Biography
Melinda Leanna Shankar is a Canadian actress. She is best known for starring as Alli Bhandari in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation and as Indira "Indie" Mehta in the YTV series How To Be Indie, for which she won several awards, including a Canadian Screen Award in 2013.
Acted in 20
2020s
- 2025
Magic on Set
Sarah
- 2021
Christmas with a Prince: The Royal Baby
Bella
Red String of Fate
DANIKA MONDAL
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Darker than Night
Mika
- 2017
Christmas Wedding Planner
Jealous Bridesmaid
Mooom
Kylie · 1 episode
Filth City
Monica
- 2016
- 2015
True Dating Stories
Detective Banks · 1 episode
- 2012
Festival of Lights
Reshma
- 2010
Degrassi Takes Manhattan
Alli Bhandari
2000s
- 2009
How to Be Indie
Indie Mehta · 52 episodes
Degrassi Goes Hollywood
Alli Bhandari
- 2006
- 2001
Appearances1
2020s
- 2025
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
Self