Balinder Johal is an Indo-Canadian actress."Monster-in-law, India style; Vancouver's Balinder Johal finds a well of astonishing villainy as a controlling matriarch in Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth". Vancouver Sun, 31 October 2008. She is best known for her roles in the films of Deepa Mehta, including Heaven on Earth, for which she was a Leo Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 2009,"Stargate, Stone of Destiny lead B.C.'s Leo Award nominations". The Georgia Straight, 6 April 2009. and Beeba Boys, for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016."Performers proud of diversity in Canadian Screen Award noms". Telegraph-Journal, 21 January 2016.
Originally from Punjab, Johal was educated in India before moving to Canada to pursue a master's degree in education at the University of British Columbia.
As a stage actress, her most noted performances included Here and Now, a forum theatre play about urban gang violence in Vancouver,"Real-life local crisis transforms to genuinely gripping theatre". Vancouver Sun, 19 November 2005. and Anosh Irani's play My Granny the Goldfish."Gaggle of giggles keeps new comedy afloat". Vancouver Sun, 23 April 2010. She has also performed in guest appearances in the television series The Chris Isaak Show, Da Vinci's Inquest, 49th & Main, Aliens in America, Psych, Smallville and Sanctuary, and minor roles in the films Freddy Got Fingered, Josie and the Pussycats, No Men Beyond This Point and Donkeyhead.
Filmography +YearTitleRole Notes1992NorthwoodTV Series1995Wings of Courage1995Gunfighter's MoonElana2000Becoming DickTV Series2001Josie and the Pussycats 2001Freddy Got Fingered2001 The Chris Isaak ShowTV Series 1 Episode2004Pink Ludoos2004Da Vinci's InquestTV Series 1 Episode2005 The CollectorInaTV Series 1 Episode2005Murder Unveiled200649th & MainMrs GrewalTV Series 4 Episodes2006Abridge2007American Venus2008Aliens in AmericaHumaTV Series 1 Episode2008PsychHadewychTV Series 1 Episode2008Heaven on EarthMaji Dhillon2008Passengers2008Of Gold and God2008Sweet Amerika2009SmallvilleTV Series 1 Episode2010SanctuaryBibiTV Series 3 Episodes2012Jatt & JulietKathy2014Jatt & Juliet 2Pooja's grandmother2013Best of Luck2014Once Upon a Time in WonderlandHealerTV Series 1 Episode2015No Men Beyond This Point2016Beeba BoysMrs Johar2016Book of Love2016Killer Punjabi2016TravelersTV Series2017Jindua2017Prison BreakTV Series2017Crash PadMuumuu2017Ghost WarsTV Series2019 The 410NaniTV Series2019Fusion GenerationPritam Dhaliwal2019SupergirlOld ladyTV Series 1 Episode2019Two Sentence Horror StoriesTV Series2021Honsla RakhJamin's grandmother2021Love Hard2021YellowjacketsMrs SinghTV Series 1 Episode2022Donkeyhead2022Babe Bhangra Paunde Ne2022Arranged Marriage2024 A Nice Indian BoyAncient Grandmother
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