Rahnuma Panthaky
 
 

photo credit: James DiPietro

If Tracee Ellis Ross, Cher and Sandra Oh had a love child she’d be it.

Dual citizen and a proud Canuck at heart who’s always looking for a good poutine in LA (holler if you know of any). Rahnuma has Series Regulared, Guested and Recurred (okay according to spell-check only one of those is a “real” word) on a long list of shows but she won’t bore you with the details, cuz, really, do people even make it through full bios? So instead here’s a sneak peak into some of the fun stuff Rahnuma’s done. 

  • You can currently catch Rahnuma as one of the Series Regulars for 3 seasons on DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight playing Rukhmini opposite Jack Black and James Hong

  • Casting Society of America chose her as one of the Top 20 Actors to Watch

  • Series Lead in the ABC & 20th Century Pilot “Insight”

  • Recurring on Modern Family for 4 Seasons .

  • Played opposite Gary Sinise, Alfred Molina, LL Cool J ( younger Rahnuma’s dream come true!!!), Kerry Washington, Tony Shaloub and a slew of other really awesome, really cool people.

  • Was a series regular on the GOLDEN GLOBE & EMMY NOMINATED BBC Series The State Within opposite Harry Potter’s, Jason Isaacs

  • Some of her fave theatre credits include the smash Broadway hit War Horse directed by London National Theatre & Tony Award winner Marianne Elliot. And the Canadian Premiere of The Vagina Monologues where she played with a rotating cast of Canadian celebs.

 

If you’ve actually made it down this far and want to find out more about Numa you can hop over to IMDB to see the full list of credits or download her resume here

BONUS

Here are 6 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Rahnuma… 

1. She can play the recorder through her nostrils (#TrueStory) 

2. Speaking of nostrils one of them sounds like a Canada Goose when blown (Gotta keep it real) 

3. She does a mean impression of a Lizard 

4. She used to be a Cher Impersonator (#HowShePaidForCollege) 

5. She loves to pound it out on a heavy bag (she also has a mean left hook) 

6. She loves a good goblet of red wine (#WhoDoesn’t)

photo credit: James DiPietro

 
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What They're Saying...

Rahnuma... offered a distinct rendition of one of the author’s oratorical ramblings, earning spontaneous applause for the effort.
— ET LIFE
Panthaky... who is beautiful, tender and frighteningly powerful after all is said and done is particularly impressive.
— Houston Arts
Rahnuma Panthaky is excellent... subtly shading her responses from reasonable to arbitrary, creating a multi-faceted woman convincingly torn between old and new ways.
— HOUSTON CHRONICLE
 
She always comes to set with a great sense of humor.
— Josie Bisset - Actress - When Calls The Heart, Melrose Place
 
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