Melanie Chandra is an esteemed American celebrity for many reasons. She is an actress with many delectable works to her credit. Other than that, Melaine is adored for having a heart of gold. The actress is a co-founder of Hospital for Hope: a non-profit organization dedicated to developing a self-sustaining healthcare facility in an underserved area of Jharkhand, India. Besides all this, she is the wife of Neeraj Chandra who is the Managing Director of Tiger Global Management.
Learn more about this woman and what makes her special. Moreover, you will also be informed about his career progress and earnings.
Melanie Chandra – Neeraj Chandra’s Wife Bio (Age)
At birth, she was named Melanie Kannokada before adopting the surname Chandra several years later after marrying Neeraj Chandra. Melanie was born on February 28, 1986 in Buffalo Grove, Illinois to Indian Malay parents: Suresh Kannokada and Sujatha Kannokada. She has a sentence named Manjo Kannokada.
Growing up, Melanie Chandra was a number cruncher, particularly interested in physics and math. This probably influenced her decision to study mechanical engineering at Stanford University where she graduated with a degree in the discipline (in 2006). While in college, she studied improv comedy part-time.
After graduation, Melanie started working with McKinsey & Company but at the same time harbored ambitions to get into modeling and acting. Over time, she entered the Miss India America 2007 pageant which she eventually won. Melaine subsequently began working as a model, appearing in various commercial campaigns for Herbal Essences, Clinique, Glamor Magazine, Nescafe, LG, P&G and many others. In the years since, Melanie Chandra has appeared as one of the five faces of Bare Escentuals’ international ‘Be A Force of Beauty’ campaign, as well as a five-page editorial for Vogue India magazine in 2012.
In 2011, Melanie moved to LosAngeles to boost her acting career. Her relocation to Los Angeles proved to be a good step at the right time, as a week after moving to the Southern California town, she landed a starring role on Rules of Engagement. She played the character of Simran opposite American comedian and actor David Spade.
The same year, Melaine landed another starring role in ABC Family’s The Nine Lives of Chloe King, NBC Parenthood, 2012 films like Love Lies and Seeta, where she played the lead role. The following year, she played Shalini in D for Dopidi (2013), an Indian Telugu film before landing a series regular role as Vandana on MTV Desi’s Writer’s Block (2013). Melaine has portrayed several other characters in TV series like NCIS: Los Angeles (2014), The Verge (2015), Nashvillie (2016), Code Black (2015-2017), Brown Nation(2016) and her guest star role as Lela Samra on NBC Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2017).
Net value
With a career that spans acting and a model that has seen her work with major consumer goods manufacturers, Melanie Chandra is definitely an actress with a smile on her face. Various sources have calculated her net worth and all agree that she is worth around $6.3 million. It’s no surprise, considering the acting quality she brings to the set. With more roles to come, as well as the modeling gigs she’s lined up, the actress and model will continue to smile in the bank.
Other Facts About Melanie Chandra
1. She is married to Neeraj Chandra with whom she shares a daughter named Arya Chandra. The parent of one of them got married on April 25, 2015, and in early 2018 they had their daughter.
2. Aside from modeling and acting, Ms. Chandra loved/enjoys doing other things: playing the piano, karate and traveling.
3. She holds a 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan Karate.
4. In 2000, Melaine represented the United States at the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo. The following year, she also represented the States at the event. On both occasions, she won the bronze medal.
5. In terms of career recognition, the model and actress was nominated in 2012 for Best Actress at the World Music and Independent Film Festival for Love Lies and Seeta.
6. Aside from this recognition for her acting, Melanie is a recipient of the Mayfield Fellows program as a technology entrepreneur. She also holds the Stanford University Book Prize for her contributions to the University.