Pallavi Sharda, star of Netflix series Wedding Season, signs with ColorCreative and WME

EXCLUSIVE: Australian actor Pallavi Sharda has signed with ColorCreative and WME to appear across the board.

Sharda most recently starred in the Netflix romantic comedy wedding seasonwhich was in the top 5 worldwide in the first two weeks after its premiere in August 2022. She recently landed the role of “Ash” in the FX Network pilot The answersExecutive produced by Darren Aronofsky and Danny Strong.

In her native Australia, Sharda currently stars with Sam Neill in the limited series The Twelve for Warner Bros TV Australia and Foxtel, distributed internationally by Lionsgate TV. Her previous work includes the 2016 Oscar-nominated film Lion, opposite Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman; the Warner Bros feature tom jerry opposite Chloë Grace Moretz and Colin Jost; The limited series by Gurinder Chadha Beecham House for ITV/PBS; and the Netflix limited series The one.

From 2013 to 2017, Sharda worked mainly in Bollywood. As a classical (Bharatha Natyam) and contemporary Indian dancer, she has taught and performed in Australia and India.

“Pallavi Sharda has a deep authenticity that brings her work to life in a way that no one else can emulate,” says Raj Raghavan, head of talent at ColorCreative Management. “We look forward to expanding Sharda’s unique voice in several new exciting projects.”

Sharda graduated from the Law, Arts and Languages ​​Schools at the University of Melbourne. She gives numerous lectures on topics such as intercultural understanding and authentic representation in art. In 2019, Sharda was named one of Australia’s Most Influential Asian Australians and in 2021 she received the Advance Global Arts Award.

It is still represented by the Independent Management Company in Australia; and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smilkinson & Christopher.