Dee Ahluwalia

Dee Ahluwalia is a British-Indian actor.

Dee Ahluwalia starred on stage in The Buddha of Suburbia at the Barbican in London. He originated the role of Karim, the protagonist in Hanif Kureishi’s best-selling story The Buddha of Suburbia, following the world-stage premiere at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon.

TV & film credits

Dee Ahluwalia’s TV credits include: A Gentleman In Moscow for Paramount, opposite Ewan McGregor, Netflix’s Everything Now and Sex Education — as well as Prime Video’s Fifteen Love. Other TV credits: How to Be a Person, Casualty, Close to Me, EastEnders, Miracle Workers. Film includes: Consent.

Theatre credits

Stage credits include Our Generation (National Theatre), The Buddha of Suburbia (RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon), and workshop’s Connections 2023 Play Readings and Our Generation, both at the National Theatre.

Training

Dee obtained a Master of Arts in Acting for Screen at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, training under Amanda Brennan. He graduated in 2019 with a Distinction. He also holds a Bachelor of Science (1st Class with Honours) from the University of Nottingham; and a Master of Science in Economics from Imperial College London.

Reviews for his performance in The Buddha of Suburbia in Stratford-upon-Avon

The Times (★★★★★); ‘RSC debutant Dee Ahluwalia, resplendent in tight flares, delivers an astonishingly assured performance as Karim’.

The Stage (★★★★); ‘’Dee Ahluwalia…makes a captivating and charismatic Karim, warmly grabbing the audience by the hand and pulling us into his jam-packed coming-of-age story’.

Financial Times (★★★★); ‘An effervescent piece of theatre — upbeat, funny, ridiculous and tender… At its heart, Ahluwalia is outstanding’.

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