Tiya Sircar

Tiya Sircar

Sircar at Young Hollywood Awards Red Carpet in 2009
Born May 16, 1982
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007–present

Tiya Sircar (born May 16, 1982) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in The Internship, 17 Again and the series Vampire Diaries.[1] She was included in Anokhi Magazine's "Sexy and Successful in 2010" feature with a full page spread in their 7th Anniversary issue . She can speak a bit of Bengali as well as some Spanish, French and Italian. Sircar is originally from Texas and considers Austin her hometown.

Early life

Sircar was born in Fort Worth, Texas of Indian Hindu Bengali descent. The daughter of two college professors, Sircar became involved in the performing arts at the age of three. She began with dance (first Indian classical and folk dance, then ballet, jazz, lyrical and modern) but after taking her first acting class at age 7, she realized that acting was the craft she wanted to cultivate into a career.

Sircar attended the University of Texas at Austin, receiving two Bachelor's degrees: one in Business/Marketing, the other in Theater & Dance. After college, she moved to Los Angeles to realize her dream of being a professional actor.[2]

Career

Sircar has appeared in a wide variety of television shows such as House MD, Hannah Montana, Greek, Moonlight, Numbers, Privileged, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and was a recurring character on The Suite Life on Deck. In 2008, she played a Mac Genius as part of Apple’s national ad campaign. The following year, she voiced an animated character for the Disney show Phineas & Ferb. She was cast in New Line Cinema's 17 Again as "Samantha"–a high school senior with a crush on the lead character played by Zac Efron.[1]

In the summer of 2009, Sircar introduced fans to her passion for the environment and vast fashion and beauty sense when she was asked to write as a Guest Celebrity Editor for online beauty magazine Beauty Blitz. She informed her readers on the best eco-friendly spas, her favorite organic beauty products and essential animal friendly labels.

Sircar appeared on Season One of the Lifetime's Witches of East End. She also recently completed production on an indie comedy entitled Miss India America. This marks Sircar's first lead role in a feature film. The film's cast also includes Hannah Simone from Fox's New Girl who also served as an executive producer.

Sircar enjoyed her most significant professional success to date, starring in 20th Century Fox's 2013 summer release, The Internship. A comedy also starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, and Rose Byrne, The Internship marked a major milestone in Sircar's film career.[3]

In addition to on-camera work, Sircar has a keen interest in voice-over work, specifically for animation. To date, she has voiced lead characters in two different animated projects: 20th Century Fox's feature film, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D;[4] and Disney/LucasFilm's television series, Star Wars Rebels, which began airing on Disney XD in October 2014. Sircar provides the voice of Sabine Wren, a Mandalorian graffiti artist and explosives expert.[5]

On March 24, 2014, it was announced that Sircar would star in the CBS Pilot "How I Met Your Dad", a spinoff of the successful How I Met Your Mother.[6][7]

Personal life

Beyond acting, Sircar cares deeply about animals and the environment. She donates much of her time & resources to organizations that promote wildlife preservation, animal advocacy, and environmental protection. Sircar is also an avid traveler, having visited every continent except Africa & Antarctica. She resides in Los Angeles with her dog, a cockapoo-mix named Vegas.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Heavenly Beauties Indian Dancer Short film
2007 Insatiable, TheThe Insatiable Lisa
2008 Rock Paper Scissors Show, TheThe Rock Paper Scissors Show Cecily Video short
2008 Wings of Fear Amy
2009 Hotel for Dogs Marianne
2009 17 Again Samantha
2009 Just Peck Becca
2011 Friends with Benefits Hostess
2012 Domino Effect, TheThe Domino Effect Sirisha
2013 Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone, TheThe Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone Mohea
2013 Breaking the Girls Piper Sperling
2013 Internship, TheThe Internship Neha Patel
2013 Walking with Dinosaurs Juniper (voice)
2014 Miss India America Lily Prasad Completed

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Acceptable.TV Running Bear Episode: "Red Carpet Bros/Mister Sprinkles/Gar/Who's Gonna Train Me?/Operation Kitten Calendar"
2007 House Student #1 Episode: "Human Error"
2007 Hannah Montana Natasha Episode: "Achey Jakey Heart: Part 1"
2007 Moonlight Doctor #2 Episode: "Dr. Feelgood"
2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Zoey Episode: "The Turk"
2008 Greek Emma 2 episodes
2008 Numb3rs Shaza Rafiq Episode: "When Worlds Collide"
2008 Privileged Precious Episode: "All About Appearances"
2008–2009 Suite Life on Deck, TheThe Suite Life on Deck Padma 3 episodes
2009 Phineas and Ferb Mishti (voice) Episode: "Hide and Seek/That Sinking Feeling"
2010 Make It or Break It Morgan Webster Episode: "Are We Having Fun Yet?"
2010 Better with You Reena Episode: "Pilot"
2010 Vampire Diaries, TheThe Vampire Diaries Aimee Bradley 3 episodes
2011 Georgetown Harper Hawley Unaired ABC pilot
2011 NCIS Lauren Donnelly Episode: "Freedom"
2012 Touch Veronique / Nandu Episode: "Zone of Exclusion"
2013 Emily Owens, M.D. Chloe Episode: "Emily and... the Perfect Storm"
2013 Betas Divya Episode: "Waiting for a Girl Like You"
2013 Witches of East End Amy Matthews Recurring role; 4 episodes
2014 Crazy Ones, TheThe Crazy Ones Allie 3 episodes
2014-present Star Wars Rebels Sabine Wren [8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brittany Frederick (November 6, 2013). "Tiya Sircar Talks About Landing 'The Internship'". Star Pulse. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  2. Jeffrey Thomas DeSocio (June 7, 2013). "Tiya Sircar: I Laughed All Day Long". My Fox Atlanta. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  3. http://www.starpulse.com/news/Brittany_Frederick/2013/11/06/tiya_sircar_talks_about_landing_the_in
  4. http://newsindiatimes.com/tiya-sircar-lends-her-voice-to-walking-with-dinosaurs-3d/
  5. http://screencrush.com/star-wars-rebels-characters-sabine-mandalorian-tiya-sircar/
  6. Tim Kenneally (March 26, 2014). "‘How I Met Your Mother’ Spinoff Casts ‘Crazy Ones’ Actress Tiya Sircar as Replacement". The Wrap. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  7. James Hibberd (March 26, 2014). "'How I Met Your Mother' spinoff scoop: 'Crazy Ones' actress to replace Krysta Rodriguez". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  8. "Spark of Rebellion". Star Wars Rebels. October 3, 2014. Event occurs at 43:07. Disney Channel.

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