Anjali Jay

Anjali Jay (Jayadev) is a British-Indian actress. She is best known for her role in the 2006 film Blind Dating and as Djaq on the first two seasons of the 2006 television series Robin Hood.

Biography

A British Indian, Jay was born August 9, 1975. She was brought up in Bangalore, India. She attended Sophia’s High School and has a BA degree from Mount Carmel College in Bangalore, India. In 1996 Jay went to England on a Charles Wallace Scholarship for her MA degree in Dance Theatre at the Laban Centre. After graduating, she performed a season with the Shobana Jaysingh Dance Company and signed up with an agent. In 1998 she married her longtime beau, a doctor, Rusty and the couple now lives in Hampshire.

Career

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Shala Malik	TV series (1 episode: "Deception on His Mind")
2005	Doctors	Susie Sharma	TV series (1 episode: "Trophy Life")
2006	Blind Dating	Leeza Raja
	Robin Hood	Djaq	TV series (22 episodes: 2006-2007)
2009	The Fixer	Madulika	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2/6")

Radio

• The Making of a Marchioness (2007) as Hester
• Goan Flame (2000)

Theatre

• Romeo and Juliet (2006 - UK tour) as Juliet
• The Jungle Book (2004/5 - UK tour) as Bagheera/ Dulia
• Anne of Green Gables (2004 - Lilian Bayliss Theatre) as Katie Maurice
• Midnight's Children (2003 - Royal Shakespeare Company) as Jamila
• Tales of the Arabian Nights (2000 - UK tour)
• Border Crossings production of Mappa Mundi (2000 - Courtyard Theatre, Hereford)
• The Maids
• Dance Like A Man as Lata
• Vesuvius (1997 - The Nehru Centre of The High Commission of India, London)

External links

• Anjali Jay at the Internet Movie Database
• Profile