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| Purva
Bedi, UMA BALACHANDRAN is an actress of stage, film, and television. On screen, she played the Ammy-nominated role of Nina Shah in "American Desi," as well as roles in "Cosmopolitan," "Green Card Fever," "Wings of Hope,” “The Arrangement,” and “The Emperor's Club.” Guest roles on television include "The West Wing," "ER,” "Strong Medicine" and "Fastlane." Theatrically, Purva has established a strong presence in both New York City and Los Angeles in Manhattan Theatre Club’s "East is East," at The Mark Taper Forum in "Rice Boy,” and in the Lincoln Center Theatre Director's Lab. Purva is a founder and Co-Artistic Director of Disha, a South-Asian theatre company in New York. Purva attended the Public Theatre’s Shakespeare Lab, The British American Drama Academy, and Williams College. Watch for her starring role in the upcoming PBS film, "Cosmopolitan" directed by Nisha Ganatra (Chutney Popcorn) and written by Sabrina Dhawan (Monsoon Wedding) on television in May 2004. For more info, go to www.PurvaBedi.com. |
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| Danny
Wooten, JOHN RAY a native of New York, connoisseur of dance, music, acting and the revised American art form of tap (Hoofing), has had a creative passion for the stage and Being behind the camera since the age of three. A fine actor as well as an accomplished tapper, Danny has appeared in many Broadway and off-Broadway productions, national commercials and television shows (to many to name them all). But just to name a few, He’s laced up his sneakers for projects that include the Coke-Cola tree house commercial with Michael “Air” Jordan, Burger King, Footlocker, Malcom Jamel Warner’s NBC spin off “Here and Now”, Guest starred on Moesha, He landed a recurring role on Fame L.A., and a host of various talk and morning shows such as as “ The Arsenio Hall Show”,” The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, “Good Day L.A.” and radio’s” Morning Show with Dr. Dre and Ed Lover on Hot 97.1 in New York City. Making his Broadway debut at 14 years of age, Danny was featured in the Tony Award winning Musical revue,” Black and Blue”. |
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| Andy Freeman, TROY BLACK has been acting in plays and film for half his life. His love of film began most likely with the "Herbie-the-lovebug" films of the late 70's but hit a point of maturity with Raging Bull in 1980. Robert DeNiro's performance in that film has been the catalyst for his pursuit of a career in front of the camera. Since 1998, he has made his home in San Francisco, performing in over a dozen films and plays. Check out http://www.andytheactor.com for more. |
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Jennifer Lee Chan, LEILA WANG |