Acting Shankar began her career as a
child model and appeared in numerous
print advertisements, including a
Procter & Gamble billboard in
Los Angeles. Shankar's mother was an actress and her paternal grandfather was a director in
Guyana. Shankar's father would often drive up to five hours from Ottawa to Toronto for her auditions. In 2008, she debuted as an actress in the popular CTV television series
Degrassi, joining the cast as an incoming 9th grade student. Shankar appeared in a total of seven seasons, until its finale in 2015. She co-starred alongside
Jennifer Stone and
Vanessa Morgan in the 2010 children's television film
Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars. Shankar was cast in her first feature film,
Festival of Lights in 2010. The movie was filmed on location in New York City and
Georgetown, Guyana. Her father served as
production manager for the film due to his familiarity with the locations in
Guyana.
Other work In 2013, Shankar and a longtime childhood friend began working on an
image consulting business. On February 22, 2014, they launched Miss Conception, a professional styling and image agency based in Toronto. By no later than October 2017, the Miss Conception website had been shut down. ==Personal life==