Ankita Makwana
Born
Zürich, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Alma materUniversity of St. Gallen
Occupation(s)Actress, model, producer, writer, speaker
Known forBollywood actress, TEDx conference speaker

Ankita Makwana is a Swiss actress and model. She made her acting debut with the Bollywood thriller film Fever.[1][2][3] She is founder of two film production companies, Rebelmango and Am films.[4]

Early life

Makwana is daughter of the Honorary Consul-General of India to Zurich and State of the Vatican City J.H. Makwana.[3][5] She grew up in Zurich and lived in Geneva, Paris and Mumbai.[6] She studied Bachelor of Arts in Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.[6][7]

Career

In her childhood Makwana hosted one episode of TV Show Euro Zindagi on Zee TV UK. Before acting in movies, she took formal training at the Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Lab in Mumbai in 2010. After that she started with small movies and ad films for companies like Ford Ikon or Universal Mobile where she shared screen space with renowned Bollywood actor R. Madhavan. She appeared in a friendly appearance in Sanjay Gadhvi's film Kidnap as Tisha. She has been a cover model for the Swiss women's magazine Annabelle. She has also modelled for 495dm and other brands. She was featured in the WW Who is Who Zurich 2014 magazine, and several other Swiss-German papers as such 20 Minuten and Schweizer Illustrierte. According to the media Makwana is also writing a script for a Bollywood movie which will be produced in Switzerland.[8] In October 2013 Makwana was invited as a motivational speaker at the TEDx conference in Zurich[6] Makwana is also producing, writing, directing and acting in the sitcom Zurich 8001. Zurich 8001 is the first international and English speaking sitcom to be shot entirely in Zurich, Switzerland.[9][10]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Notes
2008 Kidnap Tisha Friendly appearance
2015 Fever Grace Soni Lead Debut
2016 The Writer Grace Soni
Zurich8001 Amisha Shroff Main lead,[11] Sitcom
2018 Seeds of Terror Lamia Davis [12]
2023 Fast Forward Padme TV series [13]

References

  1. ↑ Isabelle Riederer, "Schweizerin dreht mit Ronaldo's Ex", 20 Minuten, p. 21, 15 May 2013
  2. ↑ Angelika Meier, "Zürcher Filmstar Ankita Makwana: Bollywood-Fieber an der ETH", Blick, 26 March 2014
  3. 1 2 Fournier, Herve (27 February 2004). "Herve Fournier IDC Switzerland: Bollywood Fever Party at Thermes Parc Val d'Illiez". Hfidc.blogspot.ch. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Order of certified commercial register extracts". Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Angelika Meier, "Zürcherin erobert Bollywood", Blick am Abend, p. 17, 26 March 2014
  6. 1 2 3 "Ankita Makwana". Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bollywood fever at the ETH". Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Silvan Grütter, "Von der Uni nach Bollywood", Schweizer Illustrierte, p. 9, 7 January 2013
  9. ↑ Angelika Meier, "Für Bollywood: Zürich kriegt seine erste Sitcom", Blick, 9 July 2015
  10. ↑ meg, "Zurich 8001" - Zürich kriegt seine erste Sitcom", Blick am Abend, p. 14, 9 July 2015
  11. ↑ "Schweiz-Indische TV-Produktion 'Zurich8001' Zürich ist der nächste Bollywood Star". Blick. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Saat des Terrors". ARD. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Fast Forward". imdb. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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