Indira Varma
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Frank & Louis
2026
The Other Bennet Sister
2026
as Mrs. Gardiner
The Assessment
2025
as Ambika
Coldwater
2025
as Fiona
The Trouble with Jessica
2024
as Jessica
Macbeth
2024
as Lady Macbeth
Maya: Birth of a Superhero
2024
as Maya (Superhero)
Creature Commandos
2024
as The Bride (voice)
Doctor Who
2024
as Duchess of Pemberton
Disclaimer
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Dune: Prophecy
2024
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
as DIA
Obsession
2023
as Ingrid Farrow
Extrapolations
2023
as Gita Mishra
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2022
as Arkadina
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
as Self - Tala Durith
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022
as Lady Allura Vysoren (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
as Tala Durith
Silent Hours
2021
as Dr. Catherine Benson
Crisis
2021
as Madira Brower
Faith Healer
2020
as Grace
The One and Only Ivan
2020
as Dr. Maya Wilson
Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs
2020
as Narrator (Voice)
For Life
2020
as Safiya Masry
Rebuilding Notre-Dame
2020
as Narrator - (Voice)
Close
2019
as Rima Hassine
Official Secrets
2019
as Shami Chakrabarti
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
2019
as Liz Essendine
Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings
2019
as Narrator (Voice)
The Capture
2019
as Khadija Khan
This Way Up
2019
as Charlotte
Carnival Row
2019
as Piety Breakspear
Patrick Melrose
2018
as Anne Moore
Una
2017
as Sonia
Unspeakable
2017
as Jo
The Machine
2017
as Hannah
The Great British Skinny Dip
2017
as Host
Reported Missing
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Reported Missing
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Paranoid
2016
as Nina Suresh
The Night Manager
2016
as Mayra Cavendish
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
2015
as Ann Whitefield/Ana
Vintage Blood
2015
as Izzy
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
as High Priestess
Titus Andronicus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2014
as Tamora
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country
2014
as Vashti
Anna
2013
as Judith Morrow
What Remains
2013
as Elaine
Hunted
2012
as Natalie Thorpe
World Without End
2012
as Mattie Wise
Game of Thrones
2011
as Ellaria Sand
Silk
2011
as George Duggan
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
Luther
2010
as Zoe Luther
Human Target
2010
as Ilsa Pucci
Inside the Box
2009
as Catherine Powell
Moses Jones
2009
as Dolly
Comanche Moon
2008
as Therese Wanz
Sex and Death 101
2007
as Devon Sever
The Whistleblowers
2007
as Alisha Cole
Basic Instinct 2
2006
as Denise Glass
3 lbs
2006
as Adrianne Holland
Torchwood
2006
as Suzie Costello
The Quatermass Experiment
2005
as Judith Carroon
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005
as Lucie "The dark lady"
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
Rome
2005
as Niobe of the Voreni
Broken News
2005
as Melanie Bellamy
Love Soup
2005
Bones
2005
as Inspector Cate Pritchard
Bride & Prejudice
2004
as Kiran
Hustle
2004
as D.C.I. Lucy Britford
Reversals
2003
as Kathy Irwin
Canterbury Tales
2003
as Meena
Mad Dogs
2002
as Narendra
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Melissa Booth
One for the Road
2001
as Gila
The Whistle-Blower
2001
as Diane Crossman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Bela Khan
Other People's Children
2000
as Amy
Attachments
2000
as Sasha
Attachments
2000
as Sacha
Psychos
1999
Jinnah
1998
as Ruttie Jinnah
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997
as Maya
Clancy's Kitchen
1997
as Kitty
Sixth Happiness
1997
as Amy