Who is Anya Chalotra from the Netflix series “The Witcher”? She rose from the London stage to global stardom and will return for seasons 4 and 5 of the show alongside Liam Hemsworth

The tritagonist, played by Anya Chalotra, is a fan favorite according to creator and showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and is expected to make “some big decisions” in the new episodes.

Meanwhile, fans are also curious about the actress behind the popular character. Her co-stars have nothing but praise for her: Cavill calls her performance “top notch” and Joey Batey calls her “unbreakable” and “indomitable.” Chalotra has admitted this since landing The WitcherHer life was “very, very different…” The Witcher opened so many doors for me.”

But what else do we know about Anya Chalotra, who was on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Europe list this year and whose career path is expected to match that of? game of Thrones“Emilia Clarke?

What is Anya Chalotra’s background?

According to IMDb, Anya Chalotra was born in July 1995 in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. She is of British-Indian descent, has an English mother and an Indian father and grew up with two siblings. She attended St. Dominic’s Grammar School for Girls in Brewood and later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, according to Vogue.

Chalotra realized her love of performance when she was eight years old. “We had a family gathering and (my father) told me to sing an Indian song. And I knew in that moment that I loved the attention,” she told Vogue India of her first encounter with the show.

She started her career in the theater

Chalotra found her place on stage pretty quickly. As a child, she played the scarecrow in a stage production of The Wizard of Ozand in her own words, “I think I really succeeded.” She was in youth theater groups and performed extensively in school before being accepted to LAMDA.