From Indira Varma to Kunal Nayyar - Indian-origin actors who made their mark in Hollywood

As Game Of Thrones star Indira Varma turns a year older on September 27, we look at Indian-origin actors who have made a name for themselves in US and UK showbiz.

Updated On: 2018-01-26 11:26 AM IST

From Indira Varma to Kunal Nayyar - Indian-origin actors who made their mark in Hollywood

Indira Anne Varma born on September 27, 1973, is an Indian origin British actress who has starred in several film and series. Her 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. Indira essayed the character of Ellaria Sand, the paramour of Oberyn Martell in season 4 of 'Game of Thrones' and has reprised her role in season 5 and 6. She also starred in several other series like Carnival Row, Paranoid, This Way Up among others. Pic/YouTube

Kunal Nayyar is famous for his role as Dr. Raj Koothrappali in the US sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory' where the classic beauty-versus-geek battle ensues. Kunal plays an Indian graduate from Cambridge who conducts research in astrophysics. His character cannot get himself to talk to any girl and that makes for hilarious situations. He also played the lead in a movie called Cabbie and recently starred in UK TV series Criminal. Pic/Santa Banta

Priyanka Chopra made her debut on American TV with 'Quantico' where she plays the role of a FBI trainee, Alex Parrish, who becomes the main suspect in a terrorist attack and she undertakes the quest to prove herself innocent. The show ran for 3 seasons. Post this, there was no stopping Priyanka she has starred in series of projects in Hollywood like Baywatch (2017), A Kid Like Jake (2018), Isn't It Romantic (2019) She will also be seen in Matrix 4 and Russo Brothers mini-series Citadel. Pic/YouTube

The 'Slumdog Millionaire' star Dev Patel portrays the character Neal Sampat in Aaron Sorkin's television political drama 'The Newsroom'. He plays the writer of Will's (Jeff Daniels) blog and electronic media expert. He has starred in several films and series like The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Chappie, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Lion and The Personal History of David Copperfield, among others. Pic/YouTube

Kalpen Suresh Modi, better known as Kal Penn became famous for his role in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. He has done some mainstream movies and shows like Superman Returns, Van Wilder: Party Liaison, New Girl, The Big Bang Theory and host of others. He also had a recurring role in the seventh season of 'How I Met Your Mother' in which he played Kevin Venkataraghavan, a therapist and later boyfriend of Robin Scherbatsky. Pic/YouTube

Archana 'Archie' Panjabi is best known for her role as Kalinda Sharma on 'The Good Wife'. Her portrayal has earned her a Primetime Emmy Award, an NAACP Image Award, two further Emmy nominations, one Golden Globe nomination, and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations shared with the cast. She has also starred in A Mighty Heart, I Know This Much Is True, Blindspot, among others. Pic/YouTube

Nimrat Kaur had a recurring role in the fourth season of the American drama 'Homeland', where she played the role of a Pakistani ISI agent, Tasneem Qureshi. Suraj Sharma, who shot to fame by portraying Pi in 'Life of Pi', has also been a part of this show. In 2016, Nimrat Kaur began portraying Rebecca Yedlin in the second season of the American television series 'Wayward Pines'. Nimrat recently was seen in season 8 of Homeland. Pic/YouTube

For his role as Sayid in 'Lost', Naveen Andrews was nominated for a Golden Globe, a Primetime Emmy Award and received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2006. He other works include TV series like Sinbad, Instinct and Sense8, among others.

'Bend It Like Beckham' star Parminder Kaur Nagra has acted in various US TV shows like the medical drama 'ER', crime drama 'The Blacklist' and the detective comedy-drama series 'Psych'. She was also seen in Netflix's 13 Reason Why, God Friended Me, among others. Pic/YouTube

Aasif Mandvi has acted in several television shows like 'ER', 'The Sopranos', 'Sex and the City', 'CSI', 'The Bedford Diaries', 'Jericho' and various editions of 'Law & Order', among others. Pic/YouTube

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