Sudeepta Vyas

Actor / Commercial
Age Range

50—59

Height

165cm

Eye Colour

Brown

Hair Colour

Black

Ethnicity

Indian

Based In

Auckland, New Zealand

Mumbai-born Sudeepta (Sue) Vyas is an Auckland-based actor, and co-founder of Prayas Theatre Group, New Zealand’s largest South Asian theatre/cultural organisation. Over nearly two decades she has acted in numerous theatre productions and short films including much-acclaimed shows such as A Fine Balance, Love N Stuff, Swabhoomi: Borrowed Earth, Rudali, Charandas Chor – The Honest Thief, First World Problems, Yatra, and more. From the quirky to the sedate, her roles have covered characters as varied as an estranged wife, the queen’s maid, an over-the-hill prostitute, a ditsy marijuana smoker, a lost trekker, an ambitious bikini wax salon owner, and more.

A recent highlight was the opportunity to play Mrs Kapoor in the 2024 New Zealand tour of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, one of the biggest and most successful theatrical events of recent years. Presented by the Stetson Group in association with Ben McDonald Presents, it featured top UK artists - including Coronation Street fan favourite Rula Lenska, Harmage Singh Kalirai and director Lucy Waterhouse - in collaboration with an ensemble cast of some of New Zealand’s finest character actors.

Her latest film, “A Suit We Wear” by American director Meera Joshi of Darling Street Pictures, is an official selection at Chicago South Asian Film Festival.

When she is not acting, Sudeepta is a freelance writer, a consultant for not-for-profits, an avid trekker, and volunteers as a guide dog boarder. She lives in Auckland with her husband and has two young daughters who have moved to London.

Sudeepta Vyas

Artist Resume

Theatre

Year
Role
Production

2024

Mrs Kapoor

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Stetson Group

Dir. Lucy Waterhouse

2021

Pearl

First World Problems 3.0 - Pearly Shelly

Prayas Theatre

Dir. Sananda Chatterjee

2020

Aurat (Woman)

Yatra The Journey - An Anthology

Prayas Theatre

Dir. Sneha Shetty

2020

Woman / House Maid

I Really Have to Meet God

Prayas Theatre

Dir. Rishabh kapoor

2019

Rapper / Mother

First World Problems 2.0.

Prayas Theatre

Dir. Curated - Sananda Chatterjee.

2018

Indian Salon Owner

First World Problems

Prayas Theatre

2017

Bumbling Mountain Trekker

Swabhoomi-Borrowed Earth.

Prayas Theatre

2016

Bindi (Lead Role)

Love N Stuff

Prayas Theatre

2015

Ruby - the silent aggrieved wife

A Fine Balance

Prayas Theatre

2015

Cantankerous Grandmother

The Mourning After

Angaram Productions

2014

Marijuana Addict / Ensemble

Charandas Chor - The Honest Thief

Prayas Theatre

2013

Kitchen Helper

Thaali

Prayas Theatre

2012

Naseeban the Prostiitute

Rudali

Prayas Theatre

2011

The Queen

Kingdom of Cards

Prayas Theatre

2010

Parsi Lady

Khoj the Search

Prayas Theatre

2008

Mother of the Bride

Our Street

Prayas Theatre

Dir. Sananda Chaerjee and Justin Simli-Barton

2007

Sister-in-law

The Terrace

Prayas Theatre

2006

Daasi - The Royal Maid

Charandas Chor - The Honest Thief

Prayas Theatre

Television

Year
Role
Production

2023

Aunty Priya

Give Me Babies

Dir. Calvin Sang

Short Film

Year
Role
Production

2022

Mother of Anika (Co-lead)

A Suit We Wear

Darling Street Pictures

Dir. Meera Joshi