James Pulford went to see the Central Drama Workshop perform Scary Play by Judith Johnson". Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  6. "Anjli Mohindra interview - from Bodyguard to Wild Bill, she's on a role". The Scotsman. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  7. In The Closet: Bodyguard Actress Anjli Mohindra Takes Centre Stage in flowing gowns Laura Mulley, express.co.uk, 20 September 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019
  8. "The Inbetweeners (2008)". Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  9. "Law and Order UK (2009)". Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  10. Bond, Kimberley (28 September 2018). "Why I turned down the role of Nadia in Bodyguard". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  11. Nottingham's Bodyguard and Dark Heart actress Anjli Mohindra to star alongside Rob Lowe in new ITV drama Wild Bill Rachel Gorman, nottinghampost.com, 8 November 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2019
  12. Wild Bill IMDB, Retrieved 26 June 2019
  13. Doctor Who Series 12: new director, actor, character discovered Andrea Laford, cultbox.com, 10 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  14. "Citation Needed", Retcon Game, University Press of Mississippi, 3 April 2017, doi:10.14325/mississippi/9781496811325.003.0047, ISBN 978-1-4968-1132-5
  15. Manning, Charlotte (6 September 2021). "Vigil becomes BBC's most watched new drama of 2021". Metro. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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