Ayesha Dharker

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Ayesha Dharker

Acting 48 March 16, 1978

Bombay, India

Ayesha Dharker (born March 16, 1978 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actress. She is known for her performance in the Tamil Indian film, The Terrorist (1999), for which she was awar…

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

6.6 2002 Movie
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.6 2005 TV Show
The Father

The Father

8.1 2020 Movie
Vera

Vera

7.4 2011 TV Show
Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road

7.1 2006 TV Show
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

7.2 2001 TV Show
Outsourced

Outsourced

6.4 2007 Movie
City of Joy

City of Joy

6.6 1992 Movie
The Mistress of Spices

The Mistress of Spices

6.2 2005 Movie
Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick

5.7 2005 Movie
Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

6.8 2000 TV Show
Cutting It

Cutting It

7.0 2002 TV Show

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Ayesha Dharker (born March 16, 1978 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actress. She is known for her performance in the Tamil Indian film, The Terrorist (1999), for which she was awarded Best Artistic Contribution by an Actress at the Cairo International Film Festival and nominated for a Chlotrudis Award and National Film Award for Best Actress. She has also appeared in Hollywood films such as Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and The Mistress of Spices, television series such as Arabian Nights, and the West End and Broadway musical Bombay Dreams. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ayesha Dharker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2027
    National Theatre Live: The Jungle Book

    Movie

  2. 2026
    National Theatre Live: Hamlet

    Movie Gertrude

  3. 2024
    National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin

    Movie Aai

  4. 2022
    National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage

    Movie Marisa Coulter

  5. 2021
    CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet

    Movie Lady Capulet

  6. 2021
    Finding Alice

    TV show Tanvi Lal

  7. 2020
    The Father

    Movie Dr. Sarai

  8. 2019
    Richard II

    Movie Aumerle

  9. 2016
    The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village

    Movie Narrator

  10. 2015
    RSC Live: Othello

    Movie Emilia

  11. 2015
    Critical

    TV show Mrs. Alice Murkherjee

  12. 2014
    Original Comedy Shorts

    TV show

  13. 2011
    Vera

    TV show Anika Naidu

  14. 2010
    Little Crackers

    TV show Mama

  15. 2010
    The Indian Doctor

    TV show Kamini Sharma

  16. 2010
    Red Alert: The War Within

    Movie Radhaka

More credits
  1. 2009
    Jubilee

    Movie Rani Mehta

  2. 2009
    Mad Sad & Bad

    Movie Roxy

  3. 2007
    Outsourced

    Movie Asha

  4. 2007
    Loins of Punjab Presents

    Movie Opama Menon

  5. 2006
    Waterloo Road

    TV show Yasmeen Khan

  6. 2005
    Colour Me Kubrick

    Movie Dr Stukeley

  7. 2005
    The Mistress of Spices

    Movie Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor

  8. 2005
    Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

    TV show

  9. 2005
    Doctor Who

    TV show Solana Mercurio

  10. 2002
    Anita and Me

    Movie Mrs. Daljeet Kumar

  11. 2002
    The House Across The Street

    Movie Mala

  12. 2002
    Hideous Man

    Movie

  13. 2002
    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

    Movie Queen Jamillia

  14. 2002
    Cutting It

    TV show Sunni Khadir

  15. 2001
    The Mystic Masseur

    Movie Leela

  16. 2001
    Waking the Dead

    TV show Mary Sharman

  17. 2000
    Arabian Nights

    TV show Coral Lips

  18. 1999
    Split Wide Open

    Movie

  19. 1998
    The Terrorist

    Movie Malli

  20. 1997
    Saaz

    Movie Kuhu Vrundavan

  21. 1992
    City of Joy

    Movie Amrita H. Pal

  22. 1989
    Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice

    Movie Manika Kallatil