Cast & creator
Melinda Shankar
Best known for Degrassi, Slasher, Degrassi: Minis
Melinda Leanna Shankar is a Canadian actress. She is best known for starring as Alli Bhandari in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation and as Indira "Indie" Mehta in the YTV series How To Be Indie, for which she won several awards, including a Canadian Screen Award in 2013.
Also known as: Melinda Leanna Shankar, Mindy Shankar
16
film credits
6
television credits
22
2001–2025 · acting roles
6.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (22)
Showing 22 of 22 credits
Degrassi
Alli Bhandari
2001
Slasher
Talvinder Gill
2016
Degrassi: Minis
Alli Bhandari
2006
How to Be Indie
Indie Mehta
2009
Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
Janie Gibbs
2010
Christmas with a Prince
Bella
2018
True Dating Stories
Detective Banks
2015
Christmas Wedding Planner
Jealous Bridesmaid
2017
Mooom
Kylie
2017
Christmas with a Prince: Becoming Royal
Bella
2019
Christmas with a Prince: The Royal Baby
Bella
2021
Romance in the Wilds
Amara
2021
Christmas in the Wilds
Amara
2021
Darker than Night
Mika
2018
Degrassi Goes Hollywood
Alli Bhandari
2009
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
Self
2025
Red String of Fate
DANIKA MONDAL
2021
Degrassi Takes Manhattan
Alli Bhandari
2010
Filth City
Monica
2017
Magic on Set
Sarah
2025
Festival of Lights
Reshma
2012Degrassi in India
Self
2010