Amy Maghera
Biography
Amy Maghera is a British model and actress, working in Hindi, English, and Punjabi films. From 2015 to 2017, she appeared in the British soap opera Hollyoaks as Neeta Kaur.
Maghera began her career as a dancer for the likes of Kanye West and Guns N' Roses. She was working as a background dancer on the sets of a Bollywood film in Mumbai when she was scouted by a modelling agency bringing in a five-year contract with Lakme, India's highest top-end cosmetic company as its brand ambassador.
She also featured as a backing dancer for the £1 Fish song by One Pound Fish Man in December 2012. This launched her career in modeling as she went on to do assignments with reputed brands like Satya Paul, Miss Sixty, L’Oreal, Skechers, Nokia, and Olay among others, besides participating in fashion shows with designers like Alison Kanugo and Neeta Lulla.
In 2014, she appeared in Mad About Dance. She also did the lead vocals for the film. A Punjabi film Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo with singer Amrinder Gill followed soon after.
In April 2015, a British-Asian film featuring her, Amar Akbar & Tony, was released in the United Kingdom. She then acted alongside Sandhya Mridul, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sarah-Jane Dias, and Anushka Manchanda in the 2015 film Angry Indian Goddesses, a film that marked the debut of Pan Nalin in mainstream Hindi cinema.
In October 2015, Maghera joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks as Neeta Kaur. She departed the serial in November 2017 after her character was killed off. Her death scene was nominated for Best Show-Stopper at the 2018 Inside Soap Awards.
