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{{short description|American actress}}
{{notability|Biographies|date=December 2012}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Nivedita Kulkarni
| birth_date =
| alma_mater = [[Washington University in St. Louis]]
| occupation = Writer, actress, comedian
| homepage = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105152926/https://www.niveditakulkarni.com/ |date=5 November 2024}}
}}
'''Nivedita Kulkarni''' is an American actress, model, writer, and comedian. She performs regularly at the [[Upright Citizens Brigade Theater]], and is best known as the national face of [[Bank of America]]. She is a part of the ensemble cast of "[[Morgan Evans (screenwriter)|The Untitled Web Series That Morgan Evans Is Doing]]", which was nominated for a [[Writers Guild Award]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/wga-awards/nominees-winners.aspx |title=Writers Guild Awards |accessdate=July 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901174238/http://www.wga.org/wga-awards/nominees-winners.aspx |archivedate=September 1, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=The Deadline |date=2013-01-16 |title=WGA Announces New Media & Videogame Nominees |url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/wga-announces-new-media-videogame-nominees-405611/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Gregg Kilday, Jordan Zakarin, [https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/wga-awards-zero-dark-thirty-422048 "WGA Awards: 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Argo' Take Top Screenplay Honors"], ''The Hollywood Reporter'', February 17, 2013.</ref>

==Career==
Nivedita Kulkarni was a finalist of Miss India America in 2007. After earning a degree in Econometrics from [[Washington University in St. Louis]], she moved to New York and began her acting career.{{citation needed|date=May 2025|reason=for pageant, degree and NYC move}}

Kulkarni has performed in stage shows including: [[Anish Shah (comedian)|Anish Shah]]'s National Summer of Comedy Tour,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bataQD55duM |publisher=Desi Web USA |title=Save A Mother's NO LAUGHING MATTER Comedy Show in New York on DesiwebUSA TV |date=30 September 2012 |accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref> "The Laziest Woman In The World," which gained a mention in ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=New York Times |url=http://theater.nytimes.com/show/58520/The-Laziest-Woman-in-the-World/overview |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> and the 2011 national NetIP Summit, where Kulkarni became the first Indian American to perform an improvised show on national television.

In 2011, she was selected to be one of the national spokeswomen for [[Bank of America]], and the only South Asian face of the brand. She was subsequently cast in a principal role in Tochi Onyebuchi's film ''Lippizaners'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzinebollywood.com/interviews/lifestyle-interview-nivedita-kulkarni-lippizaners-03022012 |author=Parimal M. Rohit |publisher=Bollywood Buzzine |title=Indian-American Actress Enjoys the Stage but Is Excited to Be on Screen in 'Lippizaners' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403111139/http://www.buzzinebollywood.com/interviews/lifestyle-interview-nivedita-kulkarni-lippizaners-03022012 |archivedate= 3 April 2012}}</ref> which released in 2013. She also did a television commercial for [[Nescafe]] USA for 2013.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Nivedita's 2012 article for the ''[[Huffington Post]]'', titled "The Craft of Acting," ran on the ''HuffPost'' Front Page and on HuffPost Beauty in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Craft of Acting |website=[[HuffPost]] |date=26 October 2012 |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/nivedita-kulkarni/body-image_b_2025304.html |accessdate= January 25, 2013}}</ref>

==Non-profit work==

Kulkarni has partnered with the Nanubhai to organize combined theater shows and fundraisers. The Nanubhai Education Foundation is a US-based non-profit organization that works to promote childhood education in India. In 2012, Kulkarni was nominated to the national Lady Godiva Program for her work with the Nanubhai Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lady Godiva Program |url=http://ladygodivaprogram.com/nominees/entry/5511 |accessdate= January 25, 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:left;"
|+ Film
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Other notes
|-
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Bingo! (2010 film)|Bingo!]]''|| Indian Woman ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[The Most Optimistic Man In The World]]''||Sheila||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Star Wars Starring Chris Tucker]]''||Princess Leia||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Vision (2012 film)|Vision]]''||Nina||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Lippizaners]]''||Maggie||
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:left;"
|+ Television
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Other notes
|-
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Royal Pains]]''|| Wedding Guest || USA Network
|-
| 2011 || ''[[The Most Optimistic Man In The World]]''||Sheila||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Star Wars Starring Chris Tucker]]''||Princess Leia||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[I'd Kill For You]]''||Joan Conner|| Discovery ID
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Redrum (TV series)|Redrum]]''||Ms. Patel|| Discovery ID
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Stage
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Sex Lives of Disney Princesses]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Anne&last=Hathaway&middle= |title=Lortel Archives-The Internet Off-Broadway Database |publisher=Lortel.org |accessdate=February 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116210431/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Anne&last=Hathaway&middle= |archivedate=January 16, 2013 }}</ref>
| Pocahontas
|[[Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre]] (August 2009 – November 2009)
|-
| 2009
| ''Samsara''
| Suraiya
|[[Dramatists Guild]]
|-
| 2012 || ''[[The Laziest Woman In The World]]''||Sammy||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Parking Place|Parking Space]]''||Lucille|| Producers Club
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Women Of The Wild West]]''||The Squaw|| Producers Club
|-
| 2014 || ''[[How I Died]]''||Sanya Patel|| Strawberry One-Act Festival
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Work
!Award
!Result
|-
|2010
|''[[Bingo! (2010 film)|Bingo!]]''
|[[Wallabout International Film Festival - Best Film]]
|{{won}}
|-
|-
| 2011
|''[[Nice Brothers in India]]''
| [[New York TV & Film Festival - Best Comedic Short]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2012
|''[[The Untitled Web Series That Morgan Evans Is Doing]]''
| [[Writers Guild of America - New Media]]
| {{nominated}}
|-
| 2014
|''[[How I Died]]''
| [[Best Actress - Strawberry One-Act Festival]]
| {{nominated}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105152926/https://www.niveditakulkarni.com/ |date=5 November 2024 |title=Official website}}
*{{IMDb name|4072633}}

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[[Category:American people of Marathi descent]]
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