Almanya Narula
Almanya Narula, is an award-winning international actor, writer, and fight choreographer whose passion for storytelling began at a young age as a child actor in Bollywood. Raised between Bangkok and Mumbai, she brings a vibrant cross-cultural perspective to all of her creative work.
After moving to the United States, Almanya experienced an artistic rebirth, collaborating with renowned theatre companies and working on award-winning productions across Chicago and the regional theatre circuit. Since relocating to Los Angeles, she has developed her critically acclaimed, award winning solo show, Noor Inayat Khan: The Forgotten Spy, which she wrote and performs. The production has toured nationally to sold-out audiences and played Off-Broadway at Theatre Row in New York City.
Her work spans theatre, film, and television, and she is dedicated to developing bold stories that center fierce and unconventional women. Almanya is currently an Associate Artist at Public Assembly.
Select Theatre Credits: Noor Inayat Khan: The Forgotten Spy (Performer/Writer, Theatre Row Off-Broadway, NYC); Item Girl(Writer, Public Assembly, Los Angeles); POTUS (Fight Choreographer, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago); Dial M for Murder (Maxine Hadley, TheatreSquared, Arkansas); Teenage Dick (Violence & Intimacy Designer, Theater Wit, Chicago).
Select Film/TV/Music Video Credits: Pandaal; Marriage & Monsters; How Can I Help You?; Feed The Machine; Circle Back to You; Mayhem & Milli.
Awards: Best Actress, United Solo Festival (Off-Broadway, NYC); Soaring Solo Social Impact Award, Hollywood Fringe Festival (Los Angeles); Best Supporting Actress, BroadwayWorld; Certificate of Recognition, City of Los Angeles.
Training & Education: M.F.A. (equivalent) Stella Adler Art of Acting Los Angeles Professional Conservatory ; M.A., New Arts Journalism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; B.A., Theatre & Advanced Management with minors in Stage Combat and Voiceover, Columbia College Chicago. Almanya is also a recipient of the Haruo Nakajima Action Actor Scholarship through Minds Eye Tribe.
Demo Reel: https://youtu.be/TL2Ok7TjHMI