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name: "Geraldine Viswanathan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/geraldine-viswanathan"
fi1m_id: "geraldine-viswanathan"
imdb_id: "nm6543093"
tmdb_id: 1803287
wikidata_id: "Q51769012"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 June 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-19T04:29:47.562764+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Geraldine Viswanathan

## Identity

Geraldine Viswanathan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/geraldine-viswanathan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** geraldine-viswanathan
- **IMDb ID:** nm6543093
- **TMDB ID:** 1803287
- **Wikidata ID:** Q51769012
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Viswanathan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51769012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6543093/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1803287

Actor. Born 20 June 1995 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 June 1995, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 2024–present
- **Also known as:** Geraldine Indira Viswanathan, 제랄딘 비스와나탄, ג'רלדין ויסוואנת׳אן, ג'רלדין ויסוואנת׳ן, جرالدین ویسواناتان, جرالدین ویشواناتان
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Animation 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $390m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Viswanathan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51769012, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6543093/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1803287

## Coming up

- *Dig* (2026-11-23), as Dylan — [page](https://film.one/tv/dig.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender*](https://film.one/film/avatar-aang-the-last-airbender.md) (64)

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## Fi1m on Geraldine Viswanathan

> Geraldine Viswanathan can make a quiet woman holding her ground as funny as the louder person beside her. We rate her comic judgement; the films have not always given her enough to do.

In *Drive-Away Dolls* (2024), Geraldine Viswanathan's Marian reads in motel beds while Margaret Qualley's Jamie goes looking for company. Viswanathan lets the book occupy her without making Marian seem merely stranded outside the fun. We warmed to her in those scenes because her choice to stay put feels considered, rather than supplied for somebody else to laugh at. There is comic skill in keeping that choice clear while a louder performance takes up the space beside her.

*Blockers* (2018) established her in comedy; the dramatic lead in *Hala* (2019) followed soon enough to discourage any narrow assumptions. *The Broken Hearts Gallery* (2020) gave her a romantic-comedy lead, while *Miracle Workers* (2019–2023) provided four seasons of anthology work alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi. The movement between reserved and more assertive women matters more than the change of genre. We would not want the deadpan to become the whole job. She is worth watching when a character needs time to think, too.

Ethan Coen's *Drive-Away Dolls* gives her that time, though the road comedy around her is thin enough to be forgotten by morning. Qualley supplies the swagger, and Viswanathan makes Marian's reserve an equally deliberate way of behaving. They carry the film together; we wish there were more for them to carry. Coen gets something tender from their pairing without requiring Viswanathan to abandon the restraint that made her interesting. It is a persuasive performance in a film we can only recommend with reservations.

*Thunderbolts\** (2025) is the stronger film, but its use of her is frustratingly slight. As Mel, assistant to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Valentina, she has its sharpest deadpan and scarcely a handful of lines, while the script by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo keeps giving her boss the same limited set of responses. That hardly tests what she can do with a character, though it confirms how precisely she can land a small part. For a proper introduction, start with *Drive-Away Dolls* and forgive the plot.

## Biography

Geraldine Viswanathan is an Australian actress. Born on 20 June 1995 in Newcastle, New South Wales, she attended the Hunter School of the Performing Arts and began her career with a recurring role in the Australian series *Janet King* (2017).

