Ayesha Dharker
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Queen Jamillia
2002
Outsourced
as Asha
2007
The Mistress of Spices
as Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor
2005
Loins of Punjab Presents
as Opama Menon
2007
RSC Live: Othello
as Emilia
2015
The Terrorist
as Malli
1998
City of Joy
as Amrita H. Pal
1992
National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage
as Marisa Coulter
2022
Mad Sad & Bad
as Roxy
2009
Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
as Manika Kallatil
1989
Red Alert: The War Within
as Radhaka
2010
Split Wide Open
1999
Anita and Me
as Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
2002
The House Across The Street
as Mala
2002
National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin
as Aai
2024
Colour Me Kubrick
as Dr Stukeley
2005
Saaz
as Kuhu Vrundavan
1997
The Mystic Masseur
as Leela
2001
The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village
as Narrator
2016
Richard II
as Aumerle
2019
TV Appearances
Waking the Dead
as Mary Sharman
2001
Cutting It
as Sunni Khadir
2002
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
Doctor Who
as Solana Mercurio
2005
The Indian Doctor
as Kamini Sharma
2010
Vera
as Anika Naidu
2011
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
Little Crackers
as Mama
2010
Arabian Nights
as Coral Lips
2000
Critical
as Mrs. Alice Murkherjee
2015