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Anjali Bhimani

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Anjali Bhimani
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Anjali was born in Cleveland, OH and raised in Orange County, CA, by Drs. Ela and Bharat Bhimani. After performing in school and community theatre for most of her young life, she went on to earn a degree in theatre from Northwestern University's highly acclaimed theatre school, with a certificate in musical theatre. After leaving Northwestern, she went on to perform at several regional theatre companies including the Goodman, the Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and others and to collaborate extensively with director Mary Zimmerman, eventually moving to New York when Mary's Metamorphoses moved to Second Stage off -Broadway and Circle in the Square on Broadway, earning the play a Tony nomination for Best Play. Anjali continued performing on Broadway when she joined the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams, going on to take over the role of Bollywood diva Rani in the hit musical. Other collaborations include working with Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak on their production of Comedy on the Bridge/Brundibar, the world premiere of The Existents, starring and with music by Ty Taylor, A Widow of No Importance by Shane Shakrani, and as Safia Das in playwright D. Tucker Smith's epic adventure romance, Roof of the World, among many more. On television and film, Anjali has been seen as tiger mom Nina Patel on ABC's hit comedy, Modern Family. Other notable appearances include Marvel's Runaways, S.W.A.T., Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Grace and Frankie, Miss India America, Silicon Valley, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Fosters, Necessary Roughness, Law and Order: SVU, The Sopranos, and more. Since 2016, Anjali has been known worldwide as the voice of the reality bending hero Symmetra in Blizzard Entertainment's wildly popular video game Overwatch, along with other gaming heroes and villains such as Nisha from Fallout 4: Nuka World and Kala in Indivisible. In the gaming community she is also known for her work as the headstrong Mrs. Miriam Landisman on the series Undeadwood, produced by Critical Role Studios, and as the hardened sniper Stingray We're Alive: Frontier by Geek and Sundry. In 2017, she created the positivity and life-hacking webseries I Am Fun Size on YouTube, a series in which she shares her experiences and interviews other well-known performers in order to help people looking to live fuller, bigger lives.
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Anjali Bhimani
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Anjali Bhimani, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, and Ajay Mehta in Modern Family (2009)
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Anjali Bhimani, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, and Ajay Mehta in Modern Family (2009)
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Anjali Bhimani and Vincent Caso in We're Alive: Frontier (2018)
Anjali Bhimani, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Andy Daly, Ajay Mehta, Ariel Winter, and Suraj Partha in Modern Family (2009)
Anjali Bhimani, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Andy Daly, Ajay Mehta, Eric Stonestreet, Ariel Winter, and Suraj Partha in Modern Family (2009)
Anjali Bhimani, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Andy Daly, Ajay Mehta, Eric Stonestreet, Ariel Winter, and Suraj Partha in Modern Family (2009)
Anjali Bhimani, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Andy Daly, Ajay Mehta, Ariel Winter, and Suraj Partha in Modern Family (2009)
Anjali Bhimani, Julie Bowen, Andy Daly, Ajay Mehta, Ariel Winter, and Suraj Partha in Modern Family (2009)

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Mohan Kapur, Laurel Marsden, Iman Vellani, Zenobia Shroff, Matt Lintz, Travina Springer, Saagar Shaikh, Yasmeen Fletcher, and Rish Shah in Ms. Marvel (2022)
Ms. Marvel
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TV Mini Series
  • Auntie Ruby
Exandria Unlimited (2021)
Exandria Unlimited
7.8
TV Series
  • Fy'ra Rai
Apex Legends (2019)
Apex Legends
7.4
Video Game
  • Rampart(voice)
  • 2019
Overwatch (2016)
Overwatch
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Video Game
  • Symmetra(English version, voice)
  • 2016

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  • Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (2022)
    Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
    • (voice)
  • Happyland Incorporated (2022)
    Happyland Incorporated
    • (voice)
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Dead to Me (2019)
    Dead to Me
  • Darin De Paul, Chris Edgerly, Justine Huxley, Erica Luttrell, Branscombe Richmond, Nicolas Roye, JB Blanc, Shantel VanSanten, Fryda Wolff, Mela Lee, Johnny Young, and Allegra Clark in Apex Legends: Stories from the Outlands (2019)
    Apex Legends: Stories from the Outlands
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  • Overwatch 2 (2022)
    Overwatch 2
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  • Underground - Who & Why? (2022)
    Underground - Who & Why?
  • Mohan Kapur, Laurel Marsden, Iman Vellani, Zenobia Shroff, Matt Lintz, Travina Springer, Saagar Shaikh, Yasmeen Fletcher, and Rish Shah in Ms. Marvel (2022)
    Ms. Marvel
  • We Baby Bears (2022)
    We Baby Bears
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  • Exandria Unlimited (2021)
    Exandria Unlimited
  • The Legend of Vox Machina (2022)
    The Legend of Vox Machina
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  • Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, Matthew Mercer, and Marisha Ray in Critical Role (2015)
    Critical Role
  • Bite Size Holiday (2020)
    Bite Size Holiday
  • Tichina Arnold, Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield, Sheaun McKinney, Beth Behrs, Marcel Spears, and Hank Greenspan in The Neighborhood (2018)
    The Neighborhood
  • Narrative Telephone (2020)
    Narrative Telephone
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    Plays in "Metamorphoses" play by Mary Zimmerman, based on a translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses" by David Slavitt (Circle in the Square theatre, New York City, New York, USA).

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    Anjali was born in Cleveland and raised in Orange County, California, by Drs. Ela and Bharat Bhimani. After graduating from Foothill High School in Santa Ana, California with the Class of 1992, where she had been performing in school and community theatre for most of her young life, she went on to earn a degree in theatre from Northwestern University's highly acclaimed theatre school, with a certificate in musical theatre in 1996.

    After leaving Northwestern, she went on to perform at several regional theatre companies including the Goodman, the Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and others and to collaborate extensively with director Mary Zimmerman, eventually moving to New York when Mary's Metamorphoses moved to Second Stage off -Broadway and Circle in the Square on Broadway, earning the play a Tony nomination for Best Play. Anjali continued performing on Broadway when she joined the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams, going on to take over the role of Bollywood diva Rani in the hit musical. Other collaborations include working with Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak on their production of Comedy on the Bridge/Brundibar, Since moving to Los Angeles, she has also appeared in several world premieres, including the world premiere of The Existents (starring and with music by Ty Taylor), A Widow of No Importance by Shane Shakrani, and most recently, as Safia Das in playwright D. Tucker Smith's epic adventure romance, Roof of the World.

    On television and film, Anjali is most well known for her role as Nina Patel on ABC's hit comedy, Modern Family. Other notable appearances are as Pinky Matthews in Miss India America, Silicon Valley, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Fosters, Necessary Roughness, Law and Order: SVU, The Sopranos, and more. In 2016, she also voiced the character of Symmetra in Blizzard Entertainment's wildly popular Overwatch, and can be seen in the upcoming movies Trafficked and Underwater Upside Down.

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