Menik Gooneratne

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Greencard, UK & AUS Passport. Based LA / Melbourne Currently seen as supporting LEAD Sathya opposite Hugo Weaving in feature MORTAL ENGINES dir. Christian Rivers, screenplay written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson (the Oscar winning team behind LORD OF THE RINGS) produced by Peter Jackson’s company WingNut Films with Universal. Next to be seen in CBS Studios PANDA’S IN NY. Recently seen supporting in LION opposite Nicole Kidman & Dev Patel, directed by Garth Davis. In the 2018 pilot season, Menik had a Pilot Test Deal with NBC / Universal for multi-cam ABBY’S in the role of Rosie. At home in Australia, Menik is known as SERIES REGULAR, Priya Kapoor (200 eps) on Fremantle Media’s ever popular series NEIGHBOURS and as SERIES REGULAR Kylie on ABC’s comedic miniseries WIZARD OF AUS. Her work on NEIGHBOURS was ground breaking as the first South Asian main cast in the show’s 30-year history. Due to her character’s popularity with UK audiences, Channel 5 invited Menik to do a publicity trip to London for the show. Notable feature credits include working with Alex Proyas and Nicholas Cage on the US feature KNOWING and lead in US indie feature 43. Her performance in 43 was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Maverick Movie Awards in New York..