Asha Menina
Biography
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Cute, winsome child actress who debuted with a sensitive performance as a girl who withdraws into a fantasy world in "House of Cards" (1993). Menina, who first name is East Indian for "hope" and whose last name, which means "my little girl" in Portuguese, is a pseudonym to protect her family's privacy, was chosen for the part after one of her schoolteachers submitted her name to a castin...
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House Of Cards
(1993)
Biography
Cute, winsome child actress who debuted with a sensitive performance as a girl who withdraws into a fantasy world in "House of Cards" (1993). Menina, who first name is East Indian for "hope" and whose last name, which means "my little girl" in Portuguese, is a pseudonym to protect her family's privacy, was chosen for the part after one of her schoolteachers submitted her name to a casting agency.
Life Events
1993
Made feature film debut in "House of Cards"; diagnosed with diabetes on the same day that she met the film's casting director Mali Finn
Family
Will
Father
Teacher of film, photography and video. Also diabetic.
Mary
Mother
School health assistant.
Jackson
Brother
Born c. 1990.
