Melinda Shankar
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Melinda Leanna Shankar is a Guyanese-Canadian actress best known for
playing Alli Bhandari from the beginning of Season 8 in Degrassi: The
Next Generation and Indira "Indie" Mehta on YTV series, 'How to be
Indie.' Melinda made her starring mark in 2008 in the 8th season of
Degrassi as Alli Bhandari, a confident young women in high school,
which she continues to play. She co-starred in a Disney Channel
Original Movie, 'Harriet the Spy' as Janie Gibbs alongside with Aislinn
Paul, who plays Clare Edwards on Degrassi and Disney Channel's Jennifer
Stone. She played the lead role, Reshma, in a 2011 indie-film, entitled
'Festival of Lights'. Melinda has a black belt in karate and she likes
hockey. She is good friends with all of her Degrassi co-stars and
confirmed that she will take time off of Degrassi to film 'How to Be
Indie,' but she will be back some time soon. She has stated that she is
friendly with all of her cast mates, but is close with Scott Paterson,
Samantha Munro, Luke Bilyk, Munro Chambers, Alicia Josipovic, Jessica
Tyler and Aislinn Paul, who is her best friend on the show.