{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Goldy Notay |image=<!-- Deleted image removed: File:Goldy_Notay.jpg| Goldy attending the premiere of it's a wonderful Afterlife --> | birth_place = Punjab, India | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2002–present}}
'''Goldy Notay''' is a British-Canadian film, television and stage actress. She played 'Roopi' as the lead role in the Gurinder Chadha film ''It's A Wonderful Afterlife''.<ref>{{cite web|last=IMDB|title=IMDB - it's a wonderful afterlife|url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1319716/|accessdate=21 December 2012|archive-date=10 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110192814/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1319716/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has appeared as Shireen in the Mike Bartlett drama ''The Town''<ref>{{cite web|last=ITV|title=ITV - the town|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/pressreleases/programmepressreleases/thetown/default.html}}</ref> and Amar Akbar & Tony a comedy Brit flick on Netflix.<ref>{{Citation|last=Malhotra|first=Atul|title=Amar Akbar & Tony|date=2015-04-17|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2901006/|type=Comedy, Drama, Romance|others=Rez Kempton, Sam Vincenti, Martin Delaney, Karen David|publisher=Sash Media, AAT Films|access-date=2020-12-06}}</ref> She is currently in the 6 part ITV series Beecham House, directed by Gurinder Chadha.
==Early life== Goldy was born in the Punjab. She later moved to Canada and finally settled in London<ref>{{cite web|last=Bollywoodhungama|title=born in India|website=Bollywood Hungama |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/features/type/view/id/40567/featureid/976|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222031755/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/features/type/view/id/40567/featureid/976|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 December 2014| accessdate=20 January 2013}}</ref>
She speaks Punjabi and English.
==Career==
After completing drama school in Toronto, Canada, Goldy was spotted by director Mira Nair while performing on stage at the Tarragon Theatre. She was offered the role of a pre Med student opposite Naveen Andrews in the feature My Own Country. She subsequently moved to the UK and worked extensively with Kali theatre group specialising in stories by Asian Women.<ref>{{cite web |title=There's more to South Asian theatre than Bollywood drama |date=7 December 2012 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419161843/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/07/south-asian-theatre-bollywood-drama |archive-date=19 April 2019 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/07/south-asian-theatre-bollywood-drama}}</ref>
She is best known for her role as Roopi in ''It's A Wonderful Afterlife.'' Roopi was written with her in mind by the writer/director Gurinder Chadha after she saw her perform in a play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/features/type/view/id/40567/featureid/976 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222031755/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebritymicro/features/type/view/id/40567/featureid/976 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 December 2014 |title="Working with Gurinder was dream come true for me" - Goldy Notay | Goldy Notay | Latest Celebrity Features |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=2010-05-07 |accessdate=2013-05-14}}</ref>
''It's A Wonderful Afterlife was a British feature film where'' she worked with the director of ''Bend it like Beckham'', Gurinder Chadha who cast a range of British and Indian actors, including Shabana Azmi, Sally Hawkins, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Zoë Wanamaker. She gained two stone (28 pounds) for the role of Roopi which she promptly lost to appear with Sarah Jessica Parker in ''Sex and the City 2''<ref>{{cite web|last=imdb|title=imdb - sex and the city2|url=https://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1261945/|accessdate=21 December 2012|archive-date=22 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122022535/http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1261945/|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was a challenge for the actress who is described as "quite an organic-loving, gym-going kind of girl".<ref>{{cite web|author=Roz Laws |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/tv/actress-goldy-notay-talks-pasta-247327 |title=Actress Goldy Notay talks pasta, snogging and Sex And The City |publisher=Birmingham Mail |date=2010-05-02 |accessdate=2013-05-14}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {| class = "wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Film/TV ! Role ! Notes |- | 2010 | ''It's a Wonderful Afterlife'' | Roopi | Film |- | 2010 | ''Sex and the City 2'' | Basimah | Film |- | 2011 | ''Beloved'' | Nandita | Film |- | 2012 | ''The Town'' | Shireen | TV series |- | 2013 | ''Warehouse 13'' | Beatrice | TV series |- | 2015 | ''Amar Akbar & Tony'' | Sonia | Film |- | 2019 | ''Beecham House'' | Bindu | TV series |- | 2021 | ''Ackley Bridge'' | Miriam Akhtar | Recurring role; fourth series |}
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