| Parminder Nagra, the girl who made it big and got popular
from Bend it Like Beckham, is a Sikh, Punjabi girl born and
brought up in England.
Her family moved from India to England in the 1960s. She was born
and raised in Leicester, and has a younger sister and two younger
brothers. Her parents divorced when she was young. Her biological
father is a foundry worker, stepfather is a book keeper for his
cousin's transport business, and her mother works as a packer in
a factory. Parminder has had no formal acting training. In education apart
from completing "A" levels, Nagra has done GCSEs in music and drama
at Soar Valley Community College, Leicester.
Her family supported her to become a professional actress when she was 17 years old. She started acting mostly in theater and television productions.
She came to the limelight in the 2002 movie Bend It Like Beckham where
she starred as Jesminder 'Jess' Bhamra. She worked hard to fit into
Jess' role and practiced with England's only pro girls soccer team
to prepare for the role. The film was a box office hit in both the
United States and United Kingdom.
Nagra can speak fluent Punjabi and a bit of Hindi. Holly Hunter, Jodie Foster and Edward Norton are her role models in acting.
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