[1] She is best known for her roles in the films of Deepa Mehta, including Heaven on Earth, for which she was a Leo Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 2009,[2] and Beeba Boys, for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.

[3] Originally from Punjab,[1] Johal was educated in India before moving to Canada to pursue a master's degree in education at the University of British Columbia.

[1] As a stage actress, her most noted performances included Here and Now, a forum theatre play about urban gang violence in Vancouver,[4] and Anosh Irani's play My Granny the Goldfish.

[5] She has also performed in guest appearances in the television series The Chris Isaak Show, Da Vinci's Inquest, 49th & Main, Aliens in America, Psych, Smallville and Sanctuary, and minor roles in the films Freddy Got Fingered, Josie and the Pussycats, No Men Beyond This Point and Donkeyhead.

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