Varada Sethu
Birthday: Born in 1992-05-12 in Kerala, India
Deathday: Alive
Varada Sethu is a British actress born on May 12, 1992, in Kerala, India, and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne. Originally studying sciences at university, she later trained at the Identity School of Acting in London. She began her career with indie films and TV roles, gaining recognition in Hard Sun and Strike Back. Her breakout role came as Cinta Kaz in Star Wars: Andor, and in 2025 she joined Doctor Who as companion Belinda Chandra alongside Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor. Sethu is known for her versatility, grounded performances, and her background in classical Indian dance.
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Mrs Sidhu Investigates
Character: Rani Toor
Mrs. Sidhu is a high-end caterer with a taste for crime. Recently widowed, she juggles her new catering business with encouraging her wayward son Tez to find his passion, all while serving up justice to those who believe they are above the law. Her forays into sleuthing see her form an unofficial partnership with long-suffering divorcee DCI Burton who reluctantly accepts that together they're an unbeatable crime-fighting duo, much to the bemusement of his partner, DS Mint....
Hard Sun
Character: DS Mishal Ali
Two detectives with opposing viewpoints are partnered together five years before the Apocalypse....
Annika
Character: DC Harper Weston
The sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders....
Andor
Character: Cinta Kaz
In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero....
Doctor Who
Character: Mundy Flynn
The Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes....
Strike Back
Character: LCpl. Manisha Chetri / Chetri
The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service....
Doctor Who
Character: Belinda Chandra
The Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes....
The One Show
Character: Self
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One....
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Character: Self - Belinda Chandra
Following the same format of Doctor Who: Confidential, Steffan Powell takes audiences behind the scenes of each episode of BBC's Doctor Who....
VE Day 80
Character: Herself
Eighty years on from the announcement that brought joy and relief to the nation, join in with moments of remembrance from across the UK to pay tribute to the heroes of the past....
Movie Credits
Sket
Character: Kiran
When a young woman is cruelly and indiscriminately attacked by a notorious gang led by the violent Trey, her little 16 year old sister Kayla wants revenge and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means joining a rival girl gang led by the volatile and damaged man-hating Danielle....
Jurassic World Dominion
Character: Shira
Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures....
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Character: Cinta Kaz (archive footage) (uncredited)
Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor....
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Peaseblossom
At the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, while young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father for loving the wrong man. Meanwhile, in the town below, an amateur theatre group rehearses. And beyond Athens, in the wild woods, dark forces are stirring......
Now You See Me 2
Character: Tressler Assitant
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet....
I Came By
Character: Naserine 'Naz' Raheem
A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him....
The One Hundred Nights of Hero
Character:
A charming houseguest arrives at a remote castle, and the delicate dynamic between a neglectful husband, his innocent bride Cherry, and their devoted maid Hero is thrown into chaos. ...
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Character: Belinda Chandra
Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still unable to get her home to Earth, Belinda must fight for her life as the Doctor faces an almighty threat to reality itself…...