Varada Sethu (born Varada Sethumadhavan, 12 May 1992) is a British actor, best known for playing Detective Sergeant Mishal Ali in BBC television series Hard Sun (2018), Cinta Kaz in the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor (2022–present) and Belinda Chandra in the BBC-Disney+ co-production Doctor Who (2025–present).

[6] In 2011, Sethu landed the role of Kiran in the feature film Sket,[3] then as Meghana Scariah in English: An Autumn in London in 2012.

Her career continued in 2016 appearing as Peaseblossom in a 2016 TV movie version of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

In 2018, Sethu starred as DS Mishal Ali for six episodes in the BBC apocalyptic TV crime Series Hard Sun.

[7] In 2019, Sethu performed as a series regular in season seven of Strike Back: Revolution as Lance Corporal Manisha Chetri of the British Army.