Geraldine Viswanathan Biography
Geraldine Indira Viswanathan is an Australian actress. She gained attention in the role of Kayla in the 2018 film Blockers, for which Refinery29 referred to her as the “the film’s breakout star”. Indira starred in the 2019 coming-of-age film Hala, as well as Bad Education.
How old is Geraldine Viswanathan? – Age
She is 28 years old as of June 2023. The actress was born on June 20, 1995, in Newcastle, New South Wales.
Geraldine Viswanathan Height
The star stans at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Geraldine Viswanathan Early Life
Her father, Suresh Viswanathan, is a doctor who works in nuclear medicine and is of Indian Tamil descent. Her mother, Anja Raith, is from Switzerland and was raised by a father who was a filmmaker and ballet dancer. The actress grew up with a younger sister and deep love of horses and animals. Geraldine attended the Hunter School of the Performing Arts, Newcastle, where she was in drama class.
At the age of 15, Viswanathan and her family moved to Los Angeles, California for a few months, where she went through the process of securing a manager with the hopes of obtaining Disney and Nickelodeon roles. In 2015, she was shortlisted for the Health Ledger Scholarship. She contemplated going to university to study international studies and media but decided to focus on an acting career in the United States instead.
Geraldine Viswanathan Career
At the age of four, she appeared in a Kodak television commercial. In 2016, she appeared in Emo the Medical and went to Los Angeles for her first pilot season. In 2017, Geraldine Viswanathan joined the cast of ABC’s drama series Janet King in the role of Bonnie. She was once a reader in casting rooms, and was the reader for the Australian casting process for Crazy Rich Asians. Her big break came in 2018, when she was cast in movie Blockers.
In the same year, she was cast in Netflix film The Package and the drama film Hala which went to Sundance Film Festival. in 2019, Geraldine was cast in the anthology series Miracle Workers. In 2019, she played Rachel in the film Bad Education, which is based on a true story of an embezzlement scandal. She received critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival for the film, which received two Emmy nominations. She starred in The Broken Hearts Gallery. The film was due to be released in the summer of 2020, but was postponed to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In October 2021, she was cast in the psychological thriller film Cat Person, based on the short story by Kristen Roupenian published in 2017 in The New Yorker. In January 2022, Geraldine was cast in the film The Beanie Bubble, co-directed by Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash. In January 2024, Viswanathan was cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thunderbolts, replacing the role previously held by Ayo Edebiri. The film is scheduled to be released on 2 May 2025.
Geraldine Viswanathan Net Worth
Her net worth is estimated to stand at $500k.
Geraldine Viswanathan Movie
2016 – Emo the Musical
2018 – Blockers
2018 – The Package
2019 – Hala
2019 – Bad Education
2020 – The Broken Hearts Gallery
2021 – Rumble
2023 – Cat Person
2023 – The Beanie Bubble
2024 – Drive-Away Dolls
2025 – Thunderbolts
Geraldine Viswanathan TV Shows
2015 – Lost Angels
2017 – The Y2K Bug
2017 – Janet King
2018 – Nippers of Dead Bird Bay
2021 – Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
2022 – Three Busy Debras
