Mandeep Dhillon (born 21 December 1990) is a British actress who has appeared in stage, television, film and radio productions, including the BBC Three comedy series Some Girls and Fried.
[1] Dhillon performed in plays at the Bush Theatre, her first television appearance was in the TV movie Some Dogs Bite (2011), which was followed by roles in The Mimic and The Thick of It.
The production received a positive review in The Times, with Dominic Maxwell saying that "There [was] not a whiff of stage school" to the actors, including Dhillon, portraying the students.
The Daily Telegraph's Charles Spencer felt that Dhillon gave a "touching performance" in a play that "potently catches the clash between faith and sexual desire".
[13] After appearances in The Mimic (2011)[14] and The Thick of It (2012),[15] she starred as the character Saz Kaur, a sarcastic high school student from a strict Indian family, in Some Girls, which aired on BBC Three from 2012 to 2014.
[23] Michael Billington in The Guardian had a similar view, giving the play a middle-rated 3 stars out of 5, whilst highlighting the "good work" done by Mandeep Dhillon and her co-star Jalleh Alizadeh.
[26] Umbreen Ali in Asian Image gave the movie a positive review, saying that "the charismatic Nayna [played by Dhillon] delivers her dialogue with perfectly projected dramatic nuance.
[31] In the black comedy series After Life (2019–2020), Dhillon portrays Sandy, a journalist working for Tony, played by the show's creator, Gervais.
[34] During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Dhillon recorded a self-written monologue titled "Letter to My Future Self" in support of an initiative to raise money for the benevolent fund of the actors' union Equity,[35] and starred in a short online film, The Forgotten C, based on the true story of a woman who died from lung cancer during the UK lockdown.