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Melinda Shankar

Acting Born Feb 18, 1992 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 22 credits

Biography

Melinda Leanna Shankar is a Canadian actress. She is best known for starring as Alli Bhandari in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation and as Indira "Indie" Mehta in the YTV series How To Be Indie, for which she won several awards, including a Canadian Screen Award in 2013.

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Full filmography

  • Degrassi (2001) as Alli Bhandari
  • Slasher (2016) as Talvinder Gill
  • Degrassi: Minis (2006) as Alli Bhandari
  • How to Be Indie (2009) as Indie Mehta
  • Christmas Wedding Planner (2017) as Jealous Bridesmaid
  • Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars (2010) as Janie Gibbs
  • Christmas with a Prince: Becoming Royal (2019) as Bella
  • Christmas with a Prince: The Royal Baby (2021) as Bella
  • Christmas with a Prince (2018) as Bella
  • Degrassi Goes Hollywood (2009) as Alli Bhandari
  • Mooom (2017) as Kylie
  • True Dating Stories (2015) as Detective Banks
  • Magic on Set (2025) as Sarah
  • Degrassi Takes Manhattan (2010) as Alli Bhandari
  • Darker than Night (2018) as Mika
  • Filth City (2017) as Monica
  • Romance in the Wilds (2021) as Amara
  • Christmas in the Wilds (2021) as Amara
  • Festival of Lights (2012) as Reshma
  • Degrassi in India (2010) as Self
  • Degrassi: Whatever It Takes (2025) as Self
  • Red String of Fate (2021) as DANIKA MONDAL