Amrita Dhaliwal, she/her/hers, is a comedian, actor, educator and hospital clown in Los Angeles. She devises work that explores core themes of our humanity, like death or love, through a lens of the current political and social climate.

Most recently Amrita won Best Comedy at the 2019 Melbourne Fringe Festival for The Living Room, which she had been touring the world. In Los Angeles, she can be seen performing regularly on stage and on screen and is an ensemble member of The Murge, which FLAUNT described as "…a comedy that is so far past stupid that it becomes nonsensically compelling." She also co-produces, writes and hosts the hit LA show, Indian Wedding, featured in LA Weekly as “Top 15 Things to do in LA” and Comedy Cake says “Go, go, go!”. She is currently the Managing Director and an instructor for the Idiot Workshop, founded by Cirque du Soleil’s, John Gilkey. Behind the scenes, Amrita recently directed Rag Head, a play about the increase in hate crimes against Sikh Americans post 9/11, and was featured in StageRaw’s “Top Ten”. And she was featured as an actor in the highly competitive and selective 2017 CBS Diversity Showcase. Her TV&Film credits include Life in Pieces and more.

Amrita is a graduate of The School for Theatre Creators, a Lecoq based physical theater program. She has trained extensively in Clown with Paola Coletto, Aitor Basauri, Philippe Gaulier and Clown School LA. Amrita is a graduate various improv/sketch programs… including: Second City Chicago, iO Chicago, Annoyance, UCB AND Groundlings.

Amrita is most grateful to her Punjabi ancestors, community and family, especially her parents, Tehsel Singh Dhaliwal, P.E., and the late, Balbir Kaur Dhaliwal, P.h.D.

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