India de Beaufort

India de Beaufort (born India Beaufort Lloyd; 27 June 1987) is a British actress and singer-songwriter.

India de Beaufort
de Beaufort in 2016
Born
India Beaufort Lloyd

(1987-06-27) 27 June 1987
Kingston upon Thames, London, England
Other namesIndia Beau
OccupationActress, singer-songwriter
Years active1996–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2015)​
Children1

Early life

De Beaufort is of British, Indian and French background.[1][2] She attended Esher College in Surrey, England.[3]

Career

In 1994, de Beaufort appeared in a music video, "Every Woman Knows", for the artist Lulu, and in 1996 had a brief appearance as an orphan child in an episode of Penelope Keith's Next of Kin.

In 2002, aged 15, de Beaufort signed to Entertainment Rights as a singer/songwriter and actress, In the same year she was cast as a principal character in the BAFTA nominated The Basil Brush Show as India Beau. de Beaufort went on to shoot three seasons with the show, and also performed as a featured artist on the Christmas single "Boom Boom, Its Basil Brush". The song remained on the UK charts for three weeks at position 44.[4] During India's time with the cast of the CBBC sitcom, India performed at Proms in the Park and took part in a nationwide tour.

In 2006, de Beaufort was cast as Maya in Simon Pegg's Run Fatboy Run, directed by David Schwimmer. She has said in many interviews that this production switched her path from singer to actress.[5] The following year she became the face of US makeup line Me by Mezhgan, created by the head of American Idol's make up department, Mezhgan Hussainy.[6] In 2008, de Beaufort was cast as the pagan warrior Aneka in BBC/Comedy Central parody series, Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire. The comedy was shot in Budapest, Hungary.[7]

In 2009, de Beaufort joined the cast of The CW teen drama series One Tree Hill as Miranda Stone during the seventh season.

From 2010 to 2012, de Beaufort played India Jourdain in the ABC Family comedy-drama series Jane by Design. The series was cancelled after one season. She later had the recurring roles in Necessary Roughness and Chicago P.D. She also guest starred on Chuck, How I Met Your Mother, Castle and The Night Shift. From 2014 to 2017, de Beaufort did her first voice role as Clover in the Netflix show All Hail King Julien.

In 2015, de Beaufort was cast as Jules Jackman in the ABC prime-time television soap opera Blood & Oil.[8] In 2016, de Beaufort was cast in recurring roles on Younger and NCIS: Los Angeles. She also guest starred on 2 Broke Girls. In 2017, de Beaufort joined the cast of Veep. She was also cast in the ABC pilot The Gospel of Kevin, later changed to Kevin (Probably) Saves the World; it was picked up to series and premiered on 3 October 2017.

In 2020 around the time of the 2020 presidential election, de Beaufort released her single, Crack to support the pussy grabs back movement.

Personal life

On 29 August 2015, de Beaufort married actor Todd Grinnell.[9] Their son was born on 25 May 2018.[10]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Run Fatboy Run Maya Goshdashtidar
2015 The Better Half Dina Post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Next of Kin Deprived Youngster Episode: "The Theme Park"
2003–05 The Basil Brush Show India Recurring role, 21 episodes
2009 Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire Aneka 6 episodes
2009–10 One Tree Hill Miranda Stone Recurring role, 12 episodes
2011 Chuck Jasmine Episode: "Chuck Versus Agent X"
2012 Jane by Design India Jourdain Main role, 17 episodes
2013 Necessary Roughness India 3 episodes
2013 How I Met Your Mother Sophia Episode: "Knight Vision"
2014 Chicago P.D. Layla Roslyn 3 episodes
2014–2017 All Hail King Julien Clover and Crimson Voice
2015 Castle Taylor McKinley Episode: "I, Witness"
2015 The Night Shift Farrah Episode: "Darkest Before Dawn"
2015 Blood & Oil Jules Jackman Series regular, 10 episodes
2016 Younger Radha Recurring role
2016–2019 NCIS: Los Angeles Alexandra Reynolds 4 episodes
2017–2019 Veep Brie Ramachandran 6 episodes
2017 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World Kristin Allen Main role
2018 New Looney Tunes Foxy Foxworth Voice, Episode: "Undercover Bunny"
2019–2020 One Day at a Time Avery Recurring role
2019 Modern Family Dr. Singh Episode: "A Moving Day"
2020 It's Pony Mom Voice
2020 Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Jessica Recurring role

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Infinite Crisis Arcane Supergirl Voice

Discography

Singles
Year Title
2020 Crack

References
  2. Castro, Adam-Troy (14 December 2012). "India de Beaufort is satirical Krod's serious babe". Syfy Wire. Syfy. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. "India de Beaufort". TV Guide. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  4. "Basil Brush and India Beau – Boom Boom/Christmas Slide". αCharts.us. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  5. "DVD and Blu-ray rental". Lovefilm. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  6. "American Idol Makeup Artist Mezhgan's Tips for Natural Looking Makeup". 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009.
  7. "Krod Mandoon's India de Beaufort". CraveOnline. 7 April 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  8. Denise Petski (27 February 2015). "ABC Pilots 'Boom', 'Mix' & '46 Percenters' Add To Casts". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  9. India de Beaufort (25 May 2018). "....I've been your wife for two years today. I've been your partner for almost 9 years. The happiest years of my life. I love you @toddgrinnell ❤️❤️❤️ I love you. I love you. I love you". Instagram. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  10. India de Beaufort (25 May 2018). "Forever Changed ❤️ Our son. Crosby James Beaufort-Grinnell. One week old. Life is magic ❤️ P.s We know he's kind of hidden... We aren't ready to share him yet ❤️ we're not even sure we ever will be... but we wanted to share his arrival. @toddgrinnell and I are so so grateful for all the love and well wishes. He is everything ❤️". Instagram. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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