Indira Varma

Born: 1973-09-27 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK

Known For: Acting

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).

Filmography

2026

Young Sherlock
The Other Bennet Sister as Mrs. Gardiner
Frank & Louis as Dr Watts

2025

The Assessment as Ambika
Coldwater as Fiona

2024

Doctor Who as Duchess of Pemberton
Disclaimer as Narrator (voice)
Dune: Prophecy
Creature Commandos as The Bride (voice)
The Trouble with Jessica as Jessica
National Theatre Live: Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
Maya: Birth of a Superhero as Maya (Superhero)

2023

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One as DIA
Extrapolations as Gita Mishra
Obsession as Ingrid Farrow

2022

The Legend of Vox Machina as Lady Allura Vysoren (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi as Tala Durith
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Tala Durith
National Theatre Live: The Seagull as Arkadina

2021

INVINCIBLE as Volcanikka (voice)
Crisis as Madira Brower
Silent Hours as Dr. Catherine Benson

2020

For Life as Safiya Masry
The One and Only Ivan as Dr. Maya Wilson
Spitting Image as Voice Artist
Rebuilding Notre-Dame as Narrator - (Voice)
Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs as Narrator (Voice)
Faith Healer as Grace

2019

The Capture as Khadija Khan
Carnival Row as Piety Breakspear
Official Secrets as Shami Chakrabarti
Close as Rima Hassine
This Way Up as Charlotte
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter as Liz Essendine
Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings as Narrator (Voice)

2018

Patrick Melrose as Anne Moore
Early Days ... (Executive Producer)

2017

Reported Missing as Self - Narrator (voice)
Una as Sonia
Unspeakable as Jo
The Great British Skinny Dip as Host
The Machine as Hannah
Silent Hours as Dr. Catherine Benson

2016

The Night Manager as Mayra Cavendish
Paranoid as Nina Suresh
New Blood as Lisa Douglas

2015

Indian Summers ... (Executive Producer)
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman as Ann Whitefield/Ana
Vintage Blood as Izzy

2014

Exodus: Gods and Kings as High Priestess
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country as Vashti
Titus Andronicus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Tamora

2013

Anna as Judith Morrow
What Remains as Elaine

2012

World Without End as Mattie Wise
Hunted as Natalie Thorpe

2011

Game of Thrones as Ellaria Sand
Silk as George Duggan

2010

Luther as Zoe Luther
Human Target as Ilsa Pucci
Harold Pinter: A Celebration as Self

2009

Moses Jones as Dolly
Inside the Box as Catherine Powell

2008

Comanche Moon as Therese Wanz

2007

Sex and Death 101 as Devon Sever
The Whistleblowers as Alisha Cole

2006

Torchwood as Suzie Costello
Basic Instinct 2 as Denise Glass
3 lbs as Adrianne Holland

2005

Bones as Inspector Cate Pritchard
Rome as Niobe of the Voreni
Love Soup as Suzanne Daley
Broken News as Melanie Bellamy
The Quatermass Experiment as Judith Carroon
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets as Lucie "The dark lady"
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' as Self

2004

Peppa Pig as Female Phone Voice (voice)
Hustle as D.C.I. Lucy Britford
Bride & Prejudice as Kiran
Donovan as Cara Mathis

2003

Little Britain as Actress
Canterbury Tales as Meena
Reversals as Kathy Irwin

2002

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Melissa Booth
Rockface as Alison
Mad Dogs as Narendra

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Bela Khan
In a Land of Plenty as Sonali
The Whistle-Blower as Diane Crossman
One for the Road as Gila

2000

1999

Psychos as Dr Martine Nichol

1998

Jinnah as Ruttie Jinnah

1997

1996

Crucial Tales as Manreet

1975

Arena as Gila