Anjali Jay

Anjali Jay (born Anjali Jayadev) is a British actress and dancer. She was born in India on August 9, 1975 (age 40 years old)^[1] and has acted in several films as well as on TV shows in Britain and the U.S., including Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Blind Dating, and The Age of Adaline. She also acted in the television series Robin Hood as well as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Doctors.

Biography

Anjali grew up in Bangalore, India^{[citation needed]} and attended Sophia High School until 1986. She graduated with a BA degree from Mount Carmel College in Bangalore, India in 1991. Anjali is a trained Bharatanatyam and contemporary dance.^{[citation needed]} Anjali went to Britain 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.^{[citation needed]}

Jay appeared opposite Chris Pine in Blind Dating.^[2]

Jay was praised by Jack G. Shaheen for her "heroic" portrayal of an Arab Muslim woman, Djaq, in the Robin Hood TV series.^[3]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Blind Dating	Leeza Raja
2014	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Shepseheret
2015	The Age of Adaline	Cora
2015	The 9th Life of Louis Drax	Macy	Filming, minor role
2017	Power Rangers^[5]	Maddy Hart	Filming

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Shala Malik	Episode: "Deception on His Mind"
2005	Doctors	Susie Sharma	Episode: "Trophy Life"
2006–2007	Robin Hood	Djaq	22 episodes
2009	The Fixer	Madulika	Episode: series 2, episode 6
2012	Supernatural	Dr. Kashi	Episode: "Heartache"

Romeo and Juliet (2006; UK tour) as Juliet
The Jungle Book (2004–05; 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.^[6]
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 Latah
Vesuvius (1997; The Nehru Centre of the High Commission of India, London)

^ "Anjali Jay". IMDB. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ Rawson-Jones, Ben (17 September 2009). "Blind Dating". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ Shaheen, Jack G. (25 January 2015). "Hollywood's Bad Arabs". The Cairo Review of Global Affairs. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "Anjali Jay". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ https://www.facebook.com/PowerRangersMovie2017/photos/a.926576797436468.1073741828.926575510769930/984467718314042/?type=1&theater
^ Rushdie, Salman (2003). Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Modern Library. p. 1. ISBN 0812969030.

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