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 (2008–2015) and as Indira "Indie" Mehta in the YTV series How To Be Indie (2009–2011), for which she won several awards, including a Canadian Screen Award in 2013. Her last screen credit was the female lead role of Sarah in the 2025 Air Canada and Ottawa Tourism's YouTube channel Christmas show, Magic On Set.

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