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Ambika Mod is a revelation in Netflix’s new restricted sequence One Day. The present premiered on February 8 and follows the connection between Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew on the identical day — July 15, to be actual — over a number of years.

This can be a main breakout second for Ambika. You’ll immediately fall for the 28-year-old over the course of the 14-episode sequence. Right here’s what that you must know concerning the One Day star.

Ambika Performs Emma in ‘One Day’

Ambika stars as Emma Morley within the Netflix sequence. The White Lotus alum Leo Woodall performs Dexter Mayhew. The present relies on David Nicholls’ bestselling 2009 novel of the identical title. One Day was first tailored into a movie in 2011 with Anne Hathaway starring as Emma.

Ambika Is a Comic

Whereas in school, Ambika joined a comedy group. “Writing and performing comedy is rarely one thing I assumed I might do, however I didn’t actually have anything, and I occurred to be good at it,” she instructed The Guardian. When she moved to London, she continued to do standup gigs. Ambika shaped the comedy duo Megan From HR with comedy associate Andrew Shires.

Ambika Is From England

The actress was raised in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, a city in England. She is the daughter of an accountant and a vet.

Ambika Is of South Asian Descent

Ambika’s dad and mom are Indian immigrants. “My picture represents so many individuals who haven’t seen themselves on TV,” she instructed The Guardian. “If I could be that to a younger South Asian lady, even when she doesn’t wish to be an actor, however she sees One Day, and thinks: ‘I’m worthy of affection, I’m worthy of reaching my desires,’ what a tremendous factor to offer somebody.”

Ambika’s Hinge Date Led to a TV Gig

Ambika revealed to British Vogue that she was headed to a Hinge date when she ran right into a comic she’d beforehand labored with. This led to her showing in a sketch on the comedy sequence The Mash Report. That gig helped her get signed by an agent and in the end nab her breakout function in This Is Going to Harm.

“That likelihood encounter was the catalyst for therefore many massive modifications in my profession,” she mentioned within the interview. “I actually select to consider in synchronicities, coincidences, patterns, that means, and symbolism. And I by no means went out on one other date with that man.”