Actor
Lina’s theatre credits include 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 television guest appearances include Will Trent, 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, and Jeanne Sakata’s adaptation of Secret Garden, Winner of the 2024 AudioFile Earphone Award.
BAD APPLES
Circle X Theatre
"Nothing I can tell you about this play does it justice, except come ready to be rocked."
- Natalie Pace, Huffington Post
WIDOW OF NO IMPORTANCE
East West Players
"The immensely appealing Patel can turn on a dime between nervous mom and ravished diva."
-Charlotte Stoudt
LATIMES
"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
"...From the start, Patel nails the role ... her comedic timing is impeccable."
-Hoyt Hilsman
BACKSTAGE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Pasadena Playhouse
"Lina Patel exudes apt girlish effervescence as Cecily."
- Variety
"Patel delivers a kind of stealth performance as Cecily . . . her work is clean and smart, and it pays off by play's end."
- L.A. TIMES