{"id":23662,"date":"2022-11-01T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T01:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&#038;p=23662"},"modified":"2023-08-05T22:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T17:28:41","slug":"geraldine-viswanathan-half-indian-half-swiss-actress-lights-up-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/geraldine-viswanathan-half-indian-half-swiss-actress-lights-up-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"Geraldine Viswanathan: Half Indian-half Swiss actress lights up Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(November 1, 2022) <\/strong>Born to an Indian doctor father and a Swiss artist mother, Hollywood actress Geraldine Viswanathan grew up in Australia with a deep love for horses and acting. After appearing in a Kodak television commercial when she was four years old, Geraldine began honing her acting skills.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geraldine who has also worked as a voice artist grew up deeply loving performing arts as part of her upbringing. Her mother Anja Raith who runs an acting school, attended musical theatre school in London and was an aspiring actress before getting married to her Tamil descent father Suresh Viswanathan. Geraldine\u2019s maternal grandfather was a ballet dancer and film maker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23665 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/With-another-horse.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian \" width=\"773\" height=\"771\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 773px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 773\/771;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23665 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/With-another-horse.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian \" width=\"773\" height=\"771\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The actress, who has been in the Hollywood Reporter\u2019s \u2018Nex Gen Talent,\u2019 list as one of the 20 rising stars of the industry, is passionate about horses. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI came out of the womb loving horses, I don\u2019t know what happened,\u201d she joked in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmagazine.com\/culture\/new-faces-geraldine-viswanathan-broken-hearts-gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>W Magazine<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Groomed to be a star <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 1995-born actress attended the\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hunter School of Performing Arts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at New Castle, Australia, enrolling in drama classes when she was in kindergarten. Although she was young, she was determined to begin preparing for what she knew would be her future.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23669\" style=\"width: 814px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23669\" class=\"wp-image-23669 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/With-Daniel-Radcliffe.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian\" width=\"804\" height=\"803\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 804px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 804\/803;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23669\" class=\" wp-image-23669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/With-Daniel-Radcliffe.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian\" width=\"804\" height=\"803\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-23669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geraldine with Daniel Radcliffe<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI remember being in this play when I was \u200b\u200bin grade five. I never got any leading roles, but I did get one little comedic bit part and I remember getting a laugh and feeling pretty cool about it,\u201d she said in an interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/eye\/people\/geraldine-viswanathan-hbo-bad-education-1203620461\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wwd.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Geraldine turned 15, her family moved to Los Angeles for a few months. It became a turning point for the actress, who turned this family move into an opportunity to set a base in America, securing a manager for starting a career in Hollywood. Australia had comparatively limited options for her in acting, outside the stereotypical work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23672\" style=\"width: 849px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23672\" class=\"wp-image-23672 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Geraldine.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian\" width=\"839\" height=\"578\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 839px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 839\/578;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23672\" class=\"wp-image-23672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Geraldine.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian\" width=\"839\" height=\"578\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-23672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geraldine with her co-star<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of her family\u2019s stay, she came back to Australia with them but continued working on her career. She would send audition tapes to her manager in America, while performing standup and sketch comedy with her group, Freudian Nip, back in Australia as she waited for her big break.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When she turned 20, Geraldine was selected for the\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heath Ledger Scholarship<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that gets awarded to an emerging Australian actors with extraordinary ability and dedication to their craft.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amidst all the developments in Australia, she remained committed to her American dream and later after making big in Hollywood, told in an interview to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/meet-geraldine-viswanathan-profile-blockers-the-broken-hearts-gallery-2020-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Insider<\/em><\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Here in America I didn&#8217;t feel held back by my ethnicity, which was a really exciting feeling.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23671\" style=\"width: 951px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23671\" class=\"wp-image-23671 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Miracle-Workers-Team.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian \" width=\"941\" height=\"667\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 941px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 941\/667;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23671\" class=\"wp-image-23671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Miracle-Workers-Team.