Melinda Shankar

Known for: Acting

Born: 1992-02-18 (age 34)

From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Melinda Leanna Shankar is a Canadian actress. She is best known for starring as Alli Bhandari in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation and as Indira "Indie" Mehta in the YTV series How To Be Indie, for which she won several awards, including a Canadian Screen Award in 2013.

Filmography (22)

MOVIE
Magic on Set
2025
as Sarah
MOVIE
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Christmas in the Wilds
2021
as Amara
MOVIE★ 7.0
Christmas with a Prince: The Royal Baby
2021
as Bella
MOVIE★ 6.9
Romance in the Wilds
2021
as Amara
MOVIE★ 6.7
Red String of Fate
2021
as DANIKA MONDAL
MOVIE★ 7.3
Christmas with a Prince: Becoming Royal
2019
as Bella
MOVIE★ 5.6
Christmas with a Prince
2018
as Bella
MOVIE★ 5.3
Darker than Night
2018
as Mika
MOVIE★ 5.4
Christmas Wedding Planner
2017
as Jealous Bridesmaid
TV★ 5.5
Mooom
2017
as Kylie
MOVIE★ 4.5
Filth City
2017
as Monica
TV★ 6.7
Slasher
2016
as Talvinder Gill
TV
True Dating Stories
2015
as Detective Banks
MOVIE
Festival of Lights
2012
as Reshma
MOVIE
Degrassi in India
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Degrassi Takes Manhattan
2010
as Alli Bhandari
MOVIE★ 5.1
Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
2010
as Janie Gibbs
TV★ 5.4
How to Be Indie
2009
as Indie Mehta
MOVIE★ 7.8
Degrassi Goes Hollywood
2009
as Alli Bhandari
TV★ 9.2
Degrassi: Minis
2006
as Alli Bhandari
TV★ 7.6
Degrassi
2001
as Alli Bhandari