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Biography #2 (for American Chai)

Sheetal Sheth is at the forefront of the South Asian/American film revolution starring in no less than five festival-winning films by and starring first generation South Asian Americans. In real life, Sheetal (rhymes with lethal), an NYU grad and New Jersey native, is herself a first generation Indian American and bursting to tell the true stories of her culture. She won the lead in ABCD, her first film ever, released in November 2001w by Eros Entertainment.

In her early years, Sheetal played basketball on school teams and she began performing multicultural dance. She found acting to be a natural extension of dance, and in ninth grade she had to choose between continuing on the basketball team and being a lead in the school play. She chose the play and never looked back.

After her starring turn in ABCD, Sheetal won the lead in Pocketful of Dreams, shot in India and New York. In her next film, Wings of Hope, Sheetal snared not only the lead role but also the Best Actress award at the Cinevue Festival. In the spring of 2001, she had a supporting role in NBC's The Princess and the Marine, based on the true story of the princess who escaped to elope with an American. She also recently starred and actually filmed guerrilla-style commercials for TheTruth.com's anti-smoking campaign.

for "American Chai" updated 06-Oct-2002