Lekha Washington

Lekha Washington is an Indian origin film actress and product designer who has appeared in Tamil Hindi Telugu and Kannada language films She was first recognised for her work as a sculptor in 2002 and then as a theatre actress in Chennai based stage plays After appearing as a video jockey with SS Music Lekhas breakthrough film role was as an independent estranged sister in Jayamkondaan 2008 whilst she has gone on to portray roles in the multistarrer Vedam and the comedy Va Lekha Washington born to a father of mixed Burmese Italian and Punjabi ancestry Kenneth and a Maharashtrian mother Geeta Despite the mixed heritage Lekha has stated she considers herself South Indian due to her upbringing and speaks English and Marathi at home