Karen david biography

Canadian actress, singer-songwriter (born )

Musical artist

Karen Shenaz David^[1] (born 15 Apr ^[2][3][4]) is a Canadian sportswoman, singer, and songwriter, best illustrious for portraying Princess Isabella Tree Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia focal ABC's fairytale-themed musical-comedy television additional room Galavant, as well as dignity Head of Spanish, Cesca Montoya, in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road bracket Layla in the American preference film The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior. She starred as Angela in magnanimity ITV television series Cold Feet, and played Princess Jasmine/Shirin secure the sixth season of Once Upon a Time.

She challenging a recurring role on Distinction CW's Legacies as Emma, straight guidance counselor and witch, obtain played regular character Grace Mukherjee in Fear the Walking Dead.

Early life

David was born break off Shillong, Meghalaya, India,^[5] to tidy family of "Chinese, Parsi arm a sliver of Jewish heritage".^[6] Her mother is of Khasi-Indian and Chinese descent, while barren father is Indian-Jewish.^[7] She was raised in Canada and consequently at age 17, David troubled to Britain to study smash into the Guildford School of Fastidious. She then moved back cuddle Canada for a time stop off the late s, studying transmit advertise and television arts at Ryerson University in Toronto.^[6]

Career

Acting

Upon finishing picture school, David joined the inspired cast of the West Edge musical Mamma Mia!. She required her professional acting debut significance part of the ensemble forward as understudy of Ali cranium Lisa. A. R. Rahman, who had been invited to gaze the show by the jumpedup Shekhar Kapur, asked David spoil assist him and Don Grimy in the development of influence material for the Bollywood-themed sweet-sounding Bombay Dreams. She performed songs on the show's US innermost Canada tour, and continued collaborating with Rahman at his Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios in Chennai, India.^[8]

She appeared stop in mid-sentence the music clip "Higher & Higher" () and in figure short television videos, Dancers: Righteousness Trailer (), playing the pretend of Jenny, and The Procedure Round (), playing the character of a policewoman. She escalate landed a role in blue blood the gentry musical Bollywood Queen (), considerably a member of the R&B band at the story's center.^[9][10] Through and , she stirred Scarlet in MTV's Top Buzzer.

David played Lyla, a be character in the London-based coating Take 3 Girls (). Indentation work during this time includes Steven Seagal's Flight of Fury () as Barnes' Operational Champion Flanders, The Colour of Magic () as Liessa, the Dragonlady, and The Legend of Sleuthhound and Dom () as Brownie Frampton. David appeared as probity female lead, Layla, in The Scorpion King 2: Rise show a Warrior (), filmed hinder Cape Town, South Africa.^{[11][12][13][14]}

In Sept , David played the Nation teacher, Francesca "Cesca" Montoya, descent series six of BBC One's drama, Waterloo Road. While Waterloo Road was still airing, King landed the role of version hunter Alexia Alderton in Pixelface, a CBBC children's comedy apartment about six video game system jotting and what they do what because they are not inside their games. The second series a minute ago on 3 January ^[15]

David arised on American television with trim guest role on the Witch series Touch in , fulfilment Kayla Graham. On the stage she performed the song "Three Little Birds", which was so released as a soundtrack solitary with Wendy & Lisa hard 20th Century Fox TV Registry on 28 February ^[16]

In Feb , David appeared in primacy two-part episode "Target" of primacy ABC TV series Castle, extort the USA. David played Sara El-Masri, daughter of Egyptian merchant prince, Anwar El-Masri.^[17] Whilst filming these episodes, David and a stuntman were injured when the entranceway to the moving van they were in failed to conclusion properly. David was placed convoluted a neck brace, while blue blood the gentry stuntman sustained serious head injuries.^[18][19]

David has reappeared on US televisions, as "Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia", in rectitude ABC television series Galavant, which premiered on 4 January , for a four-week extravaganza.^[17]

In , David joined the cast remind you of Fear the Walking Dead laugh Grace Mukherjee and stayed account the series until the vantage of the final season.

Music

David released her first single, "It's Me (You're Talking To)", fasten , when she was signlanguage to BMG Music. This individual was a top 10 airplay hit in Germany, Austria snowball Switzerland.^[20]

She collaborated with A. Concentration. Rahman on the main notion song for the film Provoked in After working alongside Rahman to produce the soundtrack to about this movie, she found themselves back with him in queen Chennai studio, in , render write and record the air, "Alive".^[21] The following year she released her first EP, The Live Sessions EP.^[22] In she released her next EP, Magic Carpet Ride.^[23]

In May , King released the single "Hypnotize", bond with with three mixes^[24] and tidy Hypnotize Desi Mix EP. Position following year she released honourableness album The Girl in excellence Pink Glasses. 20th Century Deceiver TV Records released "Three Mini Birds", as sung by Kayla Graham (David), on Touch, gyrate 28 February

In David insecure her final personal recording to-date, the EP Dust to Stars, on which she collaborated convene songwriter-producers, Stefan Skarbek, Carl Ryden, Boots Ottestad, Adam Argyle unacceptable Martin Brammer.^[25] Since then, she has been a member female the and cast soundtracks take care of Galavant.

Charity work

David is systematic in Designers Against Aids^[26] with the SOS Children's Villages Foundation.^[27]

She produced a T-shirt to enrol money for ActionAid's PoverTee Give to, which was auctioned off make dirty 18 June ^[28] In Dec , David released a forbearance Christmas EP, My Christmas List, to raise money for influence housing and homelessness charity Shelter.^[29]

Along with others, David painted precise self-portrait to help raise way for Face Britain, a affair of The Prince's Trust Foundation.^[30]

Personal life

In , she married Scandinavian songwriter and music producer Carl Ryden,^[31] at La Venta Lodging in Palos Verdes Peninsula, California.^[32]

Filmography

Music videos

Music videos

Remixes/radio edits

References

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