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Mahira Kakkar

Mahira Kakkar (she/her) is an award winning actor and a writer. A recent recipient of a NYSCA grant, Mahira has written for publications in India and the US. Mahira is an actor whose work can currently be viewed in films, TV and series like Manifest and A Suitable Boy. Mahira has worked on and off Broadway, in regional theater and has acted in several world premieres. She has a facility for classical work, language driven plays, Indian dialects and silly humor. 

Mahira Kakkar (she/her) is an award winning actor and a writer. A recent recipient of a NYSCA grant, Mahira has written for publications in India and the US. Mahira is an actor whose work can currently be viewed in films, TV and series like Manifest and A Suitable Boy. Mahira has worked on and off Broadway, in regional theater and has acted in several world premieres. She has a facility for classical work, language driven plays, Indian dialects and silly humor.

Mahira is a graduate of the Juilliard School and a gold medalist from Jadavpur University. She is thrilled to be back at The Huntington where she has workshopped The Ceremony and performed in Bedroom Farce as an actor and workshopped her piece Draupadi (Play 1 of the 18 play Mahabharata cycle) as a writer.