Jassa Ahluwalia | |
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Born |
Coventry, England |
12 September 1990
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2011–present |
Website | www |
Jassa Ahluwalia (born 12 September 1990) is an English actor and presenter, most famous for his work on the BBC television series Some Girls, the film The Whale and presenting the Disney Junior TV show Art Attack.
Ahluwalia was born in Coventry, England. He is of English and Indian descent, and speaks fluent Punjabi. He has one sibling, Ramanique, who is an aspiring actress currently training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
Ahluwalia grew up in Oadby, Leicester, where he attended first Launde Primary School, and later Beauchamp College, where he achieved 10 A* grades at GCSE and straight As at A Level ( at a time when an A* grade was not available at A level). While at school, he had a number of small roles, including a speaking role in the film My Angel. Aged 19, he attained a place on the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme, spending six weeks in China. He later attended University College London for one year, studying Spanish and Russian, before dropping out to pursue a television career.
In 2010, Ahluwalia got his big break when he successfully auditioned for the role of host in the children's television series Art Attack. He presented the show for one series in 2011, filming in Argentina, before being replaced by Lloyd Warbey.
In 2011, Ahluwalia begun work on his first, and as yet only album, entitled All Your Letters.