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian \" width=\"941\" height=\"667\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-23671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geraldine with her Miracle Workers team<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><b>The big break <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, Geraldine was cast to appear in the film, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emo the Musical<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Australia where she had a very small part to play. The following year she joined the cast of ABC\u2019s drama series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Janet King<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the country that she calls home &#8211; Australia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was in 2018 that she got her breakout role as an actor in the film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US. She played the role of one of the teens whose parents are determined to not let them lose their virginity on the night of their high school prom, while the teens are hell bent on doing so. The film turned out to be the surprise comedy hit of the year. Geraldine\u2019s role was acknowledged, and her dream of having a career in America finally saw the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> light of the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Geraldine Viswanathan&#039;s Incredible Journey From Sketch Comedy To The Silver Screen | The Project\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9vhy589rkgU?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following this, she went on to work on two critically acclaimed movies <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bad Education<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where she played an Indian character, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hala<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which she portrayed the role of a girl from Pakistan. Both films earned rave reviews at Sundance Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bad Education<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> even managed some Emmy nominations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Reel and real <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020 Geraldine starred in Selena Gomez-production, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Broken Hearts Gallery<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Toronto, Canada. It was a breakthrough movie for her in many ways. She not only starred alongside a fellow Australian actor Dacre Montgomery but also like her real life she portrayed the character of a Brown girl whose mother is blonde. The reel mother even looked similar to her real mother.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just a few years into her career, the actress enjoys a fairly large fan base and has shared the screen with established stars like Allison Janney, Hugh Jackman and Daniel Radcliffe. She has been playing recurring roles in the Australian series\u202f<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Janet King<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TBS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u202fcomedy anthology,\u202f<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miracle <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workers in the US which is in its third season<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23667\" style=\"width: 882px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23667\" class=\"wp-image-23667 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Miracle-workers_season-3.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian \" width=\"872\" height=\"809\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 872px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 872\/809;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23667\" class=\"wp-image-23667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Miracle-workers_season-3.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian \" width=\"872\" height=\"809\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-23667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geraldine on the set of Miracle Workers<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\u2019s also possibly the first person to tell co-star Daniel Radcliffe that she hasn\u2019t watched the Harry Potter films because she found them too scary. She was eight years old when she saw the first Harry Potter film and Geraldine was so terrified, she had to leave in the middle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The actress, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, has subsequently given some more good performances in films like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Package<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cat Person<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Beanie Bubble<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">likes to work on projects that are \u2018socially conscious\u2019. Geraldine is always on lookout for acting opportunities that have a \u2018fresh take\u2019 on life and allow her to \u2018explore different sides\u2019 of herself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>The Viswanathans<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though Geraldine and her sister Indira have not travelled much to India, the actress is connected to the country through her Indian grandparents, who live in Australia. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My grandma is an incredible cook. She cooks <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biryani<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sambhar <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chapati <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">poori <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 for me and my sister, that\u2019s our favourite. South Indian food definitely feels homely to me,\u201d she declared in an interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/current-affairs\/crossover-star-hala-actor-geraldine-viswanathan-is-making-waves-at-tiff-119092700717_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Standard<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23670\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23670\" class=\"wp-image-23670 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/With-parents.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian \" width=\"695\" height=\"771\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 695px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 695\/771;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23670\" class=\"wp-image-23670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/With-parents.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Artist | Geraldine Viswanathan | Global Indian \" width=\"695\" height=\"771\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-23670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geraldine with her sister and parents<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The actress who is fondly called Yoyo by her loved ones, finds great support in her mom who always has some tips to give to her daughter in acting. Viswanathan home is never bereft of animals, they love their cats, and dogs as much as their horses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow Geraldine Viswanathan on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yoyogeraldine\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Instagram\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(November 1, 2022) Born to an Indian doctor father and a Swiss artist mother, Hollywood actress Geraldine Viswanathan grew up in Australia with a deep love for horses and acting. After appearing in a Kodak television commercial when she was four years old, Geraldine began honing her acting skills.\u00a0\u00a0 Geraldine who has also worked as a voice artist grew up deeply loving performing arts as part of her upbringing. Her mother Anja Raith who runs an acting school, attended musical theatre school in London and was an aspiring actress before getting married to her Tamil descent father Suresh Viswanathan. 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