Linda Arsenio

Linda Arsenio is an American actress and model from Texas. She has predominantly appeared in Indian films in various languages. She is probably best known for her performance as Jessica Beckham in the 2006 Hindi film Kabul Express.

Linda Arsenio
Linda Arsenio
Born	Galveston Island, Texas, U.S.
Other names	Linda
Occupation(s)	Actress, Model
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	divorced

Early life

Arsenio was born on Galveston Island, Texas, the daughter of a Salvadoran mother and a Yugoslavian father. She has two sisters and one brother, who live in Texas.

She studied at the Actors' Conservatory in Dallas for two years, graduating with a degree in acting and continued her studies in acting in New York City. Having already experience with theatre and musicals, she went on to do professional theatre in Texas and later in New York, which then led her to working in feature films.

Career

She made her acting début in a British independent film, called The Process of Creative Deception, before stepping into the Hindi film industry. She has acted in Tamil and Telugu films. The Tamil films are Sachein and Thotti Jaya in which she has item numbers, and she also plays a cameo in Kana Kandaen. The Telugu movie she has acted in is Bhadra.^[1]

Her first Hindi film is Kabul Express. This movie was entirely shot in Afghanistan.^[2] She also appeared in other movies Mumbai Salsa, and Aloo Chaat.^[3][4]

In early 2007, she had acted in two cross-cultural Tamil telefilms, titled My Dear Father (En Iniya Thanthai) and Self Defence (Aththu Meera Aasai), both directed by 'Atlanta' Ganesh.^[5][6]

In 2009, she acted in the Malayalam film Pazhassi Raja alongside popular South Indian actors Mammootty and Sarath Kumar. However, she received much criticism for her role in the film (as Malabar District Sub-Collector's young wife Dora Baber).^[7]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2001	The Process of Creative Deception	Randy Kyle	English
2004	Avenue X	Bar Fly # 1	American Sign Language	Short film
2005	Sachein	Dancer/Singer	Tamil	Special appearance
	Bhadra		Telugu	Special appearance in item song
	Kana Kandaen		Tamil	Guest appearance
	Thotti Jaya		Tamil	Special appearance
2006	Kabul Express	Jessica Beckham	Hindi
2007	My Dear Father		Tamil	Telefilm Original title:En Iniya Thanthai
	Self Defence		Tamil	Telefilm Original title: Aththu Meera Aasai
	Mumbai Salsa	Pamela Nicole Adamsmith	Hindi	credited as Linda
2009	Aloo Chaat	Nikki	Hindi
	Pazhassi Raja	Dora Baber	Malayalam
2010	Kedi	Nadia	Telugu
	Help	Natasha	Hindi
2011	Dam 999	Sandra[8]	English	Indian English movie
2021	Puzhayamma	Roza Linda	Malayalam

References

1. "An evening with Linda". The Hindu. July 18, 2005. Archived from the original on January 4, 2007. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
2. Syed Firdaus Ashraf (December 15, 2006). "Meet the only woman in Kabul Express". Rediff.
3. "Mumbai Salsa". The Times of India. October 26, 2007. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
4. "Actress Linda Arsenio in a bikini for Aloo Chaat". Mid-Day. March 9, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
5. "Two telefilms for the international market". The Hindu. May 20, 2007. Archived from the original on October 28, 2007. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
6. "Finding father". madrasplus.com. January 19, 2007. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
7. "Cinema Plus / Film Review : Majestic multitude - Pazhassi Raja". The Hindu. November 27, 2009. Archived from the original on December 1, 2009. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
8. "DAM999 Official Website". DAM999. Retrieved March 8, 2010.

External links

• Linda Arsenio at IMDb