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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British model and actress}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Amy Maghera<br />
| image = Amrit Maghera.jpg<br />
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| caption = Maghera in 2016<br />
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| nationality = British <br />
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| television = ''[[Hollyoaks]]''<br />
| years_active= 2008–present<br />
| occupation = Actress<br />
}}<br />
'''Amy Maghera''' (formerly '''Amrit Maghera'''){{efn|Her birth name is Amrit, but she announced her name change to Amy in March 2021.<ref name=AmyInsta/> To reflect this, the article will refer to her as Amy.}} is a British model and actress, working in [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] films. From 2015 to 2017, she appeared in the British soap opera ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' as [[Neeta Kaur]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Maghera began her career as a dancer for the likes of [[Kanye West]] and [[Guns N' Roses]]. She was working as a background dancer on the sets of a [[Bollywood]] film in [[Mumbai]] when she was scouted by a [[Modeling agency|modelling]] agency bringing in a five-year contract with [[Lakme]], India's highest top end [[Cosmetics|cosmetic]] company as its [[brand ambassador]]. She also featured as a [[Backup dancer|backing dancer]] for the [[£1 Fish|£1 Fish song]] by [[One Pound Fish Man]] in December 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amritmaghera.com/ |title=Amrit Maghera |publisher=amritmaghera.com |access-date=30 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722211003/http://amritmaghera.com/ |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This launched her career in modelling as she went on to do assignments with reputed brands like [[Satya Paul]], [[Miss Sixty]], [[L’Oreal]], [[Skechers]], [[Nokia]] and [[Olay]] among others, besides participating in fashion shows with designers like Alison Kanugo and [[Neeta Lulla]].{{Cn|date=March 2022}} In 2014, she appeared in ''[[Mad About Dance]]''. She also did the lead vocals for the film. A Punjabi film ''[[Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo]]'' with singer Amrinder Gill followed soon after.{{Cn|date=March 2022}}<br />
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In April 2015, a British-Asian film featuring her, ''[[Amar Akbar & Tony]]'', was released in the [[United Kingdom]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} She then acted alongside [[Sandhya Mridul]], [[Tannishtha Chatterjee]], [[Sarah-Jane Dias]] and [[Anushka Manchanda]] in the 2015 film ''[[Angry Indian Goddesses]]'', a film which marked the debut of Pan Nalin in mainstream Hindi cinema.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/bollywood/pan-nalin-directs-india-s-first-female-friendship-film-angry/article_521e84ba-348a-11e5-a9fe-c7be68127cbd.html |title=Pan Nalin Directs India's First Female Friendship Film, 'Angry Indian Goddesses' |publisher=India West |access-date=30 July 2015 |archive-date=10 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910165557/http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/bollywood/pan-nalin-directs-india-s-first-female-friendship-film-angry/article_521e84ba-348a-11e5-a9fe-c7be68127cbd.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2015, Maghera joined the cast of the [[Channel 4]] [[soap opera]], ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' as [[Neeta Kaur]]. She departed the serial in November 2017 after her character was [[killed off]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/hollyoaks-viewers-shocked-after-evil-11437046.amp |title=Hollyoaks viewers shocked after evil Mac Nightingale drops Neeta Kaur to almost certain death |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> Her death scene was nominated for Best Show-Stopper at the 2018 [[Inside Soap Awards|''Inside Soap'' Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronation Street tops ''Inside Soap'' Awards 2018 shortlist with 18 nominations |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a868513/coronation-street-inside-soap-awards-shortlist-2018/ |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
On 31 March 2021, she uploaded a post on Instagram stating that she had legally changed her forename from Amrit to Amy. She stated that Amy has been a lifelong nickname for her, and that she is equally "proud of my mixed heritage - Indian and White". Her name change was not to turn her back on any culture, as she also stated in the post that she is maintaining her mother's Indian surname Maghera.<ref name=AmyInsta>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CNETP_ABJYs/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/amy.maghera/2541240751065699884 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |url-access=registration |title=30 March 2021 at 19:40 |last=Maghera |first=Amy |website=[[Instagram]] |date=30 March 2021 |accessdate=1 November 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" <br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Film<br />
! Role<br />
! Language<br />
! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| 2008 || ''[[Yuvvraaj]]'' || Shazia || Hindi || Credited as Aimee Maghera<br />
|-<br />
| 2014 || ''[[Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo]]'' ||Alisha || Punjabi || With [[Amrinder Gill]] as male lead<br />
|-<br />
| 2014 || ''[[Mad About Dance]]'' || Aashira Qureshi || Hindi || Also singer<br />
|-<br />
| 2015 || ''[[Angry Indian Goddesses]]'' || 'Jo' Joanna || Hindi || <br />
|-<br />
| 2015 || ''[[Amar Akbar & Tony]]'' || || English || A British-Asian film<br />
|-<br />
| 2015–2017 || ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' || [[Neeta Kaur]] || English || Series regular<br />
|-<br />
| 2018 || ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Nadia Badhir || English || 1 episode <br />
|-<br />
| 2021 || ''[[Skater Girl]]'' || Jessica || Hindi and English || Feature film<br />
|}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|4199026}}<br />
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