Kalyani Nagarajan is a graduate of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. She has worked extensively on stage with companies such as Auckland Theatre Company, Indian Ink, Agaram Productions and Auckland Live. Her most recent works include Auckland Theatre Company's, The Master Builder and the Indian Ink's international tour of Mrs Krishnan’s Party. Nagarajan is currently starring in Pax Assadi's latest television series, Raised by Refugees.  She has worked with master tutor Phillipe Gaulier in France, where she studied clown, mask and melodrama.