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One Day star Ambika Mod ‘accidentally’ fell into acting after Covid setbacks


Ambika Mod, star of One Day on Netflix, has admitted acting wasn't her first choice career. Here's everything you need to know about Ambika.

One Day star Ambika Mod is an award-winning performer, even though you might not know her name yet… So you’ll be surprised to learn that acting wasn’t even her first choice of career. Despite her heartbreaking performance as Shruti in This Is Going to Hurt, and her new role in Netflix ‘s adaptation of David Nicholls’ book One Day, Ambika only became an actor after Covid-19 thwarted her plans for another career. Ben Whishaw played obstetrics and gynaecology registrar Adam, while Shruti was a SHO (very junior doctor) working under his tutorage.

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