Jassa Ahluwalia
20/30's East Midlands/Neutral/Punjabi,Assured/Confident/Versatile
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Jassa Ahluwalia is a London-based British actor and author.
Born in Coventry and raised in Leicester, Jassa is a fluent Punjabi speaker. He also speaks some Hindi, Urdu and Russian.
He came to prominence as Rocky in the hit BBC Three series 'Some Girls', followed by starring roles in 'Unforgotten', 'Ripper Street' and 'Peaky Blinders'.
Jassa created the hashtag #BothNotHalf to explore mixed identity in light of his own British-Indian heritage. His TEDx talk on 'How Language Shapes Identity' has clocked up over 200k views and his BBC One documentary 'Am I English?' won an Asian Media Award.
In 2024, Jassa published his first book, 'Both Not Half: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Heritage Identity'.
Jassa won Best Narrator at the Audio Production Awards 2024.
Born in Coventry and raised in Leicester, Jassa is a fluent Punjabi speaker. He also speaks some Hindi, Urdu and Russian.
He came to prominence as Rocky in the hit BBC Three series 'Some Girls', followed by starring roles in 'Unforgotten', 'Ripper Street' and 'Peaky Blinders'.
Jassa created the hashtag #BothNotHalf to explore mixed identity in light of his own British-Indian heritage. His TEDx talk on 'How Language Shapes Identity' has clocked up over 200k views and his BBC One documentary 'Am I English?' won an Asian Media Award.
In 2024, Jassa published his first book, 'Both Not Half: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Heritage Identity'.
Jassa won Best Narrator at the Audio Production Awards 2024.