Tina Desai
Biography
Tina Desai, an Indian actress and model, has worked in Indian and international film and television. Born in Bangalore, she began in modeling and appeared in over 150 commercials and print campaigns, then earned a contract with Elite Model India Management after taking part in the reality contest Get Gorgeous. Her first acting role came in 2011 with the thriller Yeh Faasley, and she soon made her Hollywood debut in the comedy drama The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011). International audiences came to know her through the Netflix series Sense8, where she played Kala Dandekar, and she returned to the hotel story in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015). She voiced Ashima in Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (2016) and later episodes of Thomas and Friends. In 2021 she starred in the Amazon Prime series Mumbai Diaries 26/11 and appeared in the crime thriller Bob Biswas (2021).
39years old
Turns 40 on February 24in 104 days
- Born Bengaluru
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Tena Babbar Desae (birth name)Also credited as Tena Desae
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 10 years2011 to 2021
Every film, newest first
- 2021Bob BiswasIMDb rating 6.7
- 2016Thomas & Friends: The Great RaceIMDb rating 5.8
- 2015Sense8: Creating the WorldIMDb rating 8.5
- 2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelIMDb rating 6.5
- 2011The Best Exotic Marigold HotelIMDb rating 7.2
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A change of course
Desai started out as a model, featuring in more than 150 commercials and print campaigns, before she moved into acting.
A change of course
Desai competed in the reality show contest Get Gorgeous, and that led to a contract offer from Elite Model India Management.
Beyond film
Desai provided the voice of Ashima in The Great Race, a Thomas & Friends film released in 2016. Two years later, in 2018, she returned to the role for episodes across seasons 22, 23 and 24 of Thomas and Friends.
Tina Desai movies on Netflix
Most often with
John Madden directed two of these films. Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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John MaddenDirector, 2 films, 2011 to 2015
All films by John Madden
Also two films together3 more actors
- Lillete DubeyThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
- Dev PatelThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
- Diana HardcastleThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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Official profiles and reference pages.