Balinder Johal is an Indo-Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in the films of Deepa Mehta, including Heaven on Earth, for which she was a Leo Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 2009, and Beeba Boys, for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.
Originally from Punjab, Johal was educated in India before moving to Canada to pursue a master's degree in education at the University of British Columbia.
As a stage actress, her most noted performances included Here and Now, a forum theatre play about urban gang violence in Vancouver, and Anosh Irani's play My Granny the Goldfish. She has also performed in guest appearances in the television series The Chris Isaak Show, Da Vinci's Inquest, 49th & Main, Aliens in America, Psych, Smallville and Sanctuary, and minor roles in the films Freddy Got Fingered, Josie and the Pussycats, No Men Beyond This Point and Donkeyhead.
2024
as Ancient Grandmother
2022
as Grandmother
2022
2022
as Grandmother
2021
as Elderly Woman
2021
2021
as Seema
2019
as Nani
2018
as Indira
2017
as Muumuu
2017
as Dottie
2016
as Indian Woman
2016
2015
as Old Lady
2015
as Mrs. Johar
2013
as Pooja's grandmother
2012
as Kathy
2008
as Bibi
2008
as Maji
2006
2006
as Hadewych
2004
as Old Lady Cheema
2004
2001
as Citizen
2001
as Indian Woman #1
2001
as Sri Lankan Delegate
2000
as Housekeeper
1998
as Cleaning Woman