Veena Sood

Veena is a Canadian actress of Punjabi descent. She works in both the U.K. and Canada, and has starred in ITV's Compulsion featuring Ray Winstone and Parminder Nagra. She's also starred in the UK film Nina's Heavenly Delights, as well as the Canada/UK film Touch of Pink, which received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival. Veena co-founded Calgary's Loose Moose Theatre Company best known for their comedy Improvisation work. Veena also performs one-woman improvised shows at Canadian and U.K. comedy festivals with her character "The Maharani". She has been seen on television in recurring roles in the series Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, and Little Mosque on the Prairie, as well as in the feature films Connie and Carla, Two for the Money, Possession, and Helen.

She is the cousin of Ashwin Sood, Sarah McLachlan's drummer and husband, and the sister of Manoj Sood, who plays Baber on Little Mosque on the Prairie.

External links

• Veena Sood
• Veena Sood's [[Internet Movie Database] Profile]