She gained recognition for her role in the comedy *Blockers* (2018) and went on to appear in *Hala* (2018), *Bad Education* (2019) and the anthology series *Miracle Workers* (2019–2023). Viswanathan played Marian in *Drive-Away Dolls* (2024) and Mel in *Thunderbolts** (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender* (2026), Fi1m 64, as Kallik (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-aang-the-last-airbender.md)
- *Thunderbolts** (2025), Fi1m 71, as Mel — [page](https://film.one/film/thunderbolts.md)
- *Drive-Away Dolls* (2024), Fi1m 60, as Marian — [page](https://film.one/film/drive-away-dolls.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dig* (2026), series, as Dylan — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/dig.md)
- *Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender* (2026), as Kallik (voice) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-aang-the-last-airbender.md)
- *Oh, Hi!* (2025), as Max
- *Thunderbolts** (2025), as Mel — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/thunderbolts.md)
- *You're Cordially Invited* (2025), as Jenni
- *Drive-Away Dolls* (2024), as Marian — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/drive-away-dolls.md)
- *Cat Person* (2023), as Taylor
- *The Beanie Bubble* (2023), as Maya
- *Digman!* (2023), series, as Parisha (voice)
- *Poker Face* (2023), series, as Jenny Singh — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *7 Days* (2021), as Rita
- *Rumble* (2021), as Winnie (voice)
- *The Broken Hearts Gallery* (2020), as Lucy Gulliver
- *Three Busy Debras* (2020), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Hala* (2019), as Hala Masood
- *Bad Education* (2019), as Rachel Bhargava
- *Miracle Workers* (2019), series, as Prudence Aberdeen, Eliza, Freya Exaltada, Alexandra Shitshoveler
- *The Package* (2018), as Becky Abelar
- *Blockers* (2018), as Kayla
- *At Night* (2017), as Sophia
- *Dirt Tin* (2017), as Crystal
- *All Out Dysfunktion!* (2016), as Vizzie
- *Emo: The Musical* (2016), as Jamali
- *Moose* (2015), as Lucy
- *Big Bad World* (2015), as Neha
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), series, as Tawnie (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)
- *Janet King* (2014), series, as Bonnie Mahesh
- *Old Friends New Friends*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Geraldine Viswanathan](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-e5171a2e043f.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan — Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Geraldine_Viswanathan_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_adjusted_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Geraldine_Viswanathan_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_adjusted_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Catherine Curtin, Rafael Casal, Kayli Carter, Geraldine Viswanathan, Alex Wolff, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Allison Janney, Ray Romano, Cory Finley and Hari Dhillon at (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-296ff9d56d5a.jpg) Catherine Curtin, Rafael Casal, Kayli Carter, Geraldine Viswanathan, Alex Wolff, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Allison Janney, Ray Romano, Cory Finley and Hari Dhillon at (2019) — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Bad_Education_01_%2848810354686%29.jpg/1280px-Bad_Education_01_%2848810354686%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geraldine Viswanathan at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-3e25d39e9291.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (2018) — Daniel Benavides, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Geraldine_Viswanathan_%282018%29.jpg/1280px-Geraldine_Viswanathan_%282018%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geraldine Viswanathan at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-0a85ee08477f.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (2018) — Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Geraldine_Viswanathan_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_%2826876917828%29.jpg/1280px-Geraldine_Viswanathan_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_%2826876917828%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geraldine Viswanathan](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-329ff9b2cab2.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan — Image via TMDB
- ![Geraldine Viswanathan](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-75901eab9cca.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan — Image via TMDB
- ![Geraldine Viswanathan](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-4c3dd249bb49.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan — Image via TMDB
- ![Geraldine Viswanathan at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-463cd700cf4f.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (2018) — Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Geraldine_Viswanathan_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_%2840037758264%29.jpg/1280px-Geraldine_Viswanathan_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_%2840037758264%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geraldine Viswanathan at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-d47bf0ae0eea.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (2018) — Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Geraldine_Viswanathan_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_adjusted.jpg/1280px-Geraldine_Viswanathan_at_SXSW_Red_Carpet_premiere_of_BLOCKERS_adjusted.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geraldine Viswanathan](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-5233fc2e5080.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan — Image via TMDB
- ![Geraldine Viswanathan](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-c4b39b60d36e.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan — Image via TMDB
- ![Geraldine Viswanathan](https://film.one/media/person/8551/gallery-0d1394f33697.jpg) Geraldine Viswanathan — Image via TMDB

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