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Namrata Singh Gujral
Namrata Singh Gujral
Born	February 26, 1976 (1976-02-26) (age 33) Dharamsala
Occupation	Film, television actress

Namrata Singh Gujral born 26 February, 1976 is an American actress.

She is of Sikh faith and Indian, Tibetan and Latin descent. She is a 1998 graduate from the University of West Florida¹ but was born in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.

Contents 1 Roles 2 Current projects 3 Awards 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Roles

• Gujral will be featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docu-drama titled 1 a Minute scheduled for release in 2010. ² The documentary is being made by Namrata Singh Gujral and will also feature breast cancer suriviors Olivia Newton-John, Diahann Carroll, Melissa Etheridge, Mumtaz (actress) and Jaclyn Smith as well as William Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin and Priya Dutt. This is also her directorial debut. The feature is narrated by Kelly McGillis.
• “Shalini Singh/Shelley” in WB's Americanizing Shelley
• “Vidi” in 2009 release Mitsein
• “Fari Bin Ghori” on CBS's The Agency
• "Nurse Kathy” on NBC's Passions
• “Renu Mathur” in Bollywood blockbuster Kaante
• German-Samoan beauty, Anna Kraus in the staged reading of The Shark Hunter where she co-starred with Yancey Arias (of King Pins and Miss Saigon).
• Cameo appearance in the Ben Kingsley/Jennifer Connelly starrer House of Sand and Fog
• "Jaya Kushala" in Microsoft's Xbox game Quantum Redshift
• Saira Ahmed in Family Law (TV series)
• Yossi Saadi in Dragnet (series)

Current projects

• Gujral will be featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docu-drama titled 1 a Minute scheduled for release in 2010. ³ The documentary is being made by Namrata Singh Gujral and will also feature breast cancer suriviors Olivia Newton-John, Diahann Carroll, Melissa Etheridge, Mumtaz (actress) and Jaclyn Smith as well as William Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin and Priya Dutt. This is also her directorial debut. The feature is narrated by Kelly McGillis.

• Lead roles in the romantic comedy Americanizing Shelley⁴ with Beau Bridges, directed by Lorraine Senna of The Sopranos and Northern Exposure, which is currently in theaters and also the upcoming sci-fi feature STILL, scheduled to start production in 2010.

• Namrata also makes her singing debut with her recently recorded single Dancin' In The Clouds, a never-been-done-before American Country rock meets Bollywood style duet, with country star Steve Azar (“Waitin’ On Joe w/ Morgan Freeman), currently playing on Country Music Television. The single also features on MTV and VH1. Well known Hollywood composer Jay Ferguson of Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne fame produced the single. This makes Namrata the FIRST American artist with Eastern roots to be ever featured on CMT.⁵

Awards

• AskMen.Com's "Actress-Of-The-Week" in November 2007.⁶

• Pictorial spread in FHM India's New Year's Eve 2008 issue.⁷

• For her role of Pakistani-American “Saira Ahmed” on CBS's Family Law, Namrata along with co-stars Tony Danza and Kathleen Quinlan were Columbia Tristar's official nomination for the Emmy Awards 2002.

• Is commonly referred to as “America's Spiciest Sweetheart”.⁸⁹

Filmography

• 1 a Minute (2010)
• STILL (2010)
• Americanizing Shelley (2007)
• Kaante (2003)
• House of Sand and Fog (2003)
• Mitsein (2009)
• The Agency CBS - (2001-2002)
• Passions NBC - (2001-2005)
• Family Law (2001)
• Dragnet (2004)
• Training Day (2001) as Latina Beauty

References

External links

• Namrata Singh Gujral at the Internet Movie Database
• Fan site

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