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12 Facts About Mandeep Dhillon

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Mandeep Dhillon featured in the British romantic comedy Finding Fatimah in 2017, and as Constable Lizbyet Corwi in The City and the City in 2018.

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Mandeep Dhillon appears as Sandy in the Netflix Original dark-comedy After Life, having previously worked with Ricky Gervais in David Brent: Life on the Road.

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Mandeep Dhillon was born on 21 December 1990 and grew up in Hertfordshire, the youngest of three children, brought up by her mother who was a social worker.

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Mandeep Dhillon stated that soon after starting her A-levels, she dropped out of college, and joined a performing arts institution in London.

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Mandeep Dhillon said in a 2015 interview that she decided to become an actress shortly before her 19th birthday, and started emailing agencies using contact details that she found on the Spotlight website.

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In 2011, Mandeep Dhillon played a school student in The Knowledge at the Bush Theatre.

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The production received a positive review in The Times, with Dominic Maxwell saying that "There [was] not a whiff of stage school" to the actors, including Mandeep Dhillon, portraying the students.

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Also in 2011, at the Bush Theatre, Mandeep Dhillon appeared in Little Platoons, a drama about free schools.

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Mandeep Dhillon went on to appear as a guest character in seven episodes of the 2014 TV series 24: Live Another Day, alongside Kiefer Sutherland.

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Mandeep Dhillon was in the main cast as Mandi, a friend of the lead Cherie played by Laura Haddock.

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Mandeep Dhillon played the main character Constable Lizbyet Corwi in the four part BBC Drama The City and the City in 2018, alongside David Morrissey who played her police partner, Inspector Tyador Borlu.

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Mandeep Dhillon played a "cat cleric" that worships the character Dave Lister in Red Dwarf: The Promised Land.