Devika Parikh

American actress

Devika Parikh
Parikh in 2000
Born	(1966-11-03) November 3, 1966 (age 57) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Devika Parikh (born November 3, 1966) is an American actress, best known for her recurring role as Bonnie in the NBC political drama series The West Wing from 1999 to 2003.^[1]

Life and career

Parikh was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to a Gujarati Indian immigrant father from Mumbai and an African American mother.^[2] She was raised in Gaithersburg, Maryland^[2] and received a degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University.^[2]

Parikh has worked in television, advertisements, film, voice work and theatre. She has also performed sketch comedy/improvisation with groups at the Comedy Store, the Upfront Comedy Theatre and the Underground Improv. She has had recurring roles on television shows such as NBC's drama series The West Wing; Fox's series 24; and Showtime drama series Resurrection Blvd. She has guest-starred on Criminal Minds, That's So Raven, The Parkers, Bones, Shameless and Grey's Anatomy.^[3] In 2022, Parikh was cast in her first series regular role, in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, The Kings of Napa.^[4]

Selected filmography

Film

1997 How to Be a Player as Barbara
1999 Judgment Day as Officer Rhonda Reese
2000 Dancing in September as Cheryl Reed
2003 S.W.A.T. as Jail Intake Reporter
2005 Madagascar as News Reporter (voice)
2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs as Additional Voices
2011 A Bag of Hammers as Interviewer 1
2017 The Star as Additional Voices
2018 Aquaman as Newscaster Morgan
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Additional Voices

Television

1996 ‘’The Wayans Bros’’ as Dee's sister Natalie - 1 episode
1999–2003 The West Wing as Bonnie – 41 episodes
2001–2002 24 as Maureen Kingsley – 4 episodes
2005 That's So Raven as Yolanda – 2 episodes^[5]
2019 Grey's Anatomy as Nancy Klein – 3 episodes
2020 General Hospital as Ms. Madigan – 2 episodes
2022 The Kings of Napa as Melanie Pierce – 8 episodes

Video games

2013 Grand Theft Auto V as The Local Population
2019 Fallout 76: Wild Appalachia DLC as Janelle Priblo / Mary Tinley / Brother of Steel Dispatcher
2019 Rage 2 as Goon Shielder / Gunbarrel Civilian / Lagooney Civilian / Oasis Civilian
2020 The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners as Radio Announcer / Additional Voices

References

^ "I would love to work in Bollywood: Devika Parikh". 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2016. http://theindiandiaspora.com (defunct)
^ ^a ^b ^c Team, Apollo13. "bio".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Devika Parikh". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
^ ‘The Kings Of Napa’ Adds Ashlee Brian & Devika Parikh As Series Regulars, Four More As Recurring
^ That’s So Raven – Yolanda – Character Info – TV Buzz. Retrieved April 16, 2022.