Banita Sandhu

Banita Sandhu is a British actress who works in film and television internationally. Banita began acting as a child in local stage and film productions when she signed her first agent at just 11 years old. She began her professional acting career whilst attending King's College London, in Shoojit Sircar's Hindi feature film October (2018) alongside Varun Dhawan. She received major critical acclaim for her "outstanding debut" with Vogue India naming her the 2018 Face to Watch Out For. She returned to university to complete her degree and, upon graduating with honors, went straight back to work with Craig Robert's feature film Eternal Beauty (2019), followed by a Tamil remake of Arjun Reddy titled Adithya Varma (2019) and The CW's summer show, Pandora (2019). Banita's latest release saw her reunited with Shoojit Sircar in Sardar Udham (2021), starring Vicky Kaushal, which was voted the Best Hindi Film of the Year. She will next be seen in Kavita and Teresa which follows the life of Mother Teresa and Kavita Mukherjee, played by Banita, with all of the film's profits going to charity.