Vanita Kalra is a South Asian actor, writer, comedian, and recovering lawyer. She's not a doctor, but she plays them on tv.

She shot the lead role in the comedic short Auntie (EP Paul Feig, Dir. Fawzia Mirza), currently streaming on The New Yorker. She also played Dr. Christine Long (see!) in HBO's Emmy-winning Mare of Easttown opposite Kate Winslet and has additional credits in shows and films such as The Lincoln Lawyer, Tales of the Walking Dead, Cop Shop, The Oval, Dynasty, and Ordinary Joe.

As a writer, she was a member of the M Film Labs South Asian screenwriters cohort for her short rom-com December 25th and a finalist for the Yes And... Laughter Lab for her comedic webseries Harder Than You Think.

Vanita is also a professional standup comedian and can be seen performing around Los Angeles.