Aneesh Sheth, a multifaceted artist, is a singer, actress, producer, director, and transgender activist. Born in Pune, India, she relocated to the United States at an early age, where she discovered her passion for music, studying piano, flute, and classical voice training.
She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for Musical Theatre, after which she worked on various tours, including the Broadway National Tour of A.R. Rahman's Bombay Dreams, and regionally with several companies.
Aneesh's off-Broadway credits include Southern Comfort, Twelfth Night: Mobile Unit, Public Studio, Public Forum, and Shakespeare Initiatives programs at the Public Theater, as well as Soho Rep, Lincoln Center Theater, NAMT, NYMF, and WP Theater.
In addition to her stage career, Aneesh is a familiar face in television and film, having made her network debut on NBC's Outsourced and appearing in Hulu's Difficult People, HBO's High Maintenance, The Other Two, NBC's New Amsterdam, Insomnia on Revry+, and most recently The Walking Dead on AMC.
She is notably known as "Gillian", assistant to the titular character, in the third and final season of Marvel's Jessica Jones, now on Disney+. She also made a cameo in IFC's A Kid Like Jake alongside Jim Parsons and can be seen as a principal in First One In on Amazon Prime.
Aneesh will appear as a principal character in Amazon Prime's Red, White & Royal Blue, a film adaptation of the novel by Casey McQuiston, with a screenplay and direction by Olivier and Tony Award winner Matthew Lopez, releasing on August 11, 2023.
As an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, Aneesh sits on the Board of Directors for The Sappho Project, is an event host, trans activist, educator, and panelist. In March 2013, Advocate Magazine honored Aneesh Sheth on their 40 Under 40 List.
In January 2020, she was awarded the HRC Visibility Award at the HRC Annual Gala for her activism and advocacy by the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ+ political lobbying organization in the United States.
Aneesh is represented by Take 3 Talent Agency and managed by 1022m Management.
