Kira Narayanan is an Indian actress and TV presenter. She is best known for playing Aayat in "Jee Karda" on Amazon Prime Video, hosting Cricket Live on the Star Sports Network and for playing the role of Princess Jasmine in Disney and BookMyShow's Aladdin the Musical in India.
Kira grew up in Malaysia and started acting when she was 13. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (London).
Kira debuted as an English Television Sports Anchor for Star Sports India during Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 7 (2019). She then went on to anchor for "Cricket Live" in the absence of Mayanti Langer, hosting her first Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2020, as well as the India/England Test, ODI and T20I Series in 2021. She's appeared alongside cricket greats and network regulars Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Brett Lee, VVS Laxman, Gautham Gambhir, Greame Swann, Lisa Sthalekhar, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh and Dean Jones.
Kira was cast by Tess Joseph to play Princess Jasmine in the stage Musical version of the Disney film Aladdin, produced by Disney International and BookMyShow.
In 2019, Kira stepped into the iconic shoes of Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews to play the role of Eliza Doolittle in Rael Padamsee's My Fair Lady the Musical.
Kira plays Aayat Merchant in "Jee Karda" on Amazon Prime Video starring Tamannaah Bhatia, and in the 2019 web series Minus One, she appeared as Devika/Lavanya opposite Indian web stars Aisha Ahmed and Ayush Mehra.
Kira made her feature film debut as Sri Devi (a classical dancer) in the 2018 Tamil Picture Koothan, where she starred alongside Kollywood greats Urvashi, Bhagyaraj and Manobala.