Balinder Johal
Balinder Johal is an Indo-Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in the films of Deepa Mehta, including Heaven on Earth, for which she was a Leo Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 2009, and Beeba Boys, for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Canadian [Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress] at the 4th [Canadian Screen Awards] in 2016.
Originally from Punjab, Johal was educated in India before moving to Canada to pursue a master's degree in education at the University of [British Columbia].
As a stage actress, her most noted performances included Here and Now, a forum theatre play about urban gang violence in Vancouver, and Anosh Irani's play My Granny the Goldfish. She has also performed in guest appearances in the television series The [Chris Isaak Show], Da Vinci's Inquest, 49th & Main, Aliens in America, Psych, Smallville and Sanctuary, and minor roles in the films Freddy [Got Fingered], Josie and the Pussycats, No Men Beyond This Point and Donkeyhead.