Amy Maghera
Maghera in 2016
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present
TelevisionHollyoaks

Amy Maghera (formerly Amrit Maghera)[lower-alpha 1] is a British model and actress, working in Hindi, English and Punjabi films. From 2015 to 2017, she appeared in the British soap opera Hollyoaks as Neeta Kaur.

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] Her death scene was nominated for Best Show-Stopper at the 2018 Inside Soap Awards.[5]

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.[1]

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2008YuvvraajShaziaHindiCredited as Aimee Maghera
2014Goreyan Nu Daffa KaroAlishaPunjabiWith Amrinder Gill as male lead
2014Mad About DanceAashira QureshiHindiAlso singer
2015Angry Indian Goddesses'Jo' JoannaHindi
2015Amar Akbar & TonyEnglishA British-Asian film
2015–2017HollyoaksNeeta KaurEnglishSeries regular
2018CasualtyNadia BadhirEnglish1 episode
2021Skater GirlJessicaHindi and EnglishFeature film

Notes

  1. ↑ Her birth name is Amrit, but she announced her name change to Amy in March 2021.[1] To reflect this, the article will refer to her as Amy.

References

  1. 1 2 Maghera, Amy (30 March 2021). "30 March 2021 at 19:40". Instagram. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Amrit Maghera". amritmaghera.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pan Nalin Directs India's First Female Friendship Film, 'Angry Indian Goddesses'". India West. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hollyoaks viewers shocked after evil Mac Nightingale drops Neeta Kaur to almost certain death". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Coronation Street tops Inside Soap Awards 2018 shortlist with 18 nominations". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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