Sarita Choudhury

Sarita Choudhury

Known for
Acting
Born
August 18, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Blackheath, London, England, UK

Biography

Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury (born 18 August 1966) is an English actress. Born in Blackheath, an affluent neighborhood in London, to an English mother and a Bengali father, Choudhury was raised in Jamaica, Mexico, Italy and England due to her father's work. She landed her breakout role starring opposite Denzel Washington in Mira Nair's romantic drama film Mississippi Masala (1991) despite never formally studying acting. Since then, she has appeared in numerous American and international film productions, including A Perfect Murder (1998), Spike Lee's She Hate Me (2004), Lady in the Water (2006), Midnight's Children (2012), and The Green Knight (2021).

Known For

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Filmography

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Refuge poster

Refuge

Movie · as A...

2026
The Adding Machine poster

The Adding Machine

Movie · as Daisy

2025
Three Goodbyes poster

Three Goodbyes

Movie · as Doctor

2024
Fallout poster

Fallout

TV · as Lee Moldaver, Kate Williams / Lee Moldaver · 4 eps

2022
And Just Like That... The Documentary poster

And Just Like That... The Documentary

Movie · as Self

2022
After Yang poster

After Yang

Movie · as Cleo

2021
The Green Knight poster

The Green Knight

Movie · as Mother

2021
And Just Like That… poster

And Just Like That…

TV · as Seema Patel · 33 eps

2020
Here Comes Frieda poster

Here Comes Frieda

Movie · as Yvonne

2020
It Snows in Benidorm poster

It Snows in Benidorm

Movie · as Alex

2020
Evil Eye poster

Evil Eye

Movie · as Usha

2020
Little Fires Everywhere poster

Little Fires Everywhere

TV · as Anita Rees · 3 eps

2019
Modern Love poster

Modern Love

TV · as Therapist · 1 ep

2017
The Last Photograph poster

The Last Photograph

Movie · as Hannah

2017
After Louie poster

After Louie

Movie · as Maggie

2016
A Hologram for the King poster

A Hologram for the King

Movie · as Dr. Zahra Hakeem

2016
Recon

Recon

Movie

2016
Divorce poster

Divorce

TV · as Courtney · 1 ep

2015
Words, Maps, Secrets and Other Things poster

Words, Maps, Secrets and Other Things

Movie · as Self - Actress

2015
Sweets poster

Sweets

Movie · as Sweets

2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 poster

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Movie · as Self - Egeria

2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Movie · as Egeria

2015
Love Comes Later poster

Love Comes Later

Movie

2015
Marvel's Jessica Jones poster

Marvel's Jessica Jones

TV · as Kith Lyonne · 7 eps

2015
Blindspot poster

Blindspot

TV · as Sophia Varma · 4 eps

2014
Learning to Drive poster

Learning to Drive

Movie · as Jasleen

2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 poster

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Movie · as Egeria

2014
Madam Secretary poster

Madam Secretary

TV · as Prime Minister Jaya Verma · 2 eps

2013
Admission poster

Admission

Movie · as Rachael

2013
Innocence poster

Innocence

Movie · as Dr. Vera Kent

2012
Generation Um... poster

Generation Um...

Movie · as Lily

2012
Gayby poster

Gayby

Movie · as Ushma

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Gira Pal · 1 ep

2011
Homeland poster

Homeland

TV · as Mira Berenson · 31 eps

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Avita · 1 ep

2009
Between Us poster

Between Us

Movie · as Preet

2009
Coup de Grâce

Coup de Grâce

Movie

2009
The Philanthropist poster

The Philanthropist

TV · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Simran Verma · 1 ep

2009
Kings poster

Kings

TV · as Helen Pardis · 6 eps

2009
Possible Side Effects

Possible Side Effects

TV · as Callie · 1 ep

2008
The Accidental Husband poster

The Accidental Husband

Movie · as Sunny

2008
Woman In Burka poster

Woman In Burka

Movie · as Sarita

2007
Damages poster

Damages

TV · as Sleep Therapist · 2 eps

2006
Lady in the Water poster

Lady in the Water

Movie · as Anna Ran

2005
The War Within poster

The War Within

Movie · as Farida S. Choudhury

2005
L’est de la brúixola poster

L’est de la brúixola

Movie · as Dabashree

2004
The Breakup Artist poster

The Breakup Artist

Movie · as Mona

2004
She Hate Me poster

She Hate Me

Movie · as Song

2004
Marmalade poster

Marmalade

Movie · as Angelica

2003
It Runs in the Family poster

It Runs in the Family

Movie · as Suzie

2003
Rhythm of the Saints

Rhythm of the Saints

Movie · as Mariela

2002
Just a Kiss poster

Just a Kiss

Movie · as Colleen

2001
3 A.M. poster

3 A.M.

Movie · as Box

2001
Trigger Happy poster

Trigger Happy

Movie · as Alison

2001
Restless poster

Restless

Movie · as Jane Talwani

2001
100 Centre Street poster

100 Centre Street

TV · as Julia Brooks · 4 eps

2000
Deadline poster

Deadline

TV · as Sahira Ondaatje · 1 ep

1999
Gloria poster

Gloria

Movie · as Angela

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Vanessa Blake · 1 ep

1998
A Perfect Murder poster

A Perfect Murder

Movie · as Raquel Martinez

1998
High Art poster

High Art

Movie · as Joan

1997
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love poster

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Movie · as Tara, the Queen

1997
Story of the Red Rose poster

Story of the Red Rose

Movie · as Infanta

1997
Subway Stories poster

Subway Stories

Movie · as Humera (segment "Honey-Getter")

1997
Dinner Party poster

Dinner Party

Movie · as Rosie

1996
Fresh Kill poster

Fresh Kill

Movie · as Shareen Lightfoot

1995
Down Came a Blackbird poster

Down Came a Blackbird

Movie · as Myrna

1995
The Perez Family poster

The Perez Family

Movie · as Josette

1993
The House of the Spirits poster

The House of the Spirits

Movie · as Pancha

1993
Wild West poster

Wild West

Movie · as Rifat

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Dr. Gita Kalyani · 5 eps

1992
Voices of the Morning poster

Voices of the Morning

Movie

1991
Mississippi Masala poster

Mississippi Masala

Movie · as Mina

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Nadira Harrington · 1 ep