Background
Vidyasagar was born in Muscat, Oman on July 11, 1985. She grew up in India and the United States.
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Nitya Vidyasagar
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She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in Drama Tisch School of the Arts and a Minor in Music from the College of Arts and Sciences, New York University.
Career
Leela runs a laundromat next to Mr. Hooper"s Store. Sesame Street producers were not looking for an Indian-American actress before they cast Vidyasagar, but the show"s writers plan to use parts of Vidyasagar"s background in certain episodes. Leela is described as "a young Indian-American who embraces her heritage and culture."
Vidyasagar is primarily a stage actress.
She trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
Her stage credits include:
Yalda in the world premiere of "Modern Terrorism: Or They Who Want to Kill Us and How We Learn to Love Them" at Second Stage Theatre. Armanda (u/s) The Glorious Ones at the Lincoln Center Theater.
Anna: Serendib at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Cecilia’s: Cecilia"s Last Tea Party.
Passage Theatre Company.
Puck: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Flux Theatre Ensemble
Janine: NINJA: The Musical. Desipina & Company
Emma: Monetizing Emma Planet Connections Festival.
Anna: Coney Island Avenue.
New York Theatre Workshop
Her Screen and Television work includes appearances in:
Split Ends feature film. Back Pocket Prod (Director Dorothy Lyman)
The television program on Columbia Broadcasting System The Good Wife.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Guest star 20th Century Fox (Director Oliver Stone)
Sita Sings The Blues: Nina Paley Prod (Director Nina Paley)
Sesame Street Public Broadcasting Service Series Regular Leela.
Membership
Vidyasagar is the first Indian-American cast member of Sesame Street.
