Charithra Chandran

Actor, Producer

Birthdate: January 17, 1997 (29 Years Old)

Birthplace: Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom

Charithra Chandran (birthname: Charithra Surya Chandran) is a British-born actor best known for her recurring roles in Amazon’s spy series, Alex Rider (2021), Netflix’s Bridgerton (2022) and Dune: Prophecy (2024), and made her feature film debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe original, Eternals (2021), co-starring Gemma Chan, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Barry Keoghan and Kit Harington, and directed and co-written by Chloe Zhao to generally negative reviews and weak box office ($402 million returns on $236 million costs) for Disney.

Chandran co-starred in a pair of little-seen direct-to-video and streaming features before landing her first major co-starring role in a Hollywood movie with the action comedy, Fight or Flight (2025), starring Josh Hartnett, Marko Zaror, Julian Kostov, and Katee Sackhoff under James Madigan’s direction, and released by Vertical (U.S.) and Sky Cinema (U.K.).

Chandran then appeared in a supporting role in director/writer Gurinder Chadha’s family comedy, Christmas Karma (2025), an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and co-starring Eva Longoria, Kunal Nayyar, Hugh Bonneville, Finn Guegan, Boy George, Bilal Hasna, Danny Dyer, and Billy Porter.

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Personal life

Charithra Chandran was born in Perth, Scotland, and raised in Perth by her parents until they divorced when she was two years old, when she moved to Tamil-speaking India with her father and his parents. Chandran returned to the U.K. when she was four, living in Liverpool with her father and attending Moreton Hall Prep School from age six to eleven, and then living with her mother in Oxford, England, for her teenage years. Chandran attended and graduated from Oxford High School and then attended and graduated in 2019 from New College, Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Chandran’s height is 5’ 3”.

Known For

Eternals

Bollywood Dancer (2021)

Bridgerton

Edwina Sharma (2020)

Dune: Prophecy

Young Francesca (2024)

Alex Rider

Sabina Pleasance (2020)

Charithra Chandran Movies

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2025 |
Fight or Flight
Fight or Flight
2025
Action, Comedy
A mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect her when they're surrounded by people trying to kill both of them.
asIsha
2025 |
Christmas Karma
Christmas Karma
2025
Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
A hard-nosed businessman, Mr. Sood, is forced to confront his past, present, and future over one fateful Christmas Eve - guided by three unforgettable spirits - on a journey toward compassion and redemption.
asBea Fernandez
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One Pieceas Miss Wednesday

Facts About Charithra Chandran

Oxford Theatre: Charithra Chandran read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, but actively participated in theater and joined the National Youth Theatre. Multi-Media: Chandran has, in a very short period, co-starred in Hollywood-backed features, TV series spinoffs of Dune and Star Wars, and has performed starring roles in BBC Radio theater productions (Pam Gems’ Camille in 2022), music videos, and theater on the West End.

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