Mandeep Dhillon Biography, Age, Family, Movies and TV Shows

Mandeep Dhillon Biography

Mandeep Dhillon is a British actor known for her appearances in Some Dogs Bite (2010), Tears of Kali (2004), and the BBC Three comedy TV series Some Girls and Fried.

She also appeared in the British romantic comedy Finding Fatimah in 2017, and as Constable Lizbyet Corwi in The City and the City in 2018. In March 2019, she played as Sandy in Netflix Original dark-comedy After Life starring David Brent: Life on the Road co-star, Ricky Gervais.

Mandeep Dhillon Age

Dhillon was born on December 21, 1990, in England, UK. She is 28 years old as of December 2018.

Mandeep Dhillon Family

She was born and raised in England, the UK alongside her sister Sandeep.

Mandeep Dhillon Career

Dhillon’s first television appearance was in Some Dogs Bite (2010), and she made her film debut in Tears of Kali (2004). She starred as Saz Kaur in Some Girls, which aired on BBC Three.

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She went on to appear as a guest character in 7 episodes of the 2014 TV series 24: Live Another Day, along with Kiefer Sutherland, and in 2017 she appeared in the British romantic comedy film Finding Fatimah. Dhillon played the main role Constable Lizbyet Corwi in of the four-part BBC Drama The City and the City in 2018, alongside David Morrissey who portrayed her police partner, Inspector Tyador Borlú.

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Interviewer: Mandeep Dhillon reveals how The City & The City is unlike any crime drama that has come before it.

Mandeep Dhillon: “This series is like nothing I have ever read or seen before, especially for a crime drama. The world it is set in blew my mind. The story is set within two separate cities with their own distinct customs and when a crime takes place, the detectives have to investigate this without violating the taboos of their society. It is difficult because they cannot breach, which means they can’t look over to the other side, the other city. This proves extremely difficult with this specific investigation because a murder occurs in one city but the body turns up in the other and for a police officer working in one of the cities that is really tricky. For the people inhabiting these societies, it is crazy but for those of us who are investigating crimes like these where we can’t even look at certain things, it is extremely difficult.”

Interviewer: Mandeep believes The City & The City will raise a number of questions in viewers’ minds…

MD: “As a viewer, you always want to try and work everything out before the end. This drama is different because it also raises so many questions about our real world without us even realizing. I don’t think anything like this has ever been done.

“It is about what you choose to see and unsee. The children in the drama, when they are born, can see both cities. They are then trained at school to see only their own city. We do this in everyday life; I might walk past someone selling something on the street and if I am in a hurry, I may choose to actively unsee that person by not looking at them, or you can walk past a homeless person and choose to see them and stop to give them some money. That may be a question that is in the back of people’s minds whilst they watch this, what we choose to see and unsee. I am excited for audiences to see that and for them to check in for a minute and think to themselves, do I do that in my day-to-day life?”

Interviewer: Describing her character, Mandeep explains why Constable Corwi, is a ‘dream role’.

MD: “Corwi is Borlú’s (David Morrissey) right-hand lady throughout this murder investigation. She has his back completely and is as desperate as he is to find out the truth. She is pretty extraordinary as a person, she has a very bad potty mouth and so she swears like no one’s business and she is very ballsy which I love about her. She even puts Borlú in his place from time to time, which is really refreshing. She’s extremely good at her job and she couldn’t care less what other people think of her. She also has a big secret which is revealed at the end…”

Interviewer: As for Corwi’s bond with Borlú, Mandeep says; “It is a really nice relationship in a very weird way. They are two characters who are unlikely to get along but they really do.

MD: “A lot of people are scared of Borlú, or intimidated by him so he is used to them stepping aside for him but Corwi is not intimidated and so is not afraid to tell him when he is being difficult. Borlú, is going through all sorts on top of the investigation my character is very aware of that. She acts like she doesn’t notice or care but she genuinely does because deep down she knows what he is going through.

“The two of them share a mutual respect for each other, it is really nice because it is like a relationship but not a romantic one. They easily could have gone there in the scripts but the fact that they didn’t is brilliant because it shows that men and women can work together and be friends without being romantically involved. There are so many different emotions within their relationship but it is never sexual which was really nice to play.”

Interviewer: Mandeep reveals what it was like working with David for the first time and what she has learned from him.

MD: “There was one moment, early on in rehearsals when David was singing a Beyoncé song to himself and I overheard him. It was from that moment onwards I knew we would be friends – we had common ground. Aside from his great taste in music, he is an amazing actor. Having not had training myself, everything I learn is usually on the job and it was incredible just to watch David prepare for a scene. He would physically make himself feel sick in order to do so in the scene, it was amazing. I would just soak him in and I have learned a great deal from him. I will definitely take on some of his methods.”

Interviewer: Mandeep reveals what makes this drama so compelling for her.

MD: “It is a mind-bending crime drama which makes you question how you see the world and what you choose to unsee. It is a real page turner, you are desperate to know what happens next and to find out the truth. On top of that it is set in this amazing world with these interesting rules and regulations and something just doesn’t add up throughout the whole series and people will be itching to find out the end result.”