Melinda Leanna Shankar is a Canadian actress. She is best known for starring as Alli Bhandari in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation and as Indira "Indie" Mehta in the YTV series How To Be Indie, for which she won several awards, including a Canadian Screen Award in 2013.

Filmography

• 2025Magic on Set — Sarah
• 2021Christmas in the Wilds — Amara
• 2021Christmas with a Prince: The Royal Baby — Bella
• 2021Red String of Fate — DANIKA MONDAL
• 2021Romance in the Wilds — Amara
• 2019Christmas with a Prince: Becoming Royal — Bella
• 2018Christmas with a Prince — Bella
• 2018Darker than Night — Mika
• 2017Christmas Wedding Planner — Jealous Bridesmaid
• 2017Filth City — Monica
• Mooom — Kylie
• Slasher — Talvinder Gill
• True Dating Stories — Detective Banks
• 2012Festival of Lights — Reshma
• 2010Degrassi Takes Manhattan — Alli Bhandari
• 2010Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars — Janie Gibbs
• 2009Degrassi Goes Hollywood — Alli Bhandari
• How to Be Indie — Indie Mehta
• Degrassi: Minis — Alli Bhandari
• Degrassi — Alli Bhandari

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2025Degrassi: Whatever It Takes — Self
• 2010Degrassi in India — Self