- Lin Shukla
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name = Lin Shukla
birthname = Linda Anne Reed
birthdate = birth date and age|1957|2|27
birthplace =Fontana ,United States
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yearsactive =2005 –present
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grammyawards =Lin Shukla (born
27 February 1957 ) is an American actress.Personal life
Lin Shukla was born Linda Anne Reed in
Fontana, California ,United States , to John T. and Edith Reed. She met her husband, Shailendra "Shelley" Shukla, inNew Delhi while on a trip toIndia . She met him while playingfrisbee atQutab Minar . Since then she has visitedIndia eleven times, speaks basicHindi , and lovesBollywood movies.Career
Lin's first
feature film , "Omama: Royal Blood", was filmed inChicago by West-African director Nana King Mensah (Ghana ), in which she starred as the dysfunctional wife of the title character. It was one of the first Ghanaian films to be produced in the United States and starred Ghanaian football superstar Kwame Owusu-Ansah.Following that, she has portrayed a variety of roles in
Indie films , including an abused prostitute in Darwin Meiners/TrickKnee Productions' award-winning short, "Like Lightning" (Winner, Best Cinematography, "48 Hour Film Project ",San Francisco ; a wretched witch in Edward Rosenblum's short, "Story About a Witch"; afoster mother in Jeremy Lum's feature, "Elise"; and a bounced drunk in Daniel Davila's feature, "Harrison Montgomery ", starringMartin Landau .Filmography
External links
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* [http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Lin_Shukla/3692559 Lin Shukla on Hollywood.com]
* [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=chart_film_prod_d&dept=Film&recordid=1117786415 Variety Film Production Detail: ELISE]
* [http://linshukla.com Lin Shukla Official Website]
* [http://www.modernghana.com/GhanaHome/music/music_details.asp?id=VFZSRmQwMUJQVDA9&menu_id=1&sub_menu_id=0 Modern Ghana: Premiere of "Omama: Royal Blood", 1985]
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