Rachel White (actress)

Rachel Bretian White is an American -Indian actress, Singer Songwriter Music-Maker and Artist who works in Hindi and Bengali films.^[1] She has appeared in the Bollywood film Ungli (2014); and Bengali films Har Har Byomkesh (2015 ), Devi (2017) and One (2017).^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Rachel White
Born	Rachel White Kolkata, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Writer, Actress, Avatoon Artist, Publisher
Known for	Writing, Publishing & Activism, RACHELandSONS, Rachel White Movies, White Brothers iRachelStudio, Big Brother, the sister project
Notable work	Activism for Kids

Early life

Born in Kolkata, India, she completed her schooling from Loreto Convent School, Kolkata and later graduated with a degree in English (Honours) from the University of Calcutta.^[3]

Career

In 2014, Rachel White debuted in Bollywood with Emraan Hashmi, Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut and Neha Dhupia in the film Ungli where she was cast opposite Emraan Hashmi. She appeared in the Bengali films Har Har Byomkesh (2015), Devi (2017) and One (2017).^[2][3] White has modeled for brands such as Pond's, Garnier, MRF Tyres, Axis Bank, Airtel, Kotak Mahindra, ICICI Bank. White replaced Sonali Raut in the sitcom web series Love, Life and Screw Ups, starring Zeenat Aman, Zarina Wahab, Dolly Thakore and Sushant Divgikar.^[7] Rachel collaborated with a USA based fashion brand Yog The Label^[8] selling her pictures featured products manufactured in USA and Europe worldwide.^[9]

MeToo activism

On 12 October 2018, White disclosed allegations against film director Sajid Khan as part of the MeToo movement in Bollywood.^[10] Another actress, Saloni Chopra, and White's allegations against him led Khan to step down from directing the film Housefull 4^[11][12] and being suspended from the Indian Film and Television Directors Association (IFTDA) for a year due to multiple sexual harassment allegations.^[13]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2011	Mankatha	Herself	Tamil
2014	Ungli	Herself	Hindi
2015	Har Har Byomkesh	Chandni	Bengali
2016	Saadey CM Saab	Herself	Punjabi
2017	Love, Life and Screw Ups	Kashish	Hindi
2017	Devi	Shaon	Bengali
2017	One	Bipasha	Bengali
2017	Jihad †	Christina	Hindi
2019	Bhobishyoter Bhoot	Singer	Bengali
2019	Thai Curry		Bengali	[14]

Web series

Year	Series	OTT	Character
2018	Mismatch	Hoichoi	Sukanya
2019	Mismatch Season 2	Hoichoi	Sukanya
2020	Mismatch Season 3	Hoichoi
2020	Lips Don't Lie	Gemplex
2022	Roohaniyat	MX Player	Megha
2024	Kaantaye Kaantaye	ZEE5