Fagun Thakrar

Fagun
Fagun at the Annual 64th Cannes Film Festival
Born	Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Residence	London
Alma mater	University College London Medical School, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London College of Fashion
Occupation	Actress, director, writer, producer, fashion designer
Years active	Since 2011

Fagun Thakrar, also known as Fagun, is an English actress and writer-director who has appeared in a number of English, Hollywood and Indian cinema. She co-starred with Martin Sheen in Bhopal: Prayer for Rain, receiving accolades for her performance. Recently, she also starred opposite Donald Sutherland and Brie Larson in an American feature film, to be released in 2017.

Fagun was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England where she studied at Beauchamp College in Oadby. After her childhood, Fagun moved to London, when she was accepted at University College London medical school to study medicine. Simultaneously, she also studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Fagun has also trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in London, from which she graduated in Summer 2014 with a master's degree. Later, Fagun obtained her third master's degree from the London College of Fashion. Most recently, Fagun studied film direction in the United States.

Fagun's educational experience was chronicled in a special segment for ITV News for maintaining her "straight A" record under a particularly challenging course load in high school and college.

Whilst studying, Fagun competed against thousands of contestants and won BBC's Bolly Idol, after which she was offered her first lead stage role in Precious Bazaar by Samir Bhamra. For her first cinematic role, Fagun starred as Nabeela in the film, Brick Lane, shot on location in London. She then played Mandy Edge for the long running BBC hospital TV series, Holby City. In Fagun's next film, she played the title role in Zohra, portraying the cultural tensions of post-colonial Indian migrants. Her next project was Blood and Curry, an L.A. thriller about honour killings. In it, she plays the lead role of Deepa Verma, an Indian wife in an arranged marriage who joins her husband in America.