Varada Sethu

Varada was born in Kerala, India to parents who are both doctors, and she has a twin sister, Abhaya. Having moved to the North East of England at a young age, she grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne. Sethu attended Dame Allan’s Schools and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. During her final year of sixth form, Sethu won the 2010 Miss Newcastle competition. She went on to study Veterinary medicine at University of Bristol, later switching to Physiology. Sethu has been performing both Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam from a young age.

In 2019, Verada starred as CIA Analyst McArthur in 2 episodes of |Hanna (TV Series) as well as becoming a series regular in season five of Strike Back: Revolution as|Lance Corporal Manisha Chetri of the British Army

Varada Sethu appeared in a short film Appearances as Sameena in 2010. Later Sethu landed the role of Kiran in the 2011 feature film Sket, then as Meghana Scariah in English: An Autumn in London in 2012. In 2015 she made an appearance in the 2000 TV series Doctors as PC Kylie Green. Her career continued in 2016 appearing as Peaseblossom in a 2016 TV movie version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Also in 2016, Varada acted alongside Michael Caine and Daniel Radcliffe in Now You See Me 2, and as an Indian nurse in New Blood. In 2017 Varada starred as Aisha in 2 episodes of Doctor Foster. Varada also performed in the TV series Hard Sun as DS Mishal Ali for 6 episodes.

Varada Sethu (born 1992) is a British actress, best known for playing DS Mishal Ali in the BBC apocalyptic TV Series Hard Sun. She has also featured in Now You See Me 2 as the assistant to Michael Caine’s character.