Balinder Johal is an Indo-Canadian actress.[1] She is best known for her roles in the films of Deepa Mehta, including Heaven on Earth, for which she was a Leo Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 2009,[2] and Beeba Boys, for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.[3]
Originally from Punjab,[1] Johal was educated in India before moving to Canada to pursue a master's degree in education at the University of British Columbia.[1]
As a stage actress, her most noted performances included Here and Now, a forum theatre play about urban gang violence in Vancouver,[4] and Anosh Irani's play My Granny the Goldfish.[5] She has also performed in guest appearances in the television series The Chris Isaak Show, Da Vinci's Inquest, 49th & Main, Aliens in America, Psych, Smallville and Sanctuary, and minor roles in the films Freddy Got Fingered, Josie and the Pussycats, No Men Beyond This Point and Donkeyhead.
| 1992 | Northwood | TV Series | ||
| 1995 | Wings of Courage | |||
| 1995 | Gunfighter's Moon | Elana | ||
| 2000 | Becoming Dick | TV Series | ||
| 2001 | ||||
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered | |||
| 2001 | data-sort-value="Chris Isaak Show, The" | The Chris Isaak Show | TV Series 1 Episode | |
| 2004 | Pink Ludoos | |||
| 2004 | Da Vinci's Inquest | TV Series 1 Episode | ||
| 2005 | data-sort-value="Collector, The" | The Collector | Ina | TV Series 1 Episode |
| 2005 | Murder Unveiled | |||
| 2006 | 49th & Main | Mrs Grewal | TV Series 4 Episodes | |
| 2006 | Abridge | |||
| 2007 | American Venus | |||
| 2008 | Aliens in America | Huma | TV Series 1 Episode | |
| 2008 | Psych | Hadewych | TV Series 1 Episode | |
| 2008 | Heaven on Earth | Maji Dhillon | ||
| 2008 | Passengers | |||
| 2008 | Of Gold and God | |||
| 2008 | Sweet Amerika | |||
| 2009 | Smallville | TV Series 1 Episode | ||
| 2010 | Sanctuary | Bibi | TV Series 3 Episodes | |
| 2012 | Jatt & Juliet | Kathy | ||
| 2014 | Jatt & Juliet 2 | Pooja's grandmother | ||
| 2013 | Best of Luck | |||
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Healer | TV Series 1 Episode | |
| 2015 | No Men Beyond This Point | |||
| 2016 | Beeba Boys | Mrs Johar | ||
| 2016 | Book of Love | |||
| 2016 | Killer Punjabi | |||
| 2016 | Travelers | TV Series | ||
| 2017 | Jindua | |||
| 2017 | Prison Break | TV Series | ||
| 2017 | Crash Pad | Muumuu | ||
| 2017 | Ghost Wars | TV Series | ||
| 2019 | data-sort-value="410, The" | The 410 | Nani | TV Series |
| 2019 | Fusion Generation | Pritam Dhaliwal | ||
| 2019 | Supergirl | Old lady | TV Series 1 Episode | |
| 2019 | Two Sentence Horror Stories | TV Series | ||
| 2021 | Honsla Rakh | Jamin's grandmother | ||
| 2021 | Love Hard | |||
| 2021 | Yellowjackets | Mrs Singh | TV Series 1 Episode | |
| 2022 | Donkeyhead | |||
| 2022 | Babe Bhangra Paunde Ne | |||
| 2022 | Arranged Marriage |