Agam Darshi
TV / Film Actress
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AGAM DARSHI is a Leo award winning storyteller: actress/writer/director and producer. She has been a professional actress for over sixteen years, working internationally and garnering awards.
She recently wrapped as a lead on Deepa Mehta’s newest film FUNNY BOY based on Shyam Selvadurai’s bestselling novel. This year Agam was nominated for best supporting actress in the feature film KINGSWAY, written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Bruce Sweeney, which premiered at TIFF.
As a writer, Agam is a recipient of the illustrious Film Independent Project Involve 2020 Fellowship. And In 2018 Agam’s screenplay, INDIANS IN COWTOWN was one of only six scripts accepted into the WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL’S PRAXIS SCREENWRITING LAB, and is currently in development.
In 2017 Agam returned to the stage with her one-person show she wrote entitled, KAUR at the Railtown Actors Studio to sold out audiences. The play was scheduled to return as a part of the Monsoon Festival in 2020, until COVID-19 changed our plans.
As an activist for race equality in media, Agam Darshi co-founded the INTERNATIONAL SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL (VISAFF). Currently in its eighth year, the festival focuses on ‘bridging the gap’ between South Asian talent and mainstream audiences, by breaking stereotypes and expanding North American views on South Asian culture.