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Birth Name: Karen Shenaz David

Age: 46, born 15 April 1979

Country of origin: India

Height: 5' 3"

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Description: Karen Shenaz David (born 15 April 1979 or 1980) is an Indo-Canadian actress, singer and songwriter, who is best known for portraying Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia in ABC's fairytale-themed musical-comedy television series, Galavant, as well as Francesca "Cesca" Montoya in the BBC television series Waterloo Road, and Layla in the American action film The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior. She starred as Angela in the ITV television series Cold Feet and plays Princess Jasmine (from Aladdin) in the American television series Once Upon a Time. David also starred in Pixelface, a CBBC children's te Karen Shenaz David (born 15 April 1979 or 1980) is an Indo-Canadian actress, singer and songwriter, who is best known for portraying Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia in ABC's fairytale-themed musical-comedy television series, Galavant, as well as Francesca "Cesca" Montoya in the BBC television series Waterloo Road, and Layla in the American action film The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior. She starred as Angela in the ITV television series Cold Feet and plays Princess Jasmine (from Aladdin) in the American television series Once Upon a Time.

David also starred in Pixelface, a CBBC children's television series, where she plays Alexia, the glamorous legend hunter.

Karen David is not your average "girl next door." Born in the foothills of the Himalayas, raised in Canada and London (UK), she forged her own way from the very beginning. Musically, Karen proved herself at an early age--as a 17-year-old she won a prestigious scholarship to the Berklee College of Music, studying voice. She returned to the UK where Benny Andersson snapped her up to join the original stage cast of "Mamma Mia!". She subsequently signed a record deal with BMG Europe, with whom she enjoyed substantial success including a top-ten single in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Soon afterwards she was discovered by A.R. Rahman, the composer who would famously achieve worldwide success for his score for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Together they created the theme tune for the British drama Provoked: A True Story (2006), in which she also had a supporting role.

Acting and music would intertwine exactly as she originally desired. Her film career has included a starring role in the "Scorpion King" franchise (El rey escorpión 2: El nacimiento del guerrero (2008)) and was cast by Christopher Nolan in a supporting role in Batman Begins (2005). However, it is perhaps her television roles that have earned her the majority of her diehard fans in the UK and America. In BBC 1's BAFTA-nominated, prime-time series Waterloo Road Reunited (2011) she played Francesca Montoya, a teacher who fell in love with a student. The storyline generated plenty of controversy, however; more and more admirers fell for Karen's compelling performance, and the series averaged over 9 million viewers per episode. Karen also co-starred in an ensemble cast for two seasons on the hugely popular BBC comedy series Pixelface (2011) (produced by Graham Norton's So Television).

Her screen career has continued to flourish, with subsequent work with Robert De Niro in Luces rojas (2012), Kevin McDonald and Rodrigo Cortes and with Francis Lawrence in Fox TV's drama Touch (2012), written by Héroes (2006) creator Tim Kring and starring Kiefer Sutherland and Danny Glover. Karen played Kayla Graham in the pilot episode, an aspiring singer who works in a menial job at her local call center in Dublin, Ireland. The one-hour special preview was a huge success and debuted in America to 12.5 million viewers, winning its time slot and making it the second-highest debut for a Fox drama in the past 5 years.

She was also seen in ABC's hit crime drama Castle (2009), playing 20-year-old Columbia University student Sara El-Masri. The two-part special gained the highest ratings for the show, and won its time slots for the 18- to 49-year-old demographic. ... (more)

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"TV:• Strike Back: Project Dawn #2 (2011) : Shot through her chest by terrorists. • Legacies: There's a Place Where the Lost Things Go (2020) : In a noir-type dream world, Karen is poisoned with cyanide by Kaylee Bryant. Her death in the dream world forces her consciousness back into her body in the real world. • Fear the Walking Dead: More Time Than You Know (2023) : Bit by a zombie after she saves Zoey Merchant from being bitten. She returns as a zombie and is stabbed in the head by Lenni"