Priya Darshini (born 25 December 1983) is an Indian-American singer, composer, actress, professional sprinter, and entrepreneur based in Brooklyn, New York.
[1] She is known for musical recordings in both Bollywood and Western productions, her role in the 2014 American film The Letters, and becoming the first Indian woman to complete the 100-mile Himalayan Ultra Marathon.
[6] Growing up in Mumbai, India, Darshini began musical studies with Bombay Lakshmi Rajagopalan at age nine.
In 2008, Darshini joined Roy “Futureman” Wooten's Black Mozart Ensemble, performing "a dream-like fusion of jazz, hip-hop, blues, bluegrass and classical music" throughout India and the United States.
[9] She also co-produced Out of the Woods, an annual monthly festival dedicated to amplifying the works of female-identified artists.