Kira Narayanan
Kira Narayanan (born 26 January 1994) is an IPL Anchor, Indian Actress, Musician and TV personality. She is known for hosting "Cricket Live" on the Star Sports Network and for playing the role of Princess Jasmine in Disney and BookMyShow's "Aladdin the Musical" in India. Personal life. Kira grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and found her calling as an actress at the age of 13. She read BSc Psychology at University College London, concurrently earning her Diploma in Acting for Film from the New York Film Academy (New York) and her membership at the National Youth  Theatre of Great Britain (London). Career. Television. Kira debuted as an English Television Sports Anchor for Star Sports India during "Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 7 (2019)". She then went on to anchor for ""Cricket Live"" in the absence of Mayanti Langer, hosting her first "Indian Premier League (IPL)" in 2020, as well as the India/England Test, ODI and T20I Series in 2021. She's appeared alongside cricket greats and network regulars Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Brett Lee, VVS Laxman, Gautham Gambhir, Greame Swann, Lisa Sthalekhar, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh and Dean Jones. Stage. Kira was cast by Tess Joseph  to play the Disney Princess "Jasmine" in the stage Musical version of the Disney film "Aladdin", created by Disney India and produced by ticketing giant BookMyShow. In 2019, Kira stepped into the iconic shoes of Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews to play the role of "Eliza Doolittle" in Rael Padamsee's "My Fair Lady the Musical". Web Series. In the 2019 web series Minus One, Kira appeared as "Devika/Lavanya" opposite Indian web stars Aisha Ahmed and Ayush Mehra. Film. Kira made her feature film debut as "Sri Devi" (a classical dancer) in the 2018 Tamil Picture "Koothan", where she  starred alongside Kollywood greats Urvashi, Bhagyaraj and Manobala.