{{Short description|British model and actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Amy Maghera | image = File:SP3Amy Maghera.jpg | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- If adding a date of birth, please make sure that a reliable source is attached. --> | birth_place = <!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs. No IMDb. No public records. See WP:BLPPRIVACY--> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|df=yes|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | citizenship = United Kingdom | other_names = | television = ''Hollyoaks'' | years_active = 2008–present | occupation = Actress }} '''Amy Maghera''' (formerly '''Amrit Maghera'''){{efn|Her birth name is Amrit, but she announced her name change to Amy in March 2021.<ref name=AmyInsta/> To reflect this, the article will refer to her as Amy.}} is a British model and actress, working in Hindi, English and Punjabi films. From 2015 to 2017, she appeared in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' as Neeta Kaur.

==Career== Maghera began her career as a dancer for the likes of Kanye West and Guns N' Roses. She was working as a background dancer on the sets of a Bollywood film in Mumbai when she was scouted by a modelling agency bringing in a five-year contract with Lakme, India's highest top end cosmetic company as its brand ambassador. She also featured as a backing dancer for the £1 Fish song by One Pound Fish Man in December 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://amritmaghera.com/ |title=Amrit Maghera |publisher=amritmaghera.com |access-date=30 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722211003/http://amritmaghera.com/ |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This launched her career in modelling as she went on to do assignments with reputed brands like Satya Paul, Miss Sixty, L’Oreal, Skechers, Nokia and Olay among others, besides participating in fashion shows with designers like Alison Kanugo and Neeta Lulla.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} In 2014, she appeared in ''Mad About Dance''. She also did the lead vocals for the film. A Punjabi film ''Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo'' with singer Amrinder Gill followed soon after.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

In April 2015, a British-Asian film featuring her, ''Amar Akbar & Tony'', was released in the United Kingdom.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} She then acted alongside Sandhya Mridul, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sarah-Jane Dias and Anushka Manchanda in the 2015 film ''Angry Indian Goddesses'', a film which marked the debut of Pan Nalin in mainstream Hindi cinema.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/bollywood/pan-nalin-directs-india-s-first-female-friendship-film-angry/article_521e84ba-348a-11e5-a9fe-c7be68127cbd.html |title=Pan Nalin Directs India's First Female Friendship Film, 'Angry Indian Goddesses' |publisher=India West |access-date=30 July 2015 |archive-date=10 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910165557/http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/bollywood/pan-nalin-directs-india-s-first-female-friendship-film-angry/article_521e84ba-348a-11e5-a9fe-c7be68127cbd.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2015, Maghera joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera, ''Hollyoaks'' as Neeta Kaur. She departed the serial in November 2017 after her character was killed off.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/hollyoaks-viewers-shocked-after-evil-11437046.amp |title=Hollyoaks viewers shocked after evil Mac Nightingale drops Neeta Kaur to almost certain death |work=Daily Mirror |access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> Her death scene was nominated for Best Show-Stopper at the 2018 ''Inside Soap'' Awards.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronation Street tops ''Inside Soap'' Awards 2018 shortlist with 18 nominations |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a868513/coronation-street-inside-soap-awards-shortlist-2018/ |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Digital Spy}}</ref>

==Personal life== On 31 March 2021, she uploaded a post on Instagram stating that she had legally changed her forename from Amrit to Amy. She stated that Amy has been a lifelong nickname for her, and that she is equally "proud of my mixed heritage - Indian and White". Her name change was not to turn her back on any culture, as she also stated in the post that she is maintaining her mother's Indian surname Maghera.<ref name=AmyInsta>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CNETP_ABJYs/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/amy.maghera/2541240751065699884 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |url-access=registration |title=30 March 2021 at 19:40 |last=Maghera |first=Amy |website=Instagram |date=30 March 2021 |accessdate=1 November 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Language ! Notes |- | 2008 || ''Yuvvraaj'' || Shazia || Hindi || Credited as Aimee Maghera |- | 2014 || ''Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo'' ||Alisha || Punjabi || With Amrinder Gill as male lead |- | 2014 || ''Mad About Dance'' || Aashira Qureshi || Hindi || Also singer |- | 2014 || ''The Shaukeens'' || || Hindi || Special Appearance in the song "Meherbani" |- | 2015 || ''Angry Indian Goddesses'' || 'Jo' Joanna || Hindi || |- | 2015 || ''Amar Akbar & Tony'' || || English || A British-Asian film |- | 2015–2017 || ''Hollyoaks'' || Neeta Kaur || English || Series regular |- | 2018 || ''Casualty'' || Nadia Badhir || English || 1 episode |- | 2021 || ''Skater Girl'' || Jessica || Hindi and English || Feature film |}

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