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'''Veena Sood''' is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canadian]-based film and television actress of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_region Punjabi] descent.

She works in both the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK UK] and Canada. She starred in ITV's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsion_(television_film) Compulsion]'' featuring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Winstone Ray Winstone] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parminder_Nagra Parminder Nagra]. She has also starred in the UK film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina's_Heavenly_Delights Nina's Heavenly Delights]'',
as well as the Canada/UK film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_of_Pink Touch of Pink]'', which received a standing ovation at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival Sundance Film Festival]. She co-founded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary Calgary]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose_Moose_Theatre_Company Loose Moose Theatre Company] best known for their Improvisational theatre work. She also performs one-woman improvised shows at Canadian and U.K. comedy festivals with her character "The Maharani". She used to co-host [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBC_Television CBC Television]'s women's talk show ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Company_of_Women In the Company of Women]''.

She has been seen on television in recurring roles in the series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Island_(TV_Series) Hope Island]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica Battlestar Galactica]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprica_(TV_series) Caprica]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mosque_on_the_Prairie Little Mosque on the Prairie]'', and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_(TV_series) Endgame]''. You can also see her in the feature films ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_and_Carla Connie and Carla]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_(film) Helen]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50/50 50/50]''.
She is sister to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashwin_Sood Ashwin Sood], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_McLachlan Sarah McLachlan]'s drummer and husband, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoj_Sood Manoj Sood], who plays Baber on ''Little Mosque on the Prairie''.

She has a great ear for accents, having had to do a Scottish/Punjabi accent for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina's_Heavenly_Delights Nina's Heavenly Delights]''.

She is an outdoor enthusiast and enjoys hiking the back country of the Canadian Rockies and kayaking the remote B.C. coastline. She has also canoed down the Amazon River and safaried the Masai Mara in Kenya, the country of her birth.

She was born in Nairobi, Kenya and grew up in Calgary, Alberta.

Currently Veena continues her improvisational theatre work as the co-artistic director of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Johnstone Keith Johnstone]'s "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_Game The Life Game]".

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