Daya Vaidya
Daya Vivian Vaidya is an American actress, known for her roles in the television series Unforgettable, Bosch, and The Black Hamptons.
Early life
Vaidya was born on May 20, 1980, in Kathmandu, Nepal, to a South Asian, Gujurati father and an Italian/Spanish-American mother. Her parents moved with her to Oakland, California, when she was two years old. She began performing in plays and musicals at the age of eleven, as well as training in all forms of dance from tap, ballet and contemporary - to hip-hop. She went on to major in dance at UCLA and dance on scholarship at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. She finished school with a BFA in Theater Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles. She currently resides in Los Angeles.Career
Vaidya began her career appearing in a recurring role on the WB television series, Hyperion Bay in 1999, and the following year made her film debut with a secondary role in the horror-comedy Leprechaun in the Hood. She guest-starred on television series such as NCIS, All of Us, Cuts and Two and a Half Men. In 2011, Vaidya was cast as a series regular in the CBS crime drama series, Unforgettable. She was fired after single season. Since then, she had the recurring roles in the ABC family series, Twisted in 2013, and the Amazon crime drama Bosch from 2016 to 2021. In 2017 she had a recurring role in the ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital.In 2022, Vaidya was cast in the BET+ drama series, The Black Hamptons. In 2023 she also had a recurring role as Onomatopoeia in the CW superhero series, Superman & Lois.