She first came to attention with her one-woman play '' Fish Eyes '' in which she played three different parts . She was cast as Davinder Samra in the CBC television film '' Murder Unveiled '' . In the film she plays a fictionalised version of Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu , a Canadian Sikh beautician who was murdered by her family after she secretly married a poor Indian rickshaw driver . She won the Best Actress Award at the 2005 Asian Festival of First Films for her performance in the film . She then wrote a one-woman play based on the film called '' The Misfit '' . Majumdar was cast in '' Diverted '' as Alia , a passenger whose plane is diverted as a result of the September 11 attacks and falls in love with Shawn Ashmore . She also plays the character of Emerald in Deepa Mehta 's adaptation of '' Midnight 's Children ''
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Anita Majumdar