Rekha Sharma
Born: 1970-01-24 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rekha Shanti Sharma is a Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of Tory Foster on Battlestar Galactica. Her ancestors are from the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, which they left during the British period. Her family resettled in the Fiji Islands and her parents moved to Canada. She has an older brother, Sunil, who is nine years her senior. Their father is a Hindu priest. Sharma started to pursue acting as a career in her 20s. She has stage experience but also appeared in television series like Da Vinci's City Hall, House M.D., The Lone Gunmen, Smallville, Supernatural, John Doe, Dark Angel, The Twilight Zone, Sanctuary, Hellcats, The Listener, and the 2009 re-imagined television series of V. She also appeared in the movies The Core, Tasmanian Devils, and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. For fun, she paints and plays the sarangi, a stringed musical instrument.
Filmography
2025
- Bidet as Nirmala
2024
- Avatar the Last Airbender as Amita
2023
- Make Me a Match as Raina
2022
- The Imperfects as Dr. Dominique Crain
2021
- Yellowjackets as Jessica Roberts
- Traces as Emily
- Baking Spirits Bright as Mira Varma
2020
- Transplant as Neeta Devi
2019
- Another Life as Ursula Monroe
- Roswell, New Mexico as Shivani
- Stood Up as Mya
- My Father, My Kidnapper as Detective Webb
- To Have and to Hold as Gina
- When the Train Stops as Chief Deputy Karen Blake
- Mystery 101: Playing Dead as Bella Brightman
2017
- Star Trek: Discovery as Commander Landry
2016
- Dark Harvest as Coroner
- Her Dark Past as Dr. Karen Mathur
2015
- No Men Beyond This Point as Ajala Bhatt
2014
- The 100 as Dr. Tsing
- Til Death Do Us Part as Det. Ruthers
2013
- Tasmanian Devils as Lisbon
- Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as Willima
2012
- Arrow as Claire Abott
2009
- V as Sarita Malik
- The Listener as Lynn Kendall
- Love Happens as Nose-Ring
- Battlestar Galactica: The Plan as Tory Foster
2008
- Sanctuary as Amy Saunders
- Gym Teacher: The Movie as Reporter #1
2007
- Aliens vs Predator: Requiem as Nurse Helen
- Whisper as Mora
2006
- Fierce People as Social Worker (uncredited)
- Memory as Becka
2005
- Supernatural as Kaali
- Edison as Prosecutor
2004
- House as Melanie Landon
- Battlestar Galactica as Tory Foster
2003
- The Core as Danni
- The Invitation as Wife
- The Stranger Beside Me as Dr. Thurston
2002
- The Twilight Zone as Kate Danvers
- John Doe as Stella
- Liberty Stands Still as Usherette
2001
- Smallville as Dr. Harden
- The Lone Gunmen
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Convention attendee (uncredited)
- Dark Angel as Beverly Hing (Coroner)
1995
- The Outer Limits as Reese