Tarina Patel is a South African actress, film producer, model and television host, born in Cape Town and raised in Durban.

[4] Returning to South Africa, Tarina converted her medical credits and joined the honors program in psychology at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein.

[7] Other titles in Bollywood cinema, of hers, would include Karzzzz, Khallbali: Fun unlimited, Chase (2010 film), and Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal where she played main and supporting characters that featured stars like Urmila Matondkar, Himesh Reshammiya, Shruti Seth, Tiku Talsania, Udita Goswami, Samir Kochhar, Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal Om Puri and Asrani amongst others.

[17] In 2022, she served as associate producer on the South African socio-political thriller Collision, which premiered on Netflix on 16 June 2022 in 97 countries and was in the Top 10 for close on two months.

[18] Tarina P Productions is working on the pre-production of the biopic of an unsung hero, and a South African drug dealer, Simone Jasmin.

[21] The foundation's first program was to take skilled doctors from India to Africa where they would offer their time and expertise to assist local populations with primary health care.

With her initiative, she has helped sponsor motivational events which have been attended by the likes of the Dalai Lama[22][3] In March 2022, Patel became the first South African actress to enter the non-fungible tokens industry when a sculpture of herself was made and put to auction.

[23] In 2022, during a ceremony held at the Members’ Room, UK Parliament, The Global Gandhi Awards honoured Tarina Patel in recognition of her charitable and humanitarian services.