Purva Bedi
Purva Bedi
Effervescent charm...
Purva Bedi is an actress of film, television and theater, and a producer of independent film and not-for-profit theater. Acclaimed and experienced across all mediums, Purva combines global appeal with urban wit and comedic charm.
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Purva is being honored at the Target Margin Theater Gala on October 8.
Celestial Futures Gala
Target Margin GALA XXXIV | October 8, 2024
AT THE DOXSEE
HONORING
HILARY ALGER & PURVA BEDI
6 pm VIP Reception
6:30 pm Doors Open
Festive Attire – Come as you are!
Follow the stars…
Star gazers follow their Heavenly Guides, their north stars, lodestars, cynosures, and we are no different. This year we celebrate two of our brightest lights. These two women have built our company from the earliest days, with labor and artistry and their generous gifts. Look, on the horizon, it’s Purva Bedi, shining actor and spirit! See there! By the moon! Hilary Alger, wise counselor and tireless believer! How could we have made our way without these celestial guides? No, we cannot imagine our work without them.
Join us on October 8th as we celebrate these two with a night of artistic astronomy, gastronomic delight, and shared joy. We might even identify a new solar system…
Purva just finished up a a sold-out limited run of Coach Coach with Clubbed Thumb Summerworks at The Wild Project. This hilarious comedy about life coaches by Bailey Williams and directed by Sarah Blush was critically acclaimed in which Sara Holdren from Vulture writes, “There’s a history between the morbid Velma and the buttoned-up Ann (whose all-pink Working Girl silhouette screams Real-Estate Barbie and who keeps reminding everyone that she’s recently married “to a man!”), and every time Millonzi and Bedi are left alone together, the play’s parodic formula gains density and chemistry without losing its humor. Velma gets one of the show’s best jokes when, after a loaded tête-à-tête, Ann huffs, “One of us is going to have to give a straight answer one day.” “Oh,” says Velma, mercilessly indicating Ann’s ring-finger, “one of us already has.”
Images courtesy of Maria Baranova
Purva loved being a part of WP+ Pipeline Festival where she played Elizabeth Marsh in Amina Henry’s When the Other Mary Celeste Sank: An Umweltian Tale directed by Ran Xia and produced by Emma Orme. Photos by Marina Baranova-Suzuki.
From the acclaimed teams that brought the multi-award winning Wolf Play and Public Obscenities to Off-Broadway, Purva played Friar Laurence in Romeo & Juliet at Two River Theatre directed by Dustin Wills and Hanson Jung in a new translation by Hansol Jung. Following this critically acclaimed run, the show transferred to Off-Broadway with NAATCO at the Lynn Angelson Theatre. Purva then recorded her original role as Friar Laurence in the Play On Podcast which is currently available.
Purva appears as “Principal Gupta” on the Peacock Original series ONE OF US IS LYING based on the popular YA novel. The complete seasons one and two are available to stream now on Peacock.
Purva plays “Priya” in the feature film Homebody, out now in select theaters.
Purva c0-created and stars in the series SHRINKAGE. She was interviewed by Forbes and American Kahani about the project.
Purva appears in the feature film THE SURROGATE, recently released on VOD. Watch the trailer here.
Purva is featured in the critically-acclaimed Bleecker Street feature film THE ASSISTANT. Now available for streaming On-Demand.
Film & TV
Film & TV
Must See TV...
Purva has worked extensively in television drama and comedy. Her guest and recurring appearances include One of Us is Lying, Billions, High Maintenance, She's Gotta Have It, The Code, Madam Secretary, Person of Interest, Unforgettable, Nurse Jackie, The Blacklist, The Good Wife, A Gifted Man, Gossip Girl, House, Boston Legal, Alias, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Drew Carey Show, ER, Strong Medicine, and The West Wing.
Theater
Theater
A 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for her work in Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons), Purva is an Associate Artist and Board Member of Target Margin Theater and a member of the Actors Center Workshop Company. New York theater credits include: Coach Coach (Clubbed Thumb Summerworks/Wild Project), When the Other Mary Celeste Sank: An Umweltian Tale (WP+ Pipeline), Six Therapists (Clubbed Thumb Winterworks), Romeo & Juliet (Classic Stage/Lynn Angelson & Two River), Wives (Playwrights Horizons), Passage (Soho Rep), India Pale Ale (Manhattan Theater Club), An Ordinary Muslim (New York Theatre Workshop), Uncommon Sense (Tectonic Theater Project), The Idiot (Here Arts Center), Veil'd (Women's Project); Ten Blocks on the Camino Real, Reread Another, The Tempest, and Second Language (Target Margin); There or Here (Hypothetical Theater), The Rise of Dorothy Hale (St. Luke's); East is East (Manhattan Theater Club & New Group); and many others.
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