Mathangi Ray
Height:
156 cm
Mathangi Ray is a British Actress, based in London, UK. Born in Libya to parents Durga Ramakrishnan and Dr M.S. Ramakrishnan, Mathangi hails from an Indian family with a rich heritage in Performing arts. Her mother continues in her family's legacy as Indian Carnatic Vocalist and Veena player, based in Bristol, UK. Her Father, Dr. M.S. Ramakris...
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Mathangi Ray is a British Actress, based in London, UK. Born in Libya to parents Durga Ramakrishnan and Dr M.S. Ramakrishnan, Mathangi hails from an Indian family with a rich heritage in Performing arts. Her mother continues in her family's legacy as Indian Carnatic Vocalist and Veena player, based in Bristol, UK. Her Father, Dr. M.S. Ramakrishnan performed as a singer, guitarist, keyboard and tabla player when not practicing medicine. Mathangi has one younger brother, Hari Ramakrishnan, who is a writer, director and actor based in Bristol, UK.With film and music always in her life, Mathangi started her formal training in music, dance and performance from the age of 5 with her first dance performance at the age of 7. At 16, she bagged her first lead role as Dorothy in her college's highlight musical 'The Whizz' in Bristol. Her next breakthrough came while she was at Oxford University, studying Physics, when she was approached directly to play the lead Alice in the Feature Film "The DiVincenzo Code", jointly created by Oxford University, The Oxford University Physics Department and the EU Commission. This role had a very significant impact in pushing Mathangi to want to be an actor after finishing her degree.Since then, Mathangi has been working in Film, TV, Stage, Commercials and Voiceovers. Highlights of her work so far including working with Richard Naylor for his pilot 'Music Land World' where she played the female lead of Alice 'The Dream girl', meeting Gurinder Chadha while she was working on her musical 'Bend in Like Beckham' in London, and working with Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone in his feature film 'Snowden'. Show less «
In my time mentoring and coaching students applying for STEM subjects, I've found that Maths tops the list of most hated subjects. And Physi...Show more »
In my time mentoring and coaching students applying for STEM subjects, I've found that Maths tops the list of most hated subjects. And Physics is the most feared. I'd like to change the way people view that! Show less «
The first play I wrote, directed and acted in, was titled 'Ambrosia', where I played the Evil Witch. The hero was my brother, Hari who was w...Show more »
The first play I wrote, directed and acted in, was titled 'Ambrosia', where I played the Evil Witch. The hero was my brother, Hari who was working to thwart me with my nemesis, the angelic and beautiful female lead (who's name I forget) who was played by my neighbor. I was 10 - they were like 6 and 8. And this star-studded show was attended attended by my parents and neighbors! Show less «
Kamaal has a great ear for the music in an artist and is able to direct and blend different styles. It was good for me in particular because...Show more »
Kamaal has a great ear for the music in an artist and is able to direct and blend different styles. It was good for me in particular because I had both the Western and Hindi styles to my singing which he helped bring out in this song. Plus as a singer himself, he can also talk the language to bring out what he felt was possible. So, I think we worked really great together! Show less «
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