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Tina Desai

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Tina Desai at an event for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Two brothers, Jaggi and Daljeet, run over an old man while driving back home one night. They do everything to cover their tracks, but when people begin to suspect, their lives fall apart. Streaming now on ZEE5.
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Tena Desae is a model turned actress who debuted in Bollywood with Yeh Faasley (2011) and made her Hollywood debut almost a year later with The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011). Desae appeared on television for the first time in the Netflix television series Sense8 (2015), which follows the story of eight strangers who find themselves growing mentally and emotionally connected, as Kala Dandekar, an successful Hindu pharmacist in Mumbai.

The Bengaluru born model first came into limelight when she participated in Reality show Get Gorgeous. Though she did not win the contest she was offered a contract with Elite Model India Management Private Limited which powers the reality show, even before the eventual winner. After that she never looked back since then and has 90+ commercials to her credit.

She was also one of the models in the 2012 Kingfisher calendar.
BornFebruary 24, 1987
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BornFebruary 24, 1987
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination

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Tina Desai in Bloody Brothers (2022)
Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Alfonso Herrera, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, and Jamie Clayton in Sense8 (2015)
Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
Bae Doona, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, and Jamie Clayton in Sense8 (2015)
Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Alfonso Herrera, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Eréndira Ibarra, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
Purab Kohli and Tina Desai in Sense8 (2015)
Max Riemelt and Tina Desai in Sense8 (2015)
Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)

Known for

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
7.2
  • Sunaina(as Tena Desae)
  • 2011
Richard Gere, David Strathairn, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Dev Patel, and Tina Desai in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
6.5
  • Sunaina
  • 2015
Mumbai Diaries 26/11 (2021)
Mumbai Diaries 26/11
8.7
TV Series
  • Ananya Ghosh
  • (2020)
Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
Sense8
8.2
TV Series
  • Kala Dandekar

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Actress

  • Satish Kaushik, Jitendra Joshi, Shruti Seth, Indraneil Sengupta, Mugdha Godse, Tina Desai, Jaideep Ahlawat, and Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub in Bloody Brothers (2022)
    Bloody Brothers
    • Sophie
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Abhishek Bachchan in Bob Biswas (2021)
    Bob Biswas
    • Indira Verma
    • 2021
  • Mumbai Diaries 26/11 (2021)
    Mumbai Diaries 26/11
    • Ananya Ghosh
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Almost Home (2021)
    Almost Home
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Thomas & Friends (1984)
    Thomas & Friends
    • Ashima (UK & US)
    • Fashion Designer (UK & US) (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2019
  • The Best of Thomas & Friends Clips (US) (2010)
    The Best of Thomas & Friends Clips (US)
    • Ashima (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Thomas & Friends: Meet the Characters!
    • Ashima (UK & US) (voice)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • Neil Nitin Mukesh in Dassehra (2018)
    Dassehra
    • Aditi Singh (as Tena Desae)
    • 2018
  • Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team! (2018)
    Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team!
    • Ashima (UK & US) (voice)
    • Video
    • 2018
  • John Hasler, Joseph May, and Tina Desai in Thomas & Friends: Be Who You Are, and Go Far (2018)
    Thomas & Friends: Be Who You Are, and Go Far
    • Ashima (UK & US) (voice)
    • Music Video
    • 2018
  • Thomas & Friends: Global Friends! (2018)
    Thomas & Friends: Global Friends!
    • Ashima (voice)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
    Sense8
    • Kala Dandekar
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2018
  • Good Luck (2018)
    Good Luck
    • Jenny Saxena
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (2016)
    Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
    • Ashima (UK & US) (voice)
    • 2016
  • Richard Gere, David Strathairn, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Dev Patel, and Tina Desai in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
    The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    • Sunaina
    • 2015

Music Department

  • John Hasler, Joseph May, and Tina Desai in Thomas & Friends: Be Who You Are, and Go Far (2018)
    Thomas & Friends: Be Who You Are, and Go Far
    • vocals
    • Music Video
    • 2018
  • Thomas & Friends: Global Friends! (2018)
    Thomas & Friends: Global Friends!
    • performer: "You Can Only Be You" and "Be Who You Are, and Go Far" (uncredited)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (2016)
    Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
    • performer: "You Can Only Be You"
    • 2016

Soundtrack

  • Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (2016)
    Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
    • performer: "You Can Only Be You"
    • 2016

Videos23

Official Teaser
Trailer 0:45
Official Teaser
Mumbai Diaries 26/11 Teaser
Trailer 0:56
Mumbai Diaries 26/11 Teaser
Series Finale Trailer
Trailer 2:13
Series Finale Trailer
Series Finale | Date Announcement
Trailer 1:59
Series Finale | Date Announcement
Trailer #2
Trailer 1:50
Trailer #2
Season 2 Trailer
Trailer 1:34
Season 2 Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:41
Official Trailer
Trailer #1
Trailer 1:15
Trailer #1
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
Trailer 0:39
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
Sense8: Amor Vincit Omnia
Trailer 1:58
Sense8: Amor Vincit Omnia
Sense8: Season 2
Trailer 1:31
Sense8: Season 2
Sense8
Trailer 0:21
Sense8

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  • Alternative name
    • Tena Desae
  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • February 24, 1987
    • Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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