Nikkesha

Nikkesha Rangwala (born 8 February 1995), known mononymously as Nikkesha, is a Canadian actress, model, and singer known for work in Indian films, television, and music videos across Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, and Punjabi industries. She gained recognition for her role as Amal Mirza in the web series Haq Se and has appeared in films such as Inti No. 13 (2024), Dirty Fellow (2024) and Dream Lock (2024). She has appeared as the lead in over 30 music videos.

Early life and education Nikkesha was born on 8 February 1995, in Vancouver, Canada to a family of Indian descent. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication from the University of British Columbia. She was actively involved in musical theatre dance and choir. She took acting and modelling classes at Vancouver Film School, John Casablanca Institute, and Roshan Taneja's Institute for Acting in Mumbai, India.

She is fluent in English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Gujarati, and has trained in Western and Indian classical music.

Career Modelling and early work

Nikkesha began her career as a model, appearing in over 50 commercials and print campaigns for brands such as Sunsilk, Pantaloons, Dabur Amla, Fastrack, L’Oreal, and Myntra.

Her dance background led to roles in music videos, including "Regret" by Ammy Virk, "Kya Baat Ae" by Karan Aujla, "Raja Rani" by Ninja, and "100 Gulab" by Singga. She also starred in the Canadian musical The List (2015), playing 56 characters as a solo artist, and produced the play Is It Business or Is It Love at Mumbai's National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA theatre) in 2016.

Acting Nikkesha made her acting debut in the English-language Indian film Lucky Man (2013), also serving as an executive producer. In 2017, she appeared in Gujrati romantic drama Rok Tok opposite Mehul Bhojak.

She gained wider recognition for her role as Amal Mirza in AltBalaji's web series Haq Se (2018), an Indian adaptation of Little Women.

In 2020, she played Sruthi in the Telugu mystery thriller film Missing: Search vs Revenge.

In 2024, Nikkeshs starred in Telugu-language horror thriller Inti No. 13 and subsequently in romantic action drama Dirty Fellow as Saira and later appeared in the Tamil drama Bhai: Sleeper Cells and the Hindi crime mystery Dream Lock, playing Jennifer opposite Faisal Sayed.

Additionally, she is set to appear in the Hindi OTT film Pati, Patni and Kand, a Lucknow-based crime thriller, in a lead role.

Music

In 2024, Nikkesha ventured into singing, recording a Punjabi track with Balkar Dhillon in Canada and preparing a duet with Indian Idol 13 winner Rishi Singh. She also recorded a song for Pati, Patni and Kand after encouragement from the film's director. 2020 Missing: Search vs Revenge Sruthi Telugu film

Bhai: Sleeper Cells Inti No. 13 Telugu film Dirty Fellow Saira Telugu film Dream Lock Jennifer 2025 Pati, Patni and Kand Hindi film

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes 2018 Haq Se Amal Mirza AltBalaji

Music videos YearSongArtistRoleNotes 2016 Adaayein Amit Tandon Female lead 2019 Do You Remember Jordan Sandhu Female lead 2019 Photo Singga Female lead 2019 Struggler R. Nait Female lead 2019 Hawaa B Praak, Grann Sidhu Female lead 2019 Aakad Sanam Parowal Female lead 2020 Mashoor Ho Giya Jordan Sandhu Female lead 2020 Wish Nikk Female lead 2020 Pink Pink Addiyaan Jigar, Amrit Maan Female lead 2020 Wah Wah Jatta Rohanpreet Singh Female lead 2020 Kya Baat Aa Karan Aujla Female lead (2nd) 2020 Regret Ammy Virk Female lead 2021 100 Gulab Singga Female lead 2021 Evergreen Jigar Female lead 2021 Dastaan E Ishq R. Nait Female lead 2021 Jaan Jaan Ke Dilbar Singh Female lead 2022 Maar Sutteya Gajendra Verma Female lead 2022 I Don't Remember Deep Jandu Female lead 2023 Dil Da Black Runbir Female lead 2023 Gussa Enna Pyara Karan Sehmbi Female lead 2023 Fallin Apart Karan Aujla Female lead 2025 PAGAL Tedda Banda Female lead 2025 Mulaqaat Jassa Dhillon Female lead

Personal life Nikkesha is a Kathak dancer and has a background in musical theatre and choir in Vancouver.