Ritu Arya

Ritu Arya (born ) She is of Indian descent, and has two brothers, Romi and Rahul, the latter of whom is also an actor. Arya began acting as a teenager.

Arya obtained a BSc in astrophysics from the University of Southampton in Southampton, England, where she performed as part of the Southampton University Theatre Group and Comedy Society, including several shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She subsequently trained at the Oxford School of Drama.

Career Acting Arya first had acting roles in a series of roles in short films, and had a guest appearance in the series Sherlock in 2014.

She played the recurring role of Dr. Megan Sharma in the British soap opera Doctors, for which she was nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Newcomer in 2017. She also had a recurring role as the android Flash in the series Humans from 2016 to 2018.

In 2019, Arya appeared as Jenna in the film Last Christmas, which was a commercial success. The following year, she had a recurring role as Lava in the Netflix series Feel Good and guest starred in the series Doctor Who.

In 2020, Arya starred as Lila Pitts in the second season of the Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy, which earned her praise. She reprised the character in the series' third and fourth seasons, which were released in 2022 and 2024. Bustle magazine described her performance in the series as "scene-stealing" The series ended in 2024.

In 2021, Arya co-starred in the Netflix film Red Notice, and in 2023 appeared in Greta Gerwig's Barbie.

In 2024 she plays a lead role in the action series Paris Has Fallen as MI6 operative Zara Taylor, opposite French actor Tewfik Jallab.

Music Arya was a drummer and part of the band KIN, who released their debut single "Sharing Light" in April 2020. Their follow-up single "L.O.V.E." premiered on 6 August 2020. On 16 October 2022, KIN released a statement saying that Arya had left the band and that her last live show with them was on 14 October 2022 in London.

Filmography Film

Television

Theatre Year Title Role Venue Ref 2013 Carpe Diem Aishah Royal National Theatre, London 2014 The Fourth Wise Man Samira Unicorn Theatre, London 2015 Mermaid Mermaid/Ensemble UK Tour We Know Where You Live Asma Finborough Theatre, London Beauty and the Beast Belle Polka Theatre, London 2016 Noises Off Poppy Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham 2017 Mother Christmas Grace Hampstead Theatre, London 2018 Genesis Inc. Serena Hampstead Theatre, London