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Varada Sethu
British actress (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Varada Sethu (born Varada Sethumadhavan, 12 May 1992) is a British actress. Her credits include Sket (2010), English: An Autumn in London (2012), Doctors (2015), New Blood (2016), Doctor Foster (2017), Hanna (2019), Strike Back: Vendetta (2020), Jurassic World Dominion (2022), and Annika (2023).
She portrayed Detective Sergeant Mishal Ali in Hard Sun (2018), Cinta Kaz in the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor (2022–2025), and Belinda Chandra in Doctor Who (2025).
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Early life
Varada Sethumadhavan was born on 12 May 1992 in Kerala, India.[1][2][3] She and her twin sister Abhaya are of Malayali ancestry.[3][4] Sethu's parents are doctors. She moved to the North East of England at a young age and she grew up in Benton, Tyne and Wear,[5] near Newcastle upon Tyne. Sethu attended Dame Allan's Schools and was a member of the National Youth Theatre.[5] During her final year of sixth form, Sethu won the 2010 Miss Newcastle competition.[citation needed] She went on to study veterinary medicine at University of Bristol, later switching to physiology.[citation needed]
Sethu has been performing the Indian classical dance traditions of both Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam from a young age.[3] Sethu continued her acting education at the Identity School of Acting in London.[6][7]
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Career
In 2010, Sethu made her debut appearance on screen in the short film Impressions as Samena.[8] In 2011, Sethu landed the role of Kiran in the feature film Sket,[5] then as Meghana Scariah in English: An Autumn in London in 2012.[9] In 2015 she made an appearance as PC Kylie Green in the 2000 TV series Doctors.[9]
Her career continued in 2016 appearing as Peaseblossom in a 2016 TV movie version of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[6], Now You See Me 2 and New Blood.[9]
In 2017, Sethu appeared as Aisha in two episodes of Doctor Foster.[9] In 2018, Sethu starred as DS Mishal Ali for six episodes in the BBC apocalyptic TV crime series Hard Sun.[10]
In 2019, Sethu performed as a series regular in season seven of Strike Back: Revolution as Lance Corporal Manisha Chetri of the British Army.[11][12] In 2022, She played rebel Cinta Kaz in both seasons of Andor.[4]
In 2025, Sethu portrayed the companion Belinda Chandra in Doctor Who alongside Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor in series 15.[13][14] Prior to this, she played Mundy Flynn in the series 14 episode "Boom".[15]
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