“One Day” star Ambika Mod was 19 years old when she decided she wanted to be a comedian. She had discovered stand-up and improv comedy while at university, but never told her parents, who emigrated to the U.K. from India, about her plans.
“They’d be like, ‘No, no, that’s not stable and you’ll be poor,’” Mod, now 28, says on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast. “I had to show them via actions, not words.”
She first began performing at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival while still a student. Several appearances in short films followed before she landed her first major role two years ago in BBC’s medical drama “This Is Going to Hurt” opposite Ben Whishaw.
Then came her starring role in “One Day,” Netflix’s limited series adaptation of the bestselling novel. The 14-episode series (a redemption of sorts after a 2011 film flop starring Anne Hathaway...
“They’d be like, ‘No, no, that’s not stable and you’ll be poor,’” Mod, now 28, says on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast. “I had to show them via actions, not words.”
She first began performing at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival while still a student. Several appearances in short films followed before she landed her first major role two years ago in BBC’s medical drama “This Is Going to Hurt” opposite Ben Whishaw.
Then came her starring role in “One Day,” Netflix’s limited series adaptation of the bestselling novel. The 14-episode series (a redemption of sorts after a 2011 film flop starring Anne Hathaway...
- 5/30/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
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