Indira Varma
Indira Varma | |
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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art | |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1996–present |
Spouse | Colin Tierney |
Children | 1 |
Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973)
Early life
Varma was raised in
Career
Varma's first role after graduating from RADA was as a courtesan in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love in 1996.[6] She then went on to act in Jinnah in 1998, and Bride and Prejudice in 2004.
Her first television appearance was in 1996 in Crucial Tales. A notable early television role was the young Roman wife
In 2006 she played
Varma played the role of Ilsa Pucci in the second season of the Fox series Human Target until the show was cancelled on 10 May 2011.[12]
In 2014, Varma was cast as Ellaria Sand, the paramour of Oberyn Martell in season 4 of the HBO series Game of Thrones.[13] She played the role through season 7.[14]
She lent her voice to the Circle mage Vivienne, in the 2014 role-playing video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. Later on, she also gave her voice to Katherine Proudmoore in Battle for Azeroth, one of the most recent expansion in the MMO role-playing game World of Warcraft.
In 2016, she played the lead role of DC Nina Suresh in the eight-episode British television drama Paranoid, streamed worldwide on Netflix.
Varma portrays a reform-minded corrections official in the 2020 ABC legal drama For Life, and appears as the double agent Tala Durith in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series for Disney+, as well as Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.
In 2022, Varma began narrating the Witches series of audio books by Terry Pratchett.[15][16]
In May 2023, it was announced that Varma would portray The Duchess in the
Theatre
In 1997, Varma appeared in two
In 2002, she played Sasha Lebedieff in
In 2014, Varma played Tamora, Queen of the Goths, in
In 2023-2024 she played Lady Macbeth opposite Ralph Fiennes in Macbeth at a number of UK theatres and at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C.[24][25]
Personal life
Varma met actor Colin Tierney in 1997 while they were performing together in Othello at the National Theatre.[6] They later married and the couple reside in Hornsey, North London, with their daughter.[26][27]
Filmography
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | Maya | |
1997 | Clancy's Kitchen | Kitty | |
1997 | Sixth Happiness | Amy | |
1998 | Jinnah | Rattanbai "Ruttie" Jinnah | |
2002 | Mad Dogs | Narendra | |
2004 | Rover's Return | Zeta | Short film |
2004 | Bride and Prejudice | Kiran Balraj | |
2006 | Basic Instinct 2 | Denise Glass | |
2007 | Sex and Death 101 | Devon Sever | Uncredited |
2013 | Mindscape | Judith Morrow | |
2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | High Priestess
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2015 | Silent Hours | Dr. Catherine Benson | |
2016 | Una | Sonia | |
2018 | Close | Rima | |
2019 | Official Secrets | Shami Chakrabarti | |
2020 | The One and Only Ivan | Dr. Maya Wilson | |
2021 | Crisis | Madira Brower | |
2023 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | DIA | |
2023 | The Trouble with Jessica | Jessica | |
2025 | Untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film † | DIA | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Crucial Tales | Manreet | Episode: "Phoenix" |
1999 | Psychos | Martine Nichol | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
2000 | Other People's Children | Amy | Unknown episodes |
2000–2001 | Attachments | Sasha | 4 episodes |
2001 | In a Land of Plenty | Sonali Ganatra | 4 episodes |
2001 | The Whistle-Blower | Diane Crossman | TV film |
2002–2010 | Arena | Various characters | 2 episodes |
2003 | Rockface | Alison | Episode: "2.5" |
2003 | The Canterbury Tales | Meena | Episode: "The Sea Captain's Tale" |
2003 | Reversals | Kathy Irwin | TV film |
2004 | Donovan | Cara Mathis | 2 episodes |
2005 | The Quatermass Experiment | Judith Carroon | TV film |
2005 | Love Soup | Suzanne Daley | Episode: "They Do Not Move" |
2005 | A Waste of Shame | Lucie, the Dark Lady | TV film |
2005 | Broken News | Melanie Bellamy | 6 episodes |
2005 | Little Britain | Various characters | 3 episodes |
2005–2007 | Rome | Niobe Vorena
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15 episodes |
2006 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Melissa Booth | Episode: "In the Blink of an Eye" |
2006 | Torchwood | Suzie Costello | 2 episodes |
2006 | 3 lbs | Adrianne Holland | 6 episodes |
2007 | The Whistleblowers | Alisha Cole | 6 episodes |
2008 | Comanche Moon | Therese Wanz | Episode: "1.2" |
2008 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Bela Khan | Episode: "Assassin" |
2008 | Bones | Inspector Cate Pritchard | Episode: "The Yanks in the U.K.: Parts 1 & 2" |
2009 | Inside the Box | Catherine Powell | TV film |
2009 | Moses Jones | Dolly | 3 episodes |
2010 | Hustle | D.C.I. Lucy Britford | 2 episodes |
2010 | Luther | Zoe Luther | 7 episodes |
2010–2011 | Human Target | Ilsa Pucci | 13 episodes |
2012 | Silk | George Duggan | 6 episodes |
2012 | Hunted | Natalie Thorpe | 5 episodes |
