Parminder is today to be recognized as a 'woman of achievement' at an awards ceremony staged by 'A Place Called Home'.
APCH is a 'youth enrichment centre', based in South Central Los Angeles and provides support and opportunities for disadvantaged and 'at risk' young people who may have fallen into inner city gang culture.

The 'Girlz in the Hood' event takes place at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Read more about the work and activities of 'A Place Called Home' here.
 

Did you miss Parminder's appearance on 'The Late Late Show' on Tuesday?
Click on the screen above to catch Mindi in fine form with Scotland's greatest export since malt whisky. (Nice to see that after four years living in LA 'our gal' can still drop the word 'chuffed' into the conversation!).

'ER' 14 reaches it climax with the season finale, 'The Chicago Way' airing in the US tonight. Click the ER button above to view a taster of the explosive action in store.

UK viewers can see the penultimate episode, 'Tandem Repeats' at 10:00pm on More4 (Digital) and on terrestrial on Saturday 17^th on Channel Four at 8:00pm. The finale follows up at the same times and places next week.

We'll be completing the Season 14 résumé in words and pictures here in the coming days.  

Parminder is a guest on 'The Late Late Show' with Craig Ferguson tonight.
U.S viewers can catch Mindi's fourth appearance with the Scottish actor and comic raconteur at 12:35 am ET/PT on TV14-D (yeah, tomorrow really - but you get it).

The interview is one of a trio conducted with ER stars to coincide with the broadcast of the show's season finale this Thursday. 

If your DVD recorder is on the blink, you're not a 'night owl' or an American, catch up with what transpires here in the coming days. 

Parminder attended The 'Lupus LA 2008 Orange Ball' at The Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on Thursday evening (May 1^st)

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disorder which is believed to affect around 1.5 million people in the U.S alone. The vast majority of sufferers are women.

Mindi has previously supported the foundations work into the research and treatment of the disease and attended last years 'Love, Life and Laughter' event.
Read more about Lupus here.

Photos: Michael Bezjian / WireImage 

The one off feature length UK TV drama in which Parminder stars alongside Ray Winstone will be aired under a different title to that announced in January.
The production, loosely based on the Jacobean tragedy 'The Changeling' was originally to retain the same title as the piece that inspired it's central themes.

PNO understands the production will now be named 'Compulsion' and is expected to premiere on the ITV network later this year. Check for updates on the Latest News page for confirmation of the transmission date.
The re-naming may (or may not) have been undertaken in order to avoid any confusion with the Clint Eastwood directed 'changeling' which is due to be released later this year.

The first new episode of ER to air since the WGA strike halted production of the show hits screens in the US tonight. The seemingly endless speculation about the medical drama's future has also been ended following statements from the network and ER producers.'Owner Of A Broken Heart' is the first of six new episodes produced to conclude a slightly foreshortened Season 14 with a complete new run, to be the show's swansong, returning in September.

Best news of all for Neela fans, Parminder is one of the current main cast members confirmed to be returning for this final season!

Many names from the legendary roster of characters to have walked the corridors of County General since 1994 are expected to return in order to bring ultimate closure to various story arcs from the drama's history. The most discussed of those from our heroines point of view has been the tragically unresolved relationship between Neela and her former 'roomie', Ray Barnett.

Jennifer Godwin of E Online has been pressing ER head honcho John Wells on the subject, and 'Reela' fans take heart - his response is encouraging!:

John says Shane's character, double-amputee Dr. Ray Barnett, is absolutely a candidate to return next season! John says: "I love Shane, and we would love to have him come back for some episodes. What we're doing now is beginning the planning for the final season, which will go on the air next September. And as part of that, we'll be contacting pretty much everybody, [inviting them] to come back and do a little spin."

Unfortunately, all that is in the works for season 15, and Shane won't appear in any of the remaining six episodes of season 14. Says John: "We haven't set anybody that you don't already know about [for the remainder of this season]."

Is there any chance John remains unaware of the intense online fandom devoted to Ray's relationship with Parminder Nagra's character, Neela Rasgotra? "You know...I'm on my third or fourth email address, so that would be my way of answering that question." (Hee!).

UK Parmaniacs rejoice!

A positive to come out of the WGA strike (other than a fairer deal if you're a writer) is that for once you won't be weeks behind in catching the latest episodes of your favourite medical drama. The final pre-strike Season 14 episode (Atonement) goes out on channel 4 at 8:00pm on Saturday 12^th with the next (post strike) show ('Owner of a Broken Heart') scheduled to air on Thursday 17^th at 10pm on More4 (Digital) and Channel 4 (Terrestrial) at 8:00pm on Saturday 19^th.

Check out Neela's ER Diary here to refresh you memory of the most recent events at County General here and some striking stills here (pun intended).    

Parminder has been nominated in the category 'Outstanding Television Actress' at this years 'Asian Excellence Awards'. She won the same award at this event in 2007.
The ceremony will take place on the evening of Wednesday April 23^rd at The Royce Hall at The University of California, Los Angeles, with an anticipated TV broadcast to follow.

Click here to see Parminder on the Red Carpet at the 2007 ceremony and here to enjoy a couple of new images from the first of these events, which was held in 2006.
Tickle your mouse here for details of the other less deserving thespians who are impudently challenging for Mindi's crown!  

Warner Premiere have confirmed the full 'voice cast' for Batman - Gotham Knight.
Parminder provides the voice for Cassandra, "a mystical Indian woman who teaches Bruce Wayne to endure and manage his pain". Release date for the DVD and Blu Ray package will be July 8th with the movie available in download format from the same date.

Prepare to challenge the 'little grey cells' as PNO's resident intellectual peels away the psychological layers manifest in Parminder's acting. Read Shardy's 'Latest Muse' here (including some nice ER pics for those in search of something less cerebral).

Happy Easter Holiday Y'all !    

In an already busy 2008, Parminder is adding to her workload by providing a character voice in Warner's major new animated production, Batman: Gotham Knight.
The 75 minute movie features input from leading exponents of the visually striking and dynamic Japanese anime style, a medium considered 'high art' by fans of the genre.

The film will have a global DVD and Blu Ray release in August, but the first official trailer is already available to view online. Click on the control panel above to take a look (Flash player required).

Details of the character for whom Mindi will provide a voice to follow...

Welcome to the bright and breezy Spring Season of updates on PNO!

Parminder has a heavy workload at present, with new UK TV Drama 'The Changeling' and the 'WGA strike foreshortened' season of ER to be completed. We will feature all the most up to date news about both these and other projects in development on this page in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, Meera Syal, a familiar face to TV viewers in the UK, has cited 'The Changeling' as being an atypically imaginative and progressive example of casting for an actor of Asian heritage. In the early years of her career, Parminder appeared with Meera in the British satirical sketch show 'Goodness Gracious Me'.   

Read the complete interview with 'The Independent' here.

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