Anjali Bhimani

Anjali Bhimani is an American stage, film, television and voice actress, who has appeared on various television shows. In 2016, she began voicing the character Symmetra, seen in the video game Overwatch. She has also said she is a fan of hit internet video game show Game Grumps.

Anjali Bhimani
Bhimani in June 2017
Born	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.[1]
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Northwestern University[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Website	anjalibhimani.com

Career

Bhimani's long time collaboration with Mary Zimmerman began in 1997 when she appeared as an Indian princess in Mirror of the Invisible World, adapted from the 12th century Persian epic Haft Peykar.[2][3] She played Greek mythological character Myrrha in Zimmerman-directed Metamorphoses's world premiere produced by Lookingglass Theatre Company in 1998 and its Off-Broadway opening at the Second Stage Theatre in 2001.[4] Drama critic Albert Williams, in his review for the Chicago Reader, called Bhimani a "stunning dancer".[5] She made her Broadway debut when Metamorphoses opened at Circle in the Square Theatre (2002).[6][7]

In 2004, Bhimani became an understudy for Ayesha Dharker and Madhur Jaffrey's characters in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Bombay Dreams. During the play's The Broadway Theatre production Dharker left the play and Bhimani took over her role.[8][9] She appeared as The Sparrow in Czech opera Brundibár (2006).[10] Quake, a play Bhimani co-produced and co-directed opened at the Open Fist Theatre Company's First Look Festival of New Plays in 2011.[11] For The Jungle Book she re-teamed with Zimmerman and played the role of mother wolf in its 2013 Goodman Theatre production.[2]

Bhimani in 2017

Bhimani has also appeared on a few TV series including All My Children, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006), The Sopranos, Journeymam, Shark, Flight of the Conchords and Modern Family.[8][11][12][13] She has voiced for the character Symmetra in the first person shooter video game Overwatch. Bhimani shared the 2016 Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game with her co-voice actors for Overwatch.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Medicine Show	Food Swiling Wench
2009	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Girl 1
2015	Miss India America	Pinky Matthews
2015	Dark Intentions	Dr. Maya
2017	Trafficked	Sheela

