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Richa Shukla

Richa grew up in Northern California in a family of engineers/doctors by day and musicians/performers by night. Her artistic family originates from India. She aims to bridge the gap between her two cultures and bring light to the South Asian American experience through the arts.

She began training in dance (Indian Classical Kathak, hip-hop, modern, jazz) at the age of 5 and went on to become a professional performer at a young age. She started doing school plays at age 8, which is when she fell in love with acting. In 2006, she traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland where her high school play was selected for performance at the prestigious Fringe Festival.

She has worked alongside many prolific actors in Hollywood and India, including: Mindy Kaling & Ed Helms (The Mindy Project), Kunal Nayyar (Sullivan & Son), Jennifer Aniston (Smartwater campaign), LL Cool J (NCIS: LA), Ali Fazal (For Here or To Go?), Rajat Kapoor (X-Past is Present) and others.
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