2012 | World Without End | Mattie Wise | 2 episodes |
2013 | What Remains | Elaine Markham | 4 episodes |
2014–2017 | Game of Thrones | Ellaria Sand | 13 episodes Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2016) |
2016 | New Blood | Lisa Douglas | 2 episodes |
2016 | Paranoid | Nina Suresh | 8 episodes |
2017 | Unspeakable | Jo | TV film |
2018 | Patrick Melrose | Anne Moore | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
2018–present | Reported Missing | Narrator | Documentary series; 2 series, 8 episodes |
2019 | Carnival Row | Piety Breakspear | Series regular;[28] 8 episodes |
2019 | This Way Up | Charlotte | Series regular;[29] 5 episodes |
2020–2021 | For Life | Safiya Masry | Series regular |
2020–2021 | Spitting Image | Priti Patel | |
2022–present | The Legend of Vox Machina | Lady Allura Vysoren (voice) | Recurring role |
2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Tala Durith | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
2022 | The Capture | Khadija Khan | |
2023 | Extrapolations | Gita Mishra | Series regular |
2023 | Obsession | Ingrid | Miniseries |
2024 | Creature Commandos † | Bride of Frankenstein (voice)
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Upcoming animated series, main role |
2024 | Doctor Who † | The Duchess | Series 14
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Audio
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | The Listener | Mia | |
2016–2023 | Torchwood | Suzie Costello | 4 episodes |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Dragon Age: Inquisition | Vivienne | |
2017 | Mass Effect: Andromeda | Moshae Sjefa, Sloane Kelly | |
2018 | World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth | Katherine Proudmoore |
References
- ^ a b Varma, Indira [@indyv9] (14 May 2017). "Thank you but it's actually 27 September?! Google has it wrong!" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 May 2017 – via Twitter.
- Daily News. New York. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ Logan, Michael (15 October 2010). "Double Exposure for Indira Varma". TV Guide. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ a b Rees, Jasper (19 January 2008). "Indira Varma: From the naked to the dead". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ a b Wiegand, Chris (19 June 2019). "Game of Thrones' Indira Varma: 'All I was being offered was women undressing'". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Sige, Rachael (27 February 2023). "Indira Varma: 'Dicking about is much more fun than being serious'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Vorenus Hearts Varma" Archived 21 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Nirali Magazine Blog
- ^ Hickman, Clayton; Tom Spilsbury (13 September 2006). "Torchwood Update...". Doctor Who Magazine (373). Panini Comics: 4.
- ^ "3 lbs". Citytv.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2006.
- ^ "3 lbs Premieres Tuesday, November 14th on Citytv". CHUM Television. Archived from the original on 21 October 2006. Retrieved 8 November 2006.
- ^ Mahan, Colin (30 November 2006). "CBS sheds 3 lbs". tv.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (23 July 2010). "Scoop: Human Target takes aim at Rome beauty Indira Varma". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
- ^ "Game of Thrones casts Rome actress for season 4 – Exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ "Game of Thrones Season 6 First Look". Entertainment Weekly. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "It's Discworld like you've never heard it before". Terry Pratchett.
- ^ Flood, Alison (16 November 2021). "Bill Nighy to narrate Terry Pratchett's footnotes in new Discworld recordings". The Guardian.
- ^ Griffin, Louise (24 May 2023). "Doctor Who casts Indira Varma in mysterious Duchess role". Radio Times.
- ^ Billington, Michael (9 May 2013). "The Hothouse – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ Spencer, Charles (2 May 2014). "Titus Andronicus, review: 'a dramatic power that makes the stomach churn and the hands sweat'". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ Billington, Michael (26 February 2015). "Man and Superman review – Ralph Fiennes masters Shaw's contrary male". The Guardian.
- ^ "Olivier Awards 2020". whatsonstage.com.
- ^ Bakare, Lanre (25 October 2020). "Dear Evan Hansen wins three awards as virtual Oliviers honour theatre". The Guardian.
- ^ McIntosh, Steven (26 October 2020). "Olivier Awards: Messages of 'faith and hope' for theatre industry". BBC News. BBC.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Shakespeare's Macbeth | Starring Ralph Fiennes | Official Website". macbeththeshow.com/. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Indira Varma Interview HUMAN TARGET" Collider.com, 25 October 2010 Archived 27 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "20 questions with Indira Varma". What's on Stage. 28 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ Petski, Denise (22 September 2017). "'Carnival Row': David Gyasi, Karla Crome, Indira Varma & Tamzin Merchant Join Amazon's Fantasy Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ This Way Up, retrieved 8 August 2019
External links
- Indira Varma at IMDb
- Indira Varma on Twitter