Acting alum Anya Banerjee '20 is on the big screen as Nurse Kett in Song Sung Blue, a new film about a Neil Diamond tribute band starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson.
Directed by Craig Brewer, the film is based on a documentary of the same name following the love story of main characters Mike and Claire from its beginning at the Wisconsin State Fair. The pair bonded over their divorcee-status and dream to become entertainers. Marked by a series of medical and emotional hardships the pair continues to perform and gain popularity throughout the Midwest as part of Lighting and Thunder, a Neil Diamond tribute band.
The New York Times calls Song Sung Blue "exactly the movie we need right now" due to its emotional grip on viewers, charming music, and nuanced acting.
Banerjee is a Kiwi-American actress and writer. Born in Platteville, Wisconsin, and raised in New Zealand, she completed a Masters in English Literature at the University of Auckland. Banerjee turned her literary research on prostitute-actresses in colonial Bengal into Apologies to the Bengali Lady, her first play. The piece was workshopped at Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University before playing at The Tank NYC and, finally, Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it received shining reviews from The Scotsman, British Theatre Guide, and The List.
