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Agam Darshi
Darshi at the Armageddon Expo Melbourne, Australia in 2011
Born (1987-12-23) December 23, 1987 (age 37)
Birmingham, England, UK
NationalityBritish, Canadian
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
SpouseJuan Riedinger
Children2
Websitehttp://www.agamdarshi.com/

Agamdeep Darshi (born December 23, 1987) is a British-Canadian actress.

Early life

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Darshi was born in the city of Birmingham in England, the United Kingdom; to Sikh parents of Indian Punjabi descent.[1] At a very young age she and her family has emigrated to Canada, where she grew up mainly in Montreal, in Ottawa, and in Vancouver.[2] At the age of 14 she left home and relocated to Calgary, Alberta; which assisted her with the initial steps to pursue a career of acting. Darshi studied theatre and fine arts at the University of Calgary, and earned a degree in photography.

Career

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Darshi has made appearances in over twenty-five television productions along with appearing in over a dozen films. She is best known for her roles in Tru Calling, Dead Zone, The L-Word, and as Laura in the horror film Final Destination 3. She appeared in a recurring role on the Canadian teen-drama television series renegadepress.com. From 2009 to 2011, Darshi appeared in the television series Sanctuary. She was part of the main cast in seasons two and three and had a recurring role in season four.

At the 2013 Leo Awards, she won Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture for her role in the feature Crimes of Mike Recket.[3] Along with fellow South Asian actress Patricia Isaac, she co-founded the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival (VISAFF).[4] She has also appeared as Ruby Shivani in season 2 of TV serial You Me Her.

In January 2021, she began principal photography on her directorial debut film, titled Donkeyhead, in Regina, Saskatchewan.[5] The film, in which Darshi also played the lead character, premiered at the 2021 Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival.[6]

Darshi is also a producer, director,[7] writer, screenwriter, playwright, artist, and graphic designer.

Personal life

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She is married to Canadian actor Juan Riedinger; and they have twin sons.[8]

Filmography

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List of acting performances in film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Pavane for a Dead Skunk Saviour Woman Short film
2004 renegadepress.com Hema / Hemma 3 episodes
2004 Tru Calling Dawn Pullman Episode: "Two Pair"
2004 Touching Evil Lakshmi Episode: "Grief"
2004 Perfect Romance Smitten student TV movie
2004 Pink Ludoos Pria Dhaliwal
2004–2008 Stargate Atlantis Novo / Athosian #2 2 episodes
2005 Reefer Madness Female Dancer
2005 Stranger in My Bed Hotel Clerk TV movie
2005 Best Friends Sales Clerk TV movie
2005 Zixx: Level Two Jayda 8 episodes
2005–2009 The L Word Waitress 4 episodes
2006 Final Destination 3 Laura
2006 Double Cross Lorraine TV movie
2006 Supernatural Jill Episode: "Hell House"
2006 Civic Duty Nurse
2006 49th & Main Rajanpreet Johal TV series
2006 The Dead Zone Tahmina Mahmud Episode: "Articles of Faith"
2006 Snakes on a Plane Dell Girl
2006 Deck the Halls News Producer
2006 Masters of Horror Travel Agent Episode: "The Screwfly Solution"
2006 Under the Sycamore Tree Allison
2007 Good Luck Chuck Female Wedding Guest
2007 Kyle XY Pretty Girl Episode: "The List Is Life"
2007 Butterfly on a Wheel APM Secretary
2007 Psych Dwyer Episode: "Meat Is Murder, But Murder Is Also Murder"
2007 American Venus Ki
2007 The Haunting of Sorority Row Rachel TV movie
2007 Reaper Bubbly Employee Episode: "Magic"
2008 Poison Ivy: The Secret Society Nadia TV movie
2008 Robson Arms Sara Episode: "Prince of Nigeria"
2008 NYC: Tornado Terror Dog Walker #2 TV movie
2008 The Guard Darma Singh 6 episodes
2008 Bollywood Beckons Neeru Singh Short film
2008 Past Lies Claudia TV movie
2009 Playing for Keeps Maya TV movie
2009 Watchmen On Location Reporter
2009 Impact Ella Barlow TV miniseries, Episode: "#1.2"
2009 Almost Audrey Stephanie TV movie
2009 Excited Safira
2009 Stargate Universe Dr. Sonja Damji Episode: "Air: Part 1"
2009 2012 Aparna Tsurutani
2009–2011 Sanctuary Kate Freelander 37 episodes
2010 Dan for Mayor Brianna 12 episodes
2010 A Night for Dying Tigers Debbie
2010 Fathers & Sons Agam
2011 Normal Nancy TV movie
2011 Endgame Tara Episode: "Bless This Union"
2011 White Collar Poet Air 2 episodes
2012 County Talaikha TV movie
2012 In Their Skin Nurse
2012 The Possession Court Representative
2012 Crimes of Mike Recket Jasleen Recket
2012 Ring of Fire Audrey Leems / Audrey Lee TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2013 Arrow Anastasia Episode: "Betrayal"
2013 Played Khali Bhatt (Main) 13 episodes
2013 Reunion Her Short film
2014 Bates Motel Deputy Patty Lin 2 episodes
2015 Perception Nasim Shah Episode: "Mirror"
2016 Brain on Fire Dr. Khan
2017 Colossal Ash Film
2017 Chokeslam Dr. Hayden Film
2017 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Wakti Wapnasi 4 episodes
2017 You Me Her Ruby Shivani Recurring role (season 2)
2018 Kingsway Megan
2019 The Magicians Janet Pluchinsky 2 episodes
2020 Funny Boy Radha Nominated for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards
2021 The Flash Mona Taylor / Queen 4 episodes
2021 Donkeyhead Mona Ghuman Also director
2023 She Talks to Strangers Aran
2024–present Sight Unseen Sunny Main cast

References

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  1. ^ Ip, Stephanie (14 July 2011). "Casting talent over colour". 24 Hours Vancouver. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2013. Agam Darshi's on-screen husband wore a turban but no beard. The problem? Sikh culture dictates men keep their hair uncut - something the filmmakers overlooked. "It's just not being respectful to the actual culture itself," said the Vancouver actor. Darshi's story is indicative of a larger challenge in Hollywood North. While roles are few, even more rare are those that don't cast ethnic actors like Darshi into stereotypes.
  2. ^ "Snakes on an iPod Girl Interview". snakesonablog.com. 15 June 2006. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. ^ "VanCity Buzz Entertainment: "An Interview with Played Star Agam Darshi", Oct. 2013". Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  4. ^ Ip, Stephanie (14 July 2011). "Casting talent over colour". 24 Hours Vancouver. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2013. The whole festival is about opening up the perceptions of mainstream audiences so they can see South Asian and other minorities as being part of their world," she said. "We definitely are South Asian, but we live and think of ourselves as very mainstream actors."
  5. ^ Dino-Ray Ramos (21 January 2021). "'Funny Boy' Actress Agam Darshi Sets Feature Directorial Debut With Family Dramedy 'Donkeyhead'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. ^ Victoria Ahearn, "In Brief: Agam Darshi's Donkeyhead to open MISAFF". Playback, November 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Furminger, Sabrina (29 August 2013). "Vancouver actresses create their own film industry". WeVancouver. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Darshi (who co-starred on Sanctuary and recently won a Leo Award for her role in Crimes of Mike Recket) directed, while Lowe and Sidhu shared producing responsibilities. It was the first time any of these experienced actresses had attempted any of these weighty roles.
  8. ^ Gee, Dana (2 December 2020). "Agam Darshi's long ago dream is now a reality on the screen". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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