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Melinda Shankar
Acting
Born February 18, 1992 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Also known as Melinda Leanna Shankar · Mindy Shankar
Biography
Melinda Leanna Shankar is a Canadian actress. She is best known for starring as Alli Bhandari in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation and as Indira "Indie" Mehta in the YTV series How To Be Indie, for which she won several awards, including a Canadian Screen Award in 2013.
Filmography12 titles

Degrassi Goes Hollywood
2009as Alli Bhandari
2009as Alli Bhandari

Degrassi
2001as Alli Bhandari
2001as Alli Bhandari

Christmas with a Prince: Becoming Royal
2019as Bella
2019as Bella

Christmas with a Prince: The Royal Baby
2021as Bella
2021as Bella

Romance in the Wilds
2021as Amara
2021as Amara

Slasher
2016as Talvinder Gill
2016as Talvinder Gill

Christmas in the Wilds
2021as Amara
2021as Amara

Christmas with a Prince
2018as Bella
2018as Bella

Christmas Wedding Planner
2017as Jealous Bridesmaid
2017as Jealous Bridesmaid

How to Be Indie
as Indie Mehta
as Indie Mehta

Darker than Night
2018as Mika
2018as Mika

Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
2010as Janie Gibbs
2010as Janie Gibbs