Ambika continued: “If I compare myself to someone like Leo, I’m always going to come up short, because there’s a privilege there that I don’t have access to.”
She lamented: “Being brown is not particularly easy in this industry. You don’t get the same opportunities. You don’t get the same ascension.
“I’ve been the lead of two very successful, critically-acclaimed TV shows [One Day and the medical drama This Is Going To Hurt, which aired two years earlier] and I still feel like I have to keep on proving myself. A lot of my white peers don’t really have to tackle that.”
Ambika also acknowledged that “at the same time, I’m so lucky to be here”, describing her situation as a “double-edged sword”, and expressing her hopes that “my being here makes it easier for a girl 10 or 20 years younger than me”.
In January, Ambika made her big-screen debut in Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag.
She’ll next be seen in Sacrifice, a new action adventure featuring , Chris Evans, Salma Hayek and Charli XCX.
Ambika also appeared in the miniseries The Stolen Girl, which premiered last month and included stars like Holliday Grainger and Jim Burgess, .
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