Chhaya Néné
Actress, Los Angeles CA
Actress. Model. Journalist.
Chhaya Nene is an actress, director, and journalist.
As an actress, she's appeared on ABC's Big Sky, General Hospital, and Speechless. In addition, you can catch her on Netflix's The OA, and BET's Sacrifice. She's currently recurring on an Amazon show.
As a writer/director, Nene's film 'Kurta Pants' has received 12 awards (including Best Comedy at an Oscar Qualifier in NY), been shown in half a dozen countries, and a clip has gone viral with over 1 million views in eight days. She also has articles published in The Washington Post, The Global Post, and Reader's Digest.
Chhaya is never afraid of a challenge. Whether it's creating social justice focused mixed medium artwork, being trilingual (English, French, Marathi-a language of West India) or writing and performing in the South Asian version of the Vagina Monologues, she welcomes the adventure.