Amy Maghera

Amy Maghera (born Amrit Maghera) (Her birth name is Amrit, but she announced her name change to Amy in March 2021.) Maghera studied at the University of Winchester.

Career Maghera began her career as a dancer for the likes of Kanye West and Guns N' Roses. She was working as a background dancer on the sets of a Bollywood film in Mumbai when she was scouted by a modelling agency bringing in a five-year contract with Lakme, India's highest top end cosmetic company as its brand ambassador. She also featured as a backing dancer for the £1 Fish song by One Pound Fish Man in December 2012. This launched her career in modelling as she went on to do assignments with reputed brands like Satya Paul, Miss Sixty, L’Oreal, Skechers, Nokia and Olay among others, besides participating in fashion shows with designers like Alison Kanugo and Neeta Lulla. In 2014, she appeared in Mad About Dance. She also did the lead vocals for the film. A Punjabi film Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo with singer Amrinder Gill followed soon after.

In April 2015, a British-Asian film featuring her, Amar Akbar & Tony, was released in the United Kingdom. She then acted alongside Sandhya Mridul, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sarah-Jane Dias and Anushka Manchanda in the 2015 film Angry Indian Goddesses, a film which marked the debut of Pan Nalin in mainstream Hindi cinema. In October 2015, Maghera joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks as Neeta Kaur. She departed the serial in November 2017 after her character was killed off. Her death scene was nominated for Best Show-Stopper at the 2018 Inside Soap Awards.

Personal life On 31 March 2021, she uploaded a post on Instagram stating that she had legally changed her forename from Amrit to Amy. She stated that Amy has been a lifelong nickname for her, and that she is equally "proud of my mixed heritage - Indian and White". Her name change was not to turn her back on any culture, as she also stated in the post that she is maintaining her mother's Indian surname Maghera.

Filmography Year Film Role Language Notes 2008 Yuvvraaj Shazia Hindi Credited as Aimee Maghera 2014 Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo Alisha Punjabi With Amrinder Gill as male lead 2014 Mad About Dance Aashira Qureshi Hindi Also singer 2014 The Shaukeens Hindi Special Appearance in the song "Meherbani" 2015 Angry Indian Goddesses 'Jo' Joanna Hindi 2015 Amar Akbar & Tony English A British-Asian film 2015–2017 Hollyoaks Neeta Kaur English Series regular 2018 Casualty Nadia Badhir English 1 episode 2021 Skater Girl Jessica Hindi and English Feature film