Balinder Johal
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1992–present |
Balinder Johal is an Indo-Canadian actress.[1] She is best known for her roles in the films of Deepa Mehta, including Heaven on Earth, for which she was a Leo Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 2009,[2] and Beeba Boys, for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.[3]
Originally from Punjab,[1] Johal was educated in India before moving to Canada to pursue a master's degree in education at the University of British Columbia.[1]
As a stage actress, her most noted performances included Here and Now, a forum theatre play about urban gang violence in Vancouver,[4] and Anosh Irani's play My Granny the Goldfish.[5] She has also performed in guest appearances in the television series The Chris Isaak Show, Da Vinci's Inquest, 49th & Main, Aliens in America, Psych, Smallville and Sanctuary, and minor roles in the films Freddy Got Fingered, Josie and the Pussycats, No Men Beyond This Point and Donkeyhead.[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | Northwood | TV Series | |
1995 | Wings of Courage | ||
1995 | Gunfighter's Moon | Elana | |
2000 | Becoming Dick | TV Series | |
2001 | Josie and the Pussycats | ||
2001 | Freddy Got Fingered | ||
2001 | The Chris Isaak Show | TV Series 1 Episode | |
2004 | Pink Ludoos | ||
2004 | Da Vinci's Inquest | TV Series 1 Episode | |
2005 | The Collector | Ina | TV Series 1 Episode |
2005 | Murder Unveiled | ||
2006 | 49th & Main | Mrs Grewal | TV Series 4 Episodes |
2006 | Abridge | ||
2007 | American Venus | ||
2008 | Aliens in America | Huma | TV Series 1 Episode |
2008 | Psych | Hadewych | TV Series 1 Episode |
2008 | Heaven on Earth | Maji Dhillon | |
2008 | Passengers | ||
2008 | Of Gold and God | ||
2008 | Sweet Amerika | ||
2009 | Smallville | TV Series 1 Episode | |
2010 | Sanctuary | Bibi | TV Series 3 Episodes |
2012 | Jatt & Juliet | Kathy | |
2014 | Jatt & Juliet 2 | Pooja's grandmother | |
2013 | Best of Luck | ||
2014 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Healer | TV Series 1 Episode |
2015 | No Men Beyond This Point | ||
2016 | Beeba Boys | Mrs Johar | |
2016 | Book of Love | ||
2016 | Killer Punjabi | ||
2016 | Travelers | TV Series | |
2017 | Jindua | ||
2017 | Prison Break | TV Series | |
2017 | Crash Pad | Muumuu | |
2017 | Ghost Wars | TV Series | |
2019 | The 410 | Nani | TV Series |
2019 | Fusion Generation | Pritam Dhaliwal | |
2019 | Supergirl | Old lady | TV Series 1 Episode |
2019 | Two Sentence Horror Stories | TV Series | |
2021 | Honsla Rakh | Jamin's grandmother | |
2021 | Love Hard | ||
2021 | Yellowjackets | Mrs Singh | TV Series 1 Episode |
2022 | Donkeyhead | ||
2022 | Babe Bhangra Paunde Ne | ||
2022 | Arranged Marriage[citation needed] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Monster-in-law, India style; Vancouver's Balinder Johal finds a well of astonishing villainy as a controlling matriarch in Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth". Vancouver Sun, 31 October 2008.
- ^ "Stargate, Stone of Destiny lead B.C.'s Leo Award nominations". The Georgia Straight, 6 April 2009.
- ^ "Performers proud of diversity in Canadian Screen Award noms". Telegraph-Journal, 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Real-life local crisis transforms to genuinely gripping theatre". Vancouver Sun, 19 November 2005.
- ^ "Gaggle of giggles keeps new comedy afloat". Vancouver Sun, 23 April 2010.
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