Actor
Lina’s theatre credits include, DIDO IN IDAHO (Echo Theatre reading), BAD APPLES (premier at Circle X Theatre), WIDOW OF NO IMPORTANCE (East West Players), THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, IKEBANA (Pasadena Playhouse), PRIVATE LIVES, HENRY IV (Globe Theatres), PENTECOST, TIMON OF ATHENS (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Her many television guest appearances include, 24 and CSI. Lina has narrated several audiobooks for Random House and Penguin, including Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and I Am an Executioner, an Audie Award Finalist.
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
- Anton Chekhov
RICE BOY
Center Theatre Group
"The . . . performance to truly transcend ... is Patel's luminous portrayal of Tina. There is an uncontainable glow that emanates from her as Tina sees her imprisoned femininity and beauty reflected in Tommy's eyes."
- Variety
BAD APPLES
Circle X Theatre
WIDOW OF NO IMPORTANCE
East West Players
As for Patel and Malhotra’s romantic chemistry, the heat they generate can likely be felt way up in the balcony’s back row.
Stage Scene, LA
IKEBANA
Pasadena Playhouse
IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Pasadena Playhouse