Melinda Leanna Shankar is a Guyanese-Canadian actress best known for playing Alli Bhandari in the beginning of Season 8 of Degrassi: The Next Generation and Indira "Indie" Mehta on YTV series"How to Be Indie.' Melinda was a star in the 8th Season of Degrassi in 2008 as Alli Bhandari. She is an accomplished high school student that Melinda continues to perform. She co-starred on the Disney Channel Original Movie, "Harriet The Spy," as Janie Gibbs along with Aislinn Paul who played Clare Edwards on Degrassi and Disney Channel's Jennifer Stone. She played the main character, Reshma, in a 2011 indie-film, entitled "Festival of Lights.". Melinda is an accomplished black belt in Karate and enjoys hockey. Melinda has a great relationship with all of her Degrassi co stars and has announced that she'll be off for a few days to shoot "How to be Indie" but will return soon. She has stated that she is good friends with all her cast mates but is most close with Scott Paterson and Samantha Munro, Luke Bilyk and Munro Chambers.
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