Bio - ANEESH SHETH

Ms. Aneesh Sheth (she/her/hers) is a singer, actress, producer, director, and transgender activist. Born in Pune, India and relocating to the United States at an early age, she quickly found a passion for music studying piano, flute and classical voice training. After receiving her BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for Musical Theatre, she spent the next few years working on tour including with the Broadway National Tour of A.R. Rahman's Bombay Dreams, and regionally with several companies including PlayGround SF, Playwrights Foundation, The Asian American Theatre Company, Village Theater and The 5th Avenue Theatre before returning to New York. Her off-Broadway credits include Southern Comfort, Twelfth Night: Mobile Unit, Public Studio, Public Forum, and Shakespeare Initiatives programs at the Public Theater, as well as Soho Rep, Lincoln Center Theater, NAMT, NYMF and WP Theater.

In addition to her two-decade long stage career, she is a familiar face in television and film, having made her network debut on NBC's Outsourced and is most notably known as "Gillian", assistant to the titular character, in the third and final season of MARVEL'S Jessica Jones on Disney+. She has also appeared in Hulu's Difficult People, HBO's High Maintenance and The Other Two, NBC's New Amsterdam, Insomnia on Revry+, and The Walking Dead on AMC.

Billy Bustamante 2019

Her film appearances include a cameo in IFC's A Kid Like Jake, alongside Jim Parsons and First One In on Amazon Prime. She is currently in production with Red, White & Royal Blue, a film adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Casey McQuiston, with a screenplay and direction by Tony Winning Playwright Matthew Lopez (The Inheritance).

Along with her work in theatre, film, and television, Aneesh sits on the Board of Directors for The Sappho Project, and is an event host, trans activist, educator, and panelist. In March 2013, Advocate Magazine honored Aneesh Sheth on their 40 Under 40 List and in January 2020 she was awarded the HRC Visibility Award at the HRC Annual Gala for her activism and advocacy. She is currently represented by Jonathan Arun Group Talent Agency in London, and is managed by 1022m Management based out of New York.

Updated October 2022.