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Namrata Singh Gujral
Image:Namrata Singh Gujral as "Shelley" in Americanizing Shelley.jpg Namrata Singh Gujral
Born	February 26, 1976 (1976-02-26) (age 32) Dharamsala
Occupation	Film, television actress

Namrata Singh Gujral (born 26 February 1976) is an American actress.

She is of Sikh faith and of Indian, Tibetan and Latin descent. She is a 1998 graduate from the University of West Florida^[1] but was born in Dharamsala.

Contents 1 Roles 2 Current projects 3 Awards 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Roles

• “Shalini Singh/Shelley” in WB February 2008 release Americanizing Shelley
• “Fari Bin Ghori” on CBS's The Agency
• "Nurse Kathy” on NBC's Passions
• “Renu Mathur” in Bollywood blockbuster Kaante.
• German-Samoan beauty, Anna Kraus in the staged reading of The Shark Hunter where she co-starred with Yancey Arias (of King Pins and Miss Saigon).
• Cameo appearance in the Ben Kingsley/Jennifer Connelly starrer House of Sand and Fog.
• Is the character of "Jaya Kushala” in Microsoft's Xbox game Quantum Redshift.
• Saira Ahmed in Family Law (TV series).
• Yossi Saadi in Dragnet (series).

Current projects

• Lead roles in the romantic comedy Americanizing Shelley^[2] with Beau Bridges, directed by Lorraine Senna of The Sopranos and Northern Exposure, which is currently in theaters and also the upcoming sci-fi feature STILL, scheduled to start production in 2008.

• Currently shooting STILL.
• Namrata also makes her singing debut with her recently recorded single Dancin' In The Clouds, a never-been-done-before American Country rock meets Bollywood style duet, with country star Steve Azar (“Waitin’ On Joe w/ Morgan Freeman), currently playing on Country Music Television. This makes Namrata the FIRST American artist with Eastern roots to be ever featured on CMT.^[3]

Awards

• AskMen.Com's "Actress-Of-The-Week" in November 2007.^[4]

• Pictorial spread in FHM India's New Year's Eve 2008 issue.^[5]

• For her role of Pakistani-American “Saira Ahmed” on CBS's Family Law, Namrata along with co-stars Tony Danza and Kathleen Quinlan were Columbia Tristar's official nomination for the Emmy Awards 2002.

• Is commonly referred to as “America's Spiciest Sweetheart”.^[6][7]

Filmography

• STILL (2009)
• Americanizing Shelley (2007)
• Kaante (2003)
• House of Sand and Fog (2003)
• Mitsein (2008)
• The Agency CBS - (2001-2002)
• Passions NBC - (2001-2005)
• Family Law (2001)
• Dragnet (2004)

References

External links

• Namrata Singh Gujral at the Internet Movie Database
• Fan site