Artist Profile
Originally from Houston Texas, Sharmita was drawn to the arts from a young age through South Asian dance and music. After pursuing acting in Austin and studying the Meisner Technique, she made the move to Los Angeles.
An award-winning actress, Sharmita has starred in many leading roles on stage and screen, notably as the lead Meera, in the rom-com Arranged Love (E!/Peacock), as Anjali in the Tribeca International Film Festival honored comedy heist feature film, Four Samosas, and is a writer-producer-performer of the multi-award winning play Yoniverse, a South Asian take on The Vagina Monologues. Other notable credits include Huma Abedin on season 3 of American Crime Story: Impeachment (FX), Lola on Grownish (Freeform), Leela Agerwal on Panic (Amazon Prime), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), All Rise (CBS) , Brew Brothers (Netflix), NCIS:LA (CBS), and more. Sharmita currently resides in Los Angeles and enjoys scenic hikes, snuggling her two puppies Bertie and Mick Jaggery, and experimenting with new vegetarian cuisines in her free time.
She is represented by manager John Baldasare (Venture), and by theatrical agents Pedro Tapia (CESD) and Heather Collier (Collier Talent – Texas).