Jade Bahr Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Ambika Bhakti Mod (born 2 October 1995) is a British actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her roles as Shruti Acharya in the BBC drama series This Is Going to Hurt (2022) and Emma Morley in the Netflix miniseries One Day (2024). Early life and education Mod grew up in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. She is the daughter of Indian immigrants; her mother arrived in the UK as a child, and her father arrived in his 20s. She attended Dame Alice Owen's School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Studies from St Mary's College, Durham. Mod grew up in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. She is the daughter of Indian immigrants; her mother arrived in the UK as a child, and her father arrived in his 20s. She attended Dame Alice Owen's School. She graduated with a Bachelor oEarly in her career, she worked as a personal assistant at Condé Nast as her day job while doing comedy at night. Mod took lessons at Theatrix Performing Arts of St Albans, based at the Abbey Theatre in the city. While at Durham, Mod did acting and sketch comedy through the university's Revue, performing with Tom Harper at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and serving as the troupe's President in 2017. She also performs improvised comedy at The Free Association in London. Mod formed a duo titled Megan from HR with Andrew Shires. She performs regularly at improvised comedy theatre The Free Association in London. Career Following a series of short films and supporting roles in television, in 2022 Mod appeared as a struggling junior doctor in Adam Kay’s medical comedy-drama, based on his memoir of the same name, This Is Going to Hurt alongside Ben Whishaw. The series, based around the experiences of doctors who work in gynaecology and obstetrics, earned critical acclaim. The Hollywood Reporter’s Daniel Fienberg praised Mod as the highlight among the "regular female characters" and added that she makes "Shruti’s earnest fragility into the show’s true heart", however, he criticised that "some of the series’ choices make her more trope than human, more an enabler for Adam’s journey than her own". Mod earned the Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress for her performance. In 2024, Mod played Emma Morley opposite Leo Woodall in Netflix's One Day, based on David Nicholls' novel of the same name. It tells the story of two young people who meet annually for twenty years following a platonic one-night stand together. Despite initially declining the character due to the intense nature of her role in This Is Going to Hurt and her doubts about portraying a romantic lead, Mod ultimately accepted the role. Reflecting on her decision later, she stated, "I think part of the reason why I just didn’t see myself playing that part was because insidiously and implicitly, that’s a message that I’ve been fed my entire life—that people who look like me aren’t romantic leads, that people who look like me aren’t the people who the male romantic lead will fall in love with". The series, along with her performance, received critical acclaim and the role proved to be a major breakthrough in Mod’s career. The series also became the most-watched globally during the week of February 12 with 9.9 million views. Writing for The Guardian, Chitra Ramaswamy lauded Mod as a "revelation" adding that "it is hard to believe this is her first lead role". While discussing her character's alteration in ethnicity from the novel and film, she expressed her hope that it would "open people's minds a little bit," stating that she is "aware how significant it will be to a lot of people, especially young women of colour, young South Asian women in particular". Mod will next play a lead role in the upcoming Disney+ thriller series, Playdate. Source: wikipedia Quote
Jade Bahr Posted February 22 Author Posted February 22 She and Leo Woodall are great in ONE DAY. Highly recommend to everyone to watch it!!! Quote
Lilja K Posted July 16 Posted July 16 31 minutes ago, Jade Bahr said: Have you watched this show? @Lilja K Not yet Quote
Jade Bahr Posted July 16 Author Posted July 16 1 minute ago, Lilja K said: Not yet Means you will, means you also heard good things about it? I'm always down for a good chemistry now I'm really curious about those 2 Quote
Lilja K Posted July 16 Posted July 16 Just now, Jade Bahr said: Means you will, means you also heard good things about it? I'm always down for a good chemistry now I'm really curious about those 2 A friend of mine recommended it to me once. He said he started to watch it for Megan Fox, but suddenly he liked the show in general. Quote
Jade Bahr Posted July 16 Author Posted July 16 3 minutes ago, Lilja K said: A friend of mine recommended it to me once. He said he started to watch it for Megan Fox, but suddenly he liked the show in general. Ok I put it on my watchlist asap Quote
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