I Am One Of The New Characters

I Feel Like I Have One Foot In New York, One Foot In London And One Foot In India. But It's Important To Me To Invest Time With Family.

The Generation That Migrated To The West In The 1970s Or 1960s Has Now Lived More In The West Than India, And India Has Changed So Much. My Parents Fall Into That Category.

Since I Was A Baby My Goal Was To Be On Tv Because Film Was Just Impossible - You Never Got Any Asian Women In Western Cinema. I Grew Up Wanting To Be In 'east-enders' Because Film Wasn't Even A Dream. The Community Were Very Much Like, 'how Can You Want To Act? It's Such A Low-class Profession.

I Think It Is Vital To Fight To Do Something You Want To Do Despite Not Gaining Your Community's Or Your Friends' Approval.

Luckily My Parents Were Not Against My Ambition, They've Always Been Very Supportive. But They Were Adamant That I Went To University First.