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International Actress Pallavi Sharda Told She’d Have Trouble Seeing Herself On Screen In Australia

Indian Australian actor and dancer, Pallavi Sharda is an international film star, first making a mark in Bollywood and now in Hollywood. She’s starring in Wedding Season on Netflix, where she’s the first South Asian woman to lead a mainstream studio romcom film.

In this episode of The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show Pallavi and Jess discuss her passion for making space for actors of colour, growing up as a migrant child in Australia, and the past trauma of being quietened.

P “And then I went to do drama school and a similar thing was said to me, someone said, “You know Pallavi I don’t think you’re gonna have much luck seeing yourself on screen in Australia”. And then she looked at the Sri Lankan girl also in the class and just said, “you too darling.”

Listen to the full chat on The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show now!