Nisha
Nisha is Astrid (Meaghan Rath) and Dawn’s (Nazneen Contractor) mother. Recently retired and loving it, Nisha has a zest for life and seeking new adventures. An enthusiastic, breathless, and ‘fun’ grandmother, Nisha is helpful but sets boundaries on her childcare to carve out some “me time”. While Nisha is supportive of her daughters and their modern parenting styles, they often clash with her baby boomer ways. She loves to dish the latest gossip about her daughters’ childhood friends or other family members. Usually involving some horrible tragedy or injury they have befallen. She’ll always seize the opportunity to bring some food (and sugary treats for the kids) whenever she pops by for a visit.
Veena Sood stars in the CTV Original comedy CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING as Nisha, Astrid (Meaghan Rath) and Dawn’s (Nazneen Contractor) recently retired mother.
Veena is an award-winning actress, known for her versatility in theatre, film, television, & improv. By age 20, she had completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at The University of Calgary, where she co-founded Calgary's Loose Moose Theatre Company, best known for their development of the world renowned Theatresports improv format.
She’s been a regular character on numerous TV shows, has appeared in feature films, as well as co-hosting her own talk show, TV specials, galas, & awards events, throughout Canada.
Currently you can see Veena in the feature films Wedding Season (Netflix), Corner
Office (starring Jon Hamm), the TV series CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING, ALASKAN DAILY (with Hilary Swank), VIRGIN RIVER, Loudermilk (directed by Oscar winner Peter Farrelly) as well as voicing the role of Naani-ji in the Netflix animation Deepa & Anoop.
Veena has been awarded numerous honors for her body of work, & contributions to the artistic community, including The Lorena Gale Woman of Distinction Award UBCP/ACTRA’s Sam Payne Award for her contributions in humanity, artistic integrity and encouragement of new talent, & British Columbia’s FANS Award– celebrating her achievement in the arts.
