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Indira Varma

Born 1973-09-27
📍 Bath, Somerset, England, UK

Indira Anne Varma is an English stage and screen actress. She was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, in 1995. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She has gone on to appear in the television series The Canterbury Tales, Rome, Luther, Human Target, and Game of Thrones (as Ellaria Sand).

Filmography 83

The Other Bennet Sister
as Mrs. Gardiner
2026
Frank & Louis
2026
Coldwater
as Fiona
2025
The Assessment
as Ambika
2025
Creature Commandos
as The Bride (voice)
2024
Dune: Prophecy
2024
Disclaimer
as Narrator (voice)
2024
Doctor Who
as Duchess of Pemberton
2024
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
2024
The Trouble with Jessica
as Jessica
2024
Maya: Birth of a Superhero
as Maya (Superhero)
2024
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
as DIA
2023
Obsession
as Ingrid Farrow
2023
Extrapolations
as Gita Mishra
2023
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Arkadina
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Tala Durith
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Tala Durith
2022
The Legend of Vox Machina
as Lady Allura Vysoren (voice)
2022
Silent Hours
as Dr. Catherine Benson
2021
INVINCIBLE
as Volcanikka (voice)
2021
Crisis
as Madira Brower
2021
Faith Healer
as Grace
2020
The One and Only Ivan
as Dr. Maya Wilson
2020
Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs
as Narrator (Voice)
2020
Rebuilding Notre-Dame
as Narrator - (Voice)
2020
For Life
as Safiya Masry
2020
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
as Liz Essendine
2019
The Capture
as Khadija Khan
2019
Official Secrets
as Shami Chakrabarti
2019
Carnival Row
as Piety Breakspear
2019
This Way Up
as Charlotte
2019
Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings
as Narrator (Voice)
2019
Close
as Rima Hassine
2019
Patrick Melrose
as Anne Moore
2018
Unspeakable
as Jo
2017
Reported Missing
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Reported Missing
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
The Great British Skinny Dip
as Host
2017
Una
as Sonia
2017
Paranoid
as Nina Suresh
2016
The Night Manager
as Mayra Cavendish
2016
Vintage Blood
as Izzy
2015
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
as Ann Whitefield/Ana
2015
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country
as Vashti
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as High Priestess
2014
Titus Andronicus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Tamora
2014
Anna
as Judith Morrow
2013
What Remains
as Elaine
2013
Hunted
as Natalie Thorpe
2012
World Without End
as Mattie Wise
2012
Game of Thrones
as Ellaria Sand
2011
Silk
as George Duggan
2011
Luther
as Zoe Luther
2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self
2010
Human Target
as Ilsa Pucci
2010
Moses Jones
as Dolly
2009
Inside the Box
as Catherine Powell
2009
Comanche Moon
as Therese Wanz
2008
The Whistleblowers
as Alisha Cole
2007
Sex and Death 101
as Devon Sever
2007
3 lbs
as Adrianne Holland
2006
Torchwood
as Suzie Costello
2006
Basic Instinct 2
as Denise Glass
2006
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
as Lucie "The dark lady"
2005
Broken News
as Melanie Bellamy
2005
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
Love Soup
2005
Bones
as Inspector Cate Pritchard
2005
Rome
as Niobe of the Voreni
2005
The Quatermass Experiment
as Judith Carroon
2005
Hustle
as D.C.I. Lucy Britford
2004
Bride & Prejudice
as Kiran
2004
Canterbury Tales
as Meena
2003
Mad Dogs
as Narendra
2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Melissa Booth
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Bela Khan
2001
The Whistle-Blower
as Diane Crossman
2001
Psychos
as Dr Martine Nichol
1999
Jinnah
as Ruttie Jinnah
1998
Sixth Happiness
as Amy
1997
Clancy's Kitchen
as Kitty
1997
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
as Maya
1997
Mother Daughter