- Karen has two brothers.
- In 2017 Karen Performed the lead role in a show at Carnegie Hall for Orchestra Moderne NY.
- Has worked with Scottish Actor Alan Cumming OBE on a new Musical directed by Douglas Carter Beane.
- She was cast in the lead role in the short film "The Somasundurums" which was screened at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival and for NYWIFT as part of their immigrant stories series in 2017.
- Has suffered with Eczema since she was a child.
- Worked as a member of the Front of House team for The Birmingham Hippodrome for five years.
- Is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, New York.
- As a child her favourite films were Pocahontas, Hocus Pocus and Selena starring Jennifer Lopez.
- Can understand Punjabi as a second language, though speaks very little.
- Her first professional audition was for the West End Tour of The Lion King.
- Born and raised in Aston, Birmingham.
- Born to British Indian parents.
- Her full birth name is Karenjit Kaur Johal.
- Born at 10:12AM at Dudley Road Hospital in Birmingham, England.
- Growing up had a cat called Sassy, named after the cat from Homeward Bound voiced by Actor Sally Fields.
- At the age of 22 left England and moved to New York City.
- Worked for UK retailer Dorothy Perkins (Arcadia Group) whilst auditioning for Drama School.
- She broke her nose during a P.E lesson at age 15.
- Originally auditioned for Drama School's in the UK for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, LAMDA, Central School of Speech and Drama and Guildhall, but was unsuccessful.
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