Parmar was born in Prince George and raised in Kelowna, British Columbia, Parmar later went on to graduate from The National Theatre School of Canada.

[1] Parmar is best known for her role as Chandra Mehta on the television show How to Be Indie.

[2] She has also starred in Disney Channel Original Movie Radio Rebel, as Audrey Sharma.

[3] In 2013, she starred in The Animal Project, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

[4] In the Summer of 2018, she starred in "The Orchard (After Chekhov)", a play she also wrote, at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.