indian celebrities: Parminder Nagra

Tuesday 3 July 2012

Parminder Nagra

Parminder Nagra (Born: Parminder Kaur Nagra) is a British actress of Indian descent. She came to international prominence in 2002 after starring in Bend It Like Beckham. She starred as Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the American medical drama series ER for six years until the series ended on 2 April 2009She was married to photographer James Stenson, with whom she has a son, Kai David Singh Stenson, who was born on 19 May 2009. She starred as Lucy Banerjee, in the Fox television series Alcatraz.Nagra left Leicester for London, forgoing university to pursue a theatrical career and her childhood ambition of becoming an actress.Nagra's first London theatrical job came in 1994when she was cast as the Princess in the pantomime Sleeping Beauty, at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Although most critics seemed rather unimpressed with the show, Nagra's performance is notable in that she was a woman of colour portraying a traditionally white character