# Gayatri Patel Bahl

Gayatri Patel Bahl is an American actress, filmmaker, and Indian classical dancer, who appears in Hindi and English language films.

## Biography
### Personal life

Patel was born and raised in United States in a Gujarati family. She studied at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is married to Sumeet Bahl and has a son.

### Career

Before starting her career as an actress with the film Let's Dance, Patel Bahl performed in many dance competitions. During her time at Emory, she won Miss India Georgia. She was also first runner-up in the Miss India United States competition. She has participated in classic English plays at Emory University, performing roles such as Irina for Chekhov's Play, Three Sisters.
While in India, Patel Bahl starred in four music videos produced by Venus Films and starring herself opposite Jugal Hansraj. Her debut film in Bollywood is Let's Dance. She guest starred in Yash Raj's Rishta.com as Husna in episode 19 of season 1.
Moving back to New York City, Patel Bahl has guest starred on FBI: Most Wanted, Partner Track, New Amsterdam 2018 TV Series, Law & Order SVU and appeared in Martin Scorsese's Vinyl, Mr. Robot, and Showtime's Loudest Voice.
In April 2017, Patel Bahl was featured in Elle Magazine US as a part of the Elle Magazine's Movement Series.
She is the writer, director, co-producer and star of the award-winning short film, TINA.

## Training

Patel has taken training in Kathak from various teachers. At 15, she went to Bangalore and was trained by Maya Rao. In Mumbai, she took training from Vijayshree Chaudhary, who herself trained under Pandit Birju Maharaj in Delhi for about 10–12 years.
For fluency in Hindi language, she started training with Satyadev Dubey along with sitting in on Makrand Deshpande's rehearsals. She also trained with Veena Mehta, who trained the cast of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.

## Filmography
### As actress

| Year | Movie | Role |
| 2004 | Tum Bin (Short film) | |
| 2004 | Surma Surma (Short film) | |
| 2004 | Hote Hot (Short film) | |
| 2004 | Dheere Dheere Rafta Rafta (Short film) | |
| 2005 | Ssukh | |
| 2009 | Let's Dance | Suhani |
| 2010 | Waiting Room (Short film) | |
| 2010 | Rishta.com 19th Episode (TV show) | |
| 2010 | Rishta.com 19th Episode (TV show) | |
| 2014 | Inevitable (TV series) | Manasa |
| 2014 | Redrum (TV series documentary) | Ms. Reed |
| 2014 | Just My Luck (TV series) | Deedee |
| 2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series) | Jiya Alexander |
| 2017 | Petty Therapy (Short film) | Gangi |
| 2018 | Fashionables (TV series) | Sageeta |
| 2019 | Tina (Short film) | Tina Desai |
| 2019 | The Loudest Voice (TV mini-series) | Assistant |
| 2019 | Mr. Robot (TV series) | |
| 2021 | New Amsterdam (TV series) | Dr. Priya Sharma |
| 2022 | FBI Most Wanted (TV series) | Diya Ansari |
| 2022 | Partner Track (TV series) | Francine Lindehoff |

### As filmmaker

| Year | Movie | Role |
| 2009 | Let's Dance | Co-producer |
| 2010 | Waiting Room (Short film) | Co-producer |
| 2014 | Just My Luck (TV series) | Co-producer |
| 2019 | Tina (Short film) | Executive producer, Director |
| 2021 | Diner Banter (Web Series) | Executive producer, Director, Co-Creator |