Ayesha Dharker
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Ni...
Known For
Filmography
National Theatre Live: The Jungle Book
2027
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2026
as Gertrude
National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin
2024
as Aai
National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage
2022
as Marisa Coulter
CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet
2021
as Lady Capulet
Finding Alice
2021
as Tanvi Lal
Finding Alice
2021
as Tanvi Lal (voice)
The Father
2020
as Dr. Sarai
Richard II
2019
as Aumerle
The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village
2016
as Narrator
RSC Live: Othello
2015
as Emilia
Critical
2015
as Mrs. Alice Murkherjee
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
Vera
2011
as Anika Naidu
Red Alert: The War Within
2010
as Radhaka
The Indian Doctor
2010
as Kamini Sharma
Little Crackers
2010
as Mama
Mad Sad & Bad
2009
as Roxy
Jubilee
2009
as Rani Mehta
Outsourced
2007
as Asha
Loins of Punjab Presents
2007
as Opama Menon
Waterloo Road
2006
as Yasmeen Khan
The Mistress of Spices
2005
as Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Dr Stukeley
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
Doctor Who
2005
as Solana Mercurio
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Queen Jamillia
Anita and Me
2002
as Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
The House Across The Street
2002
as Mala
Hideous Man
2002
Cutting It
2002
as Sunni Khadir
The Mystic Masseur
2001
as Leela
Waking the Dead
2001
as Mary Sharman
Arabian Nights
2000
as Coral Lips
Split Wide Open
1999
The Terrorist
1998
as Malli
Saaz
1997
as Kuhu Vrundavan
City of Joy
1992
as Amrita H. Pal
Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
1989
as Manika Kallatil