Ankita Makwana is a Swiss actress and model. She made her acting debut with the Bollywood thriller film Fever.Isabelle Riederer, "Schweizerin dreht mit Ronaldo's Ex", 20 Minuten, p. 21, 15 May 2013Angelika Meier, "Zürcher Filmstar Ankita Makwana: Bollywood-Fieber an der ETH", Blick, 26 March 2014 She is founder of two film production companies, Rebelmango and Am films.
Early life Makwana is daughter of the Honorary Consul-General of India to Zurich and State of the Vatican City J.H. Makwana.Angelika Meier, "Zürcherin erobert Bollywood", Blick am Abend, p. 17, 26 March 2014 She grew up in Zurich and lived in Geneva, Paris and Mumbai. She studied Bachelor of Arts in Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Career In her childhood Makwana hosted one episode of TV Show Euro Zindagi on Zee TV UK. Before acting in movies, she took formal training at the Kishore Namit Kapoor's Acting Lab in Mumbai in 2010. After that she started with small movies and ad films for companies like Ford Ikon or Universal Mobile where she shared screen space with renowned Bollywood actor R. Madhavan. She appeared in a friendly appearance in Sanjay Gadhvi's film Kidnap as Tisha. She has been a cover model for the Swiss women's magazine Annabelle. She has also modelled for 495dm and other brands. She was featured in the WW Who is Who Zurich 2014 magazine, and several other Swiss-German papers as such 20 Minuten and Schweizer Illustrierte. According to the media Makwana is also writing a script for a Bollywood movie which will be produced in Switzerland.Silvan Grütter, "Von der Uni nach Bollywood", Schweizer Illustrierte, p. 9, 7 January 2013 In October 2013 Makwana was invited as a motivational speaker at the TEDx conference in Zurich Makwana is also producing, writing, directing and acting in the sitcom Zurich 8001. Zurich 8001 is the first international and English speaking sitcom to be shot entirely in Zurich, Switzerland.Angelika Meier, "Für Bollywood: Zürich kriegt seine erste Sitcom", Blick, 9 July 2015meg, "Zurich 8001" - Zürich kriegt seine erste Sitcom", Blick am Abend, p. 14, 9 July 2015
Filmography +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released YearFilmRoleNotes2008KidnapTishaFriendly appearance 2015Fever Grace Soni Lead Debut2016The Writer Grace Soni Zurich8001 Amisha Shroff Main lead, Sitcom 2018 Lamia Davis 2023Fast Forward Padme TV series
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