Mandeep Gill is a British actress who has appeared in several TV shows, films and short films. She is best known for playing Yasmin Khan in the science-fiction TV show ‘Doctor Who’ from 2018 to 2022. In 2016, she worked in two other television sitcoms titled ‘Kukku’ and ‘Doctors’, in which she played the characters of Lauren and Shazia Amin respectively.
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Wiki/Biography
Mandeep Kaur Gill was born on Tuesday, 5 January 1988 (age 34 years; as in 2022) in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. He spent his childhood in Middleton, a suburban area in West Yorkshire. After completing his primary education, he joined Cockburn School to complete his secondary education. She moved with her family to a semi-rural village called Allerton Bywater at the age of 14, where she attended Brigshaw High School. In 2009, she received a BA (Hons) in Acting from the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, England. Later, he studied performing arts at Park Lane College in Leeds, England.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Weight (Approx): 60 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Picture Measurements (Approx): 35-28-35
Family
Mandeep Gill belongs to a Sikh family in Punjab, India. He spent his childhood on the estate where his parents owned newsagents.
parents and siblings
Mandeep has six siblings, five sisters and one brother.
Mandeep with his parents and siblings
livelihood
Television
He debuted as an actor in the soap opera ‘Hollyoaks’ in 2012. In 2017, she played the role of Padma Kholi in two episodes of the drama series ‘The Good Karma Hospital’. In the same year, she was offered supporting character roles in two drama series titled ‘Casualty’ and ‘Love, Lies and Records’. She became famous when she was chosen to play the lead role of companion Yasmin Khan in the television program ‘Doctor Who’. Her latest show is a thriller TV series ‘Suspicion’ which premiered on 4 February 2022 in which she played the role of Sonia Chopra.
Mandeep Gill on the poster of the TV series ‘Doctor Who’
short film
He has done two short films. In 2016, he starred in an award-winning drama short film ‘Rwd/Fwd’, directed by Teddy Nigh. She played Megan in the 2021 thriller short film ‘On Air’.
Poster of short film ‘On Air’
film
Mandeep got his first acting role in the film named ‘Flood’ in 2019. In 2020, she played the role of Shaina in the film ‘Five Dates’, directed by Paul Rashid.
Poster of Mandeep Gill starrer film ‘Five Dates’
Theater
In 2022, he acted in a thriller theater play titled ‘2:22 A Ghost Story’ directed by Danny Robbins. She played the character of Jenny. The play won a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best New Play.
Poster of thriller theater play ‘2 22 A Ghost Story’
Controversy
Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’ show is being criticized
In 2020, Netflix launched a reality show named ‘Indian Matchmaking’, which was based on arranged marriages. After watching the show, many people criticized it for supporting colorism and racism. Mandeep was one of those who criticized the show. He wrote on Twitter,
#IndianMatchMaking got me stressed out in the first 60 seconds. No lies.”
In another tweet he said,
She said that you will come to see her fair skin. My work is done!!! Get out of here with your flipping sling show!
Mandeep’s tweet criticizing Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking’ show
Favorite
- Podcast: Happy Place by Fernie Cotton
- Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Facts/General Knowledge
- In an interview, he revealed that for a short time he had thought about becoming a police officer; However, he abandoned the idea because according to him, he did not have the required skills to become a police officer.
- When she started looking for work in the acting industry, she gave auditions for two consecutive years but could not pass any audition, after which she started thinking that she should give up the idea of making a career in acting. In 2012, she got her first acting role in the TV show ‘Hollyoaks’.
- Before working in television, Mandeep worked in several theatrical productions.
- She is very active on social media and has more than 127k followers on Instagram.
- Chips, pasta and sandwiches are her favorite comfort foods. She always orders prawn crackers with extra sauce from her favorite restaurant ‘Wagamama’, which is a British food chain, which serves Asian food.
- In an interview, he talked about the variety of roles offered to Asian actors. He also talked about how Asian actors are no longer being typecast in English films and said,
There are other sections that say ‘non-race specific’. Years ago, there was an Asian person in a serial and the entire Asian acting community was going for that role. Now, you can find quite a few different Asian people, and their character isn’t based solely on their religion or culture: they just happen to be in a soap. But we still have a long way to go and I hope that when the time comes, I’ll be able to audition for anything and just worry about being the best person for the job, not the right race.”
- In an interview, she talked about her role preferences in films and TV shows and revealed her dream role. He said,
When it comes to playing a character who is not a Sikh, as I am, I always think, “Would I have done this if the character was a Sikh? “Will I offend anyone in my family?” if the answer is no [to the latter], then I will always play the role. But there are still a lot of other roles I would love to play, and hopefully after ‘Doctor Who’ I’ll be in a position to be a bit more selective about what roles I play. I want to play Wonder Woman.
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