Two years ago, Chitra Iyer enrolled at the Toronto Film School to become an actress. At 50- years-old, Iver is the oldest student to graduate in her class of 2019.
While supporting three adult children and a teaching position at a Montessori school, she has been working towards this dream for over a decade after experiencing tragedy in her own life.
Iyer considers herself a lifelong artist – from becoming a child star in Malawi, Central Africa to choreographing a Michael Jackson spring concert with her students – and she is on a continuous search of meaningful work to express herself.
Chitra Iyer shares key moments in her life that inspired her to enroll at Toronto Film School and pursue a career as an actress . Yusra Javed has the full story below:
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