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PICTURED: SANDY SIDHU AS NAZNEEN KHAN -(PHOTO BY: IAN WATSON/EONE/NBC)
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andy Sidhu is perhaps experiencing a sense of familial deja vu. As Nazneen Khan on the NBC drama “Nurses,” Sandy Sidhu is replicating in fiction her own mother’s
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journey to Canada while putting her own academic achievements to work. The Canadian series centers around a group of nurses in a busy Toronto hospital. Sidhu says the cast immediately felt a “special chemistry” on set. Though this is her first starring role on a
IN A STORY PARALLELING HER MOTHER’S REAL-LIFE JOURNEY, CANADIAN ACTOR SANDY SIDHU IS STARRING ON NBC AS AN IMMIGRANT INDIAN NURSE show, Sidhu would definitely be one to know. Before taking up acting professionally, Sidhu earned a degree in cell biology and genetics from the University of British Columbia. For many, this is the stepping stone to the Medical College
