India de Beaufort is a British actress and singer-songwriter.
Early life
De Beaufort is of British, Indian and French background. She attended Esher College in Surrey, England.
Career
In 1994, de Beaufort appeared in a music video for artist Lulu "Every Woman Knows", and in 1996 had a brief appearance as an orphan child in an episode of Penelope Keith's Next of Kin. In 2002, aged 15, de Beaufort signed to Entertainment Rights as a singer/songwriter and actress, In the same year she was cast as a principal character in the BAFTA nominated The Basil Brush Show as India Beau. de Beaufort went on to shoot three seasons with the show, and also performed as a featured artist on the Christmas single "Boom Boom, its Basil Brush". The song remained in the UK charts for three weeks at position 44. During India's time with the cast of the CBBC sitcom, India performed at Proms in the Park and took part in a nationwide tour. In 2006, de Beaufort was cast as Maya in Simon Pegg's Run Fatboy Run, directed by David Schwimmer. She has said in many interviews that this production switched her path from singer to actress. The following year she became the face of US makeup line Me by Mezhgan, created by the head of American Idol make up department, Mezhgan Hussainy. In 2008, de Beaufort was cast as the pagan warrior Aneka in BBC/Comedy Central parody series, Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire. The comedy was shot in Budapest, Hungary. In 2009, de Beaufort joined the cast of The CW teen drama seriesOne Tree Hill as Miranda Stone during the seventh season. From 2010 to 2012, de Beaufort played India Jourdain in the ABC Family comedy-drama series Jane by Design. The series was cancelled after one season. She later had the recurring roles in Necessary Roughness and Chicago P.D.. She also guest starred on Chuck, How I Met Your Mother, Castle and The Night Shift. From 2014 to 2017, de Beaufort did her first voice role as Clover in the Netflix show All Hail King Julien. In 2015, de Beaufort was cast as Jules Jackman in the ABC prime-time television soap operaBlood & Oil. In 2016, de Beaufort was cast in recurring roles on Younger and . She also guest starred on 2 Broke Girls. In 2017, de Beaufort joined the cast of Veep. She was also cast in the ABC pilot The Gospel of Kevin, later changed to Kevin Saves the World; it was picked up to series and premiered on 3 October 2017.
