Suchitra Pillai

Suchitra Pillai (born 27 August 1970) is an Indian actress, model, anchor and VJ. A graduate in electronic engineering from the Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bandra (West), Mumbai, she chose a career in arts over engineering. Apart from movie roles, including Dil Chahta Hai, Page 3 (2005), Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007), and Fashion (2008), Suchitra is a singer in the Indi pop and rock genre with an album Such is Life released in 2011. She is also a theater artist.

Personal life When Suchitra was twenty she married Pavan Malik and later divorced. In 2005, Suchitra married Lars Kjeldsen, an engineer from Denmark, whom she met at a mutual friend's house. They have one daughter.

Film career While in school in Mumbai, Pillai was interested in theatre but graduated with a B.E. in Electronics Engineering in 1991. She left for London soon after, where she became involved in a children's theatre. She has also forayed into television with shows like Simply South, Red Alert, Hip Hip Hurray, Beintehaa, Rishta.com, and Cabaret Cabaret. Pillai appears in the 2016 Hollywood film The Other Side of the Door, and in the 2017 indie film The Valley, for which she won the Best Actress award at both The Long Island International Film Festival and The Milan International Filmmakers Festival in 2017.

Filmography "Dance like a Man" performance with cast, Ananth Mahadevan, Lillete Dubey, Suchitra Pillai & Joy Sengupta, at Prithvi Theatre, 2021. Films Year Title Role Other notes 1993 Le prix d'une femme French film 1998 Guru in Seven English film2001 Everybody Says I'm Fine Jessica Hindi film Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai A Reporter Dil Chahta Hai Priya 2003 Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II Shalu Satta Neelu 88 Antop Hill Mrs. Antara Shelar 2005 Page 3 Fashion Designer Sonal Roy 2006 Shiva Manasi Karkash Manasi Pyaar Ke Side Effects Anjali/Dracula 2007 Marigold: An Adventure in India Rani Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Michelle 2008 Fashion Avantika Sarin Dasvidaniya Suchi 2010 Dulha Mil Gaya Jasmine 2016 Fitoor Reporter 2016 The Other Side of the Door Piki 2016 Oppam School Principal Malayalam film 2017 The Valley Roopa 2021 Cold Case Zara Zacchai Malayalam film

Television

Web series

Singing career Pillai made her debut as a singer with her first song in the album Mere Liye in 2001. Later, she sang few other songs.

Dubbing career In 2007, she performed her first dub-over role in the Hindi version of the American movie, Live Free or Die Hard- Maggie Q's role of Mah Linh. Since then she has dubbed several other roles in Hindi; the parts of Angelina Jolie (Beowulf), Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight), as Hela for Cate Blanchett in the Hindi version of Thor: Ragnarok, and most recently in the 2020 Netflix original October Faction as Deloris Allen.

Dubbing roles

Live action television series Program title Actor Character Dub Language Original Language Episodes Original airdate Dubbed airdate Notes The Sandman Gwendoline Christie Lucifer Morningstar Hindi English 2022–present

Live action films Film title Actress Character Dub Language Original Language Original Year Release Dub Year Release Notes Live Free or Die Hard Maggie Q Mai Linh Hindi English 2007 2007 The Dark Night Maggie Gyllenhaal Rachel Dawes Hindi English 2008 2008 Katie Holmes portrayed this character in Batman Begins and was voiced by Neshma Chemburkar in Hindi. Thor: Ragnarok Cate Blanchett Hela Hindi English 2017 2017