Taqwa Gilani
- Actress
Taqwa Gilani is an LA based actor who was born in the beautiful Himalayan mountains of Kashmir. Kashmir being a war zone, Taqwa moved with her family to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) at a very young age. This was her first experience with a major culture change. Her next exotic move was to the corn fields of Ames, Iowa as a teenager. Since then she has lived in small towns in Wisconsin and Alabama, big cities like Oklahoma City and Dallas. During her residence and travels around the world, cultural adaptability, understanding the human experiences and stepping into someone's shoes has become effortless for her.
Taqwa has always been extremely driven and passionate. She decided to become a manufacturing engineer to conquer the male dominated field and prove that women were capable of doing anything they wanted. Now that she is outstanding in her profession, she is moving on to something she has always aspired to do - Act.
The golden opportunity presented itself when she moved to LA. She jumped into acting classes and started building her craft at the Actor's Studio of Orange County studying Meisner Technique. She has been studying with the world famous Howard Fine and Marilyn McIntyre at the Howard Fine Acting Studio. Taqwa plays characters that are entitled and worldly... feisty, loyal and disarmingly smart.
Being fluent in English, Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu and basic Arabic, she has excellent public speaking skills and is a natural extrovert. Taqwa lives in Long Beach with her husband and three little dogs. She loves to travel, hike, kayak, relax on the beach, and dance her heart out.