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004, 2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mrs. Chadoury, Dr. Faroup	2 episodes
2004, 2008, 2010–2011	All My Children	Rape Victim, Nurse No. 1, Nurse No. 2, Nurse	8 episodes
2006	The Sopranos	Dr. Budraja	2 episodes
2007	Shark	Miranda Carlson	2 episodes
2007	Journeyman	Cynthia McNaughton	Episode: "Keepers"
2009	Flight of the Conchords	Potential Cilent No. 2	Episode: "A New Cup"
2009	Lie to Me	Young Woman	Uncredited; Episode: "Life Is Priceless"
2010–2011	Outsourced	Sari Vendor	2 episodes
2011–2015	Modern Family	Nina Patel	3 episodes
2011	The Young and the Restless	Medical Examiner, Coroner	Episode: "Kevin & Chloe Are Accused of Murder"
2011	Law & Order: LA	Hallie Capshaw	Episode: "Van Nuys"
2011	I'm in the Band	Tisha Bell	Episode: "Trippnotized"
2012	Pretty Little Liars	Miss Pervis	Episode: "Let the Wather Hold Me Down"
2012	Ringer	Dr. Rao	Episode: "If You're Just an Evil Bitch Then Get Over It"
2012	Common Law	Veterinarian	Episode: "Joint Custody"
2012	Necessary Roughness	Parveena Jeevan	Episode: "Spell It Out"
2012	Hollywood Heights	Doctor	2 episodes
2013	Second Shot	Bobbi Newton	Episode: "You Can't Go Home Again. So Why Am I Here?"
2013	Save Me	Dr. Malikay	Episode: "The Book of Beth"
2014	Bones	Satima Najjar	Episode: "The Turn in the Um"
2014	Mighty Med	Dr. Bridges	Episode: "Are You Afraid of the Shark"
2014	Criminal Minds	Dr. Rasgotra	Episode: "Boxed In"
2015	Dog with a Blog	Receptionist	Episode: "Stan Has Puppies: Part 1"
2015	The Fosters	Dr. Melvoy	Episode: "It's My Party"
2015	NCIS: Los Angeles	Mira Yacoob	Episode: "Defectors"
2015	Adoptable	Jasmine Bidhani	4 episodes
2016	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	Hasina	Episode: "Harvested"
2016	Silicon Valley	D.A.	Episode: "To Build a Better Beta"
2017	Cassandra French's Finishing School	Wendy	6 episodes
2017	Doubt	Maya Reyez	Episode: "Finally"
2017	Kevin (Probably) Saves the World	Susan Alan	Episode: "Dave"
2017–2018	Suspense	Doctor Brightfall, Sergeant Bhatti	2 episodes
2017	Wisdom of the Crowd	Mrs. Bakari	Episode: "Alpha Test"
2018	Young Sheldon	Zero	Episode: "Demons, Sunday School, and Prime Numbers"
2018	Grace and Frankie	Raha	Episode: "The Home"
2018	NCIS	Sara Petrie	Episode: "Family Ties"
2018	A.P. Bio	Sarika's Mom	Episode: "Freakin' Enamored"
2018	Alex, Inc.	Joya	2 episodes
2018	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Director	Episode: "I'm Making Up for Lost Time"
2018	The Resident	Dr. Irena Simmons	Episode: "The Dance"
2019	S.W.A.T.	Agent Ellen Benson	2 episodes
2019	Station 19	Dr. Mukerji	Episode: "Crazy Train"
2019	Arranged	Seema Patel	Episode: "Pilot"
2019	Wizard School Dropout	Andy's Mom	2 episodes
2019	Runaways	Mita Nansari	2 episodes
2020	It's Pony	Gerry's Mom, Nurse, Leanne (voices)	2 episodes
2020	The Loud House	Jesse Hiller (voice)	Episode: "Write and Wrong"
2020	The Casagrandes	Padma (voice)	Episode: "Feud Fight"
2020	Blindspot	Susan Shah	2 episodes
2020	Little Voice	Reema	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Fallout 4	Nisha	Nuka-World DLC
2016	Overwatch	Symmetra
2017	Uncharted: The Lost Legacy	Additional Voices
2019	Indivisible	Kala
2020	Final Fantasy VII Remake	Additional Voices
2020	Apex Legends	Rampart

References

1. Davenport, James (February 9, 2017). "The voice behind Symmetra on working with Blizzard, Overwatch dream couples, and D&D". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
2. "Anjali Bhimani in Zimmerman's 'Jungle Book'". India-West. May 18, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
3. Lefkowitz, David (March 31, 1997). "Goodman Studio Looks into Zimmerman's Mirror & Notebooks". Playbill. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
4. Zimmerman, Mary; Slavitt, David R. (2002). Metamorphoses: A Play. Northwestern University Press. p. xi. ISBN 978-0-8101-1980-2.
5. Williams, Albert (October 3, 2012). "Metamorphoses transformed". Chicago Reader. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
6. "Who's Who in the Cast". Playbill. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
7. Simonson, Robert (February 21, 2002). "Metamorphoses Transforms into a Broadway Show, Feb. 21". Playbill. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
8. Tsering, Lisa (October 17, 2017). "Indian American Actress Anjali Bhimani in 'Metamorphoses'". India-West. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
9. Dietz, Dan (2017). The Complete Book of 2000s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-4422-7801-1.
10. Isherwood, Charles (May 9, 2006). "Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak Adapt 'Brundibar,' a Czech Children's Opera". The New York Times. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
11. "Open Fist Presents Works by Shoshana Bean et al. at First Look Festival of Plays this Summer". BroadwayWorld.com. July 13, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
12. "Anjali Bhimani". Goodman Theatre. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
13. Green, Susan; Dawn, Randee (2009). The Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Unofficial Companion. BenBella Books. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-933771-88-5.
14. "BTVA Voice Acting Awards 2016". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

External links

• Anjali Bhimani on IMDb
• Anjali Bhimani at the Internet Broadway Database
• Anjali Bhimani at the Internet Off-Broadway Database