Indira Varma

Indira Varma

Known for
Acting
Born
September 27, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Bath, Somerset, England, UK

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).

Known For

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Filmography

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The Beacon

The Beacon

Movie

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Mother Daughter poster

Mother Daughter

Movie

2026
Frank & Louis poster

Frank & Louis

Movie · as Dr Watts

2026
Young Sherlock poster

Young Sherlock

TV · 3 eps

2026
The Other Bennet Sister poster

The Other Bennet Sister

TV · as Mrs. Gardiner · 8 eps

2025
The Assessment poster

The Assessment

Movie · as Ambika

2025
Coldwater poster

Coldwater

TV · as Fiona · 6 eps

2024
The Trouble with Jessica poster

The Trouble with Jessica

Movie · as Jessica

2024
National Theatre Live: Macbeth poster

National Theatre Live: Macbeth

Movie · as Lady Macbeth

2024
Maya: Birth of a Superhero poster

Maya: Birth of a Superhero

Movie · as Maya (Superhero)

2024
Creature Commandos poster

Creature Commandos

TV · as The Bride (voice) · 7 eps

2024
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Duchess of Pemberton · 1 ep

2024
Disclaimer poster

Disclaimer

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 7 eps

2024
Dune: Prophecy poster

Dune: Prophecy

TV · 8 eps

2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One poster

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Movie · as DIA

2023
Obsession poster

Obsession

TV · as Ingrid Farrow · 4 eps

2023
Extrapolations poster

Extrapolations

TV · as Gita Mishra · 1 ep

2022
National Theatre Live: The Seagull poster

National Theatre Live: The Seagull

Movie · as Arkadina

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return poster

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Movie · as Self - Tala Durith

2022
Giants

Giants

Movie

2022
The Legend of Vox Machina poster

The Legend of Vox Machina

TV · as Lady Allura Vysoren (voice) · 19 eps

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi poster

Obi-Wan Kenobi

TV · as Tala Durith · 3 eps

2021
Silent Hours poster

Silent Hours

Movie · as Dr. Catherine Benson

2021
Crisis poster

Crisis

Movie · as Madira Brower

2021
INVINCIBLE poster

INVINCIBLE

TV · as Volcanikka (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Faith Healer poster

Faith Healer

Movie · as Grace

2020
The One and Only Ivan poster

The One and Only Ivan

Movie · as Dr. Maya Wilson

2020
Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs poster

Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs

TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 2 eps

2020
For Life poster

For Life

TV · as Safiya Masry · 23 eps

2020
Rebuilding Notre-Dame poster

Rebuilding Notre-Dame

TV · as Narrator - (Voice) · 1 ep

2020
Spitting Image poster

Spitting Image

TV · as Voice Artist · 20 eps

2019
Close poster

Close

Movie · as Rima Hassine

2019
Official Secrets poster

Official Secrets

Movie · as Shami Chakrabarti

2019
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter poster

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

Movie · as Liz Essendine

2019
Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings poster

Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings

TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 6 eps

2019
The Capture poster

The Capture

TV · as Khadija Khan · 12 eps

2019
This Way Up poster

This Way Up

TV · as Charlotte · 10 eps

2019
Carnival Row poster

Carnival Row

TV · as Piety Breakspear · 8 eps

2018
Patrick Melrose poster

Patrick Melrose

TV · as Anne Moore · 3 eps

2017
Una poster

Una

Movie · as Sonia

2017
Unspeakable poster

Unspeakable

Movie · as Jo

2017
The Machine

The Machine

Movie · as Hannah

2017
The Great British Skinny Dip poster

The Great British Skinny Dip

Movie · as Host

2017
Reported Missing poster

Reported Missing

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps

2017
Silent Hours poster

Silent Hours

TV · as Dr. Catherine Benson · 3 eps

2016
Paranoid poster

Paranoid

TV · as Nina Suresh · 8 eps

2016
The Night Manager poster

The Night Manager

TV · as Mayra Cavendish · 6 eps

2016
New Blood poster

New Blood

TV · as Lisa Douglas · 2 eps

2015
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman poster

National Theatre Live: Man and Superman

Movie · as Ann Whitefield/Ana

2015
Vintage Blood poster

Vintage Blood

Movie · as Izzy

2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings poster

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Movie · as High Priestess

2014
Titus Andronicus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster

Titus Andronicus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Movie · as Tamora

2014
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country poster

Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country

Movie · as Vashti

2013
Anna poster

Anna

Movie · as Judith Morrow

2013
What Remains poster

What Remains

TV · as Elaine · 4 eps

2012
Hunted poster

Hunted

TV · as Natalie Thorpe · 8 eps

2012
World Without End poster

World Without End

TV · as Mattie Wise · 8 eps

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Ellaria Sand · 23 eps

2011
Silk poster

Silk

TV · as George Duggan · 6 eps

2010
Harold Pinter:  A Celebration poster

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

Movie · as Self

2010
Luther poster

Luther

TV · as Zoe Luther · 6 eps

2010
Human Target poster

Human Target

TV · as Ilsa Pucci · 13 eps

2009
Inside the Box poster

Inside the Box

Movie · as Catherine Powell

2009
Moses Jones poster

Moses Jones

TV · as Dolly · 3 eps

2008
Comanche Moon poster

Comanche Moon

TV · as Therese Wanz · 1 ep

2007
Sex and Death 101 poster

Sex and Death 101

Movie · as Devon Sever

2007
The Whistleblowers poster

The Whistleblowers

TV · as Alisha Cole · 6 eps

2006
Basic Instinct 2 poster

Basic Instinct 2

Movie · as Denise Glass

2006
3 lbs poster

3 lbs

TV · as Adrianne Holland · 8 eps

2006
Torchwood poster

Torchwood

TV · as Suzie Costello · 2 eps

2005
The Quatermass Experiment poster

The Quatermass Experiment

Movie · as Judith Carroon

2005
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets poster

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

Movie · as Lucie "The dark lady"

2005
Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' poster

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'

Movie · as Self

2005
Rome poster

Rome

TV · as Niobe of the Voreni · 13 eps

2005
Broken News poster

Broken News

TV · as Melanie Bellamy · 6 eps

2005
Love Soup poster

Love Soup

TV · as Suzanne Daley · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Inspector Cate Pritchard · 2 eps

2004
Bride & Prejudice poster

Bride & Prejudice

Movie · as Kiran

2004
Rover's Return

Rover's Return

Movie

2004
Hustle poster

Hustle

TV · as D.C.I. Lucy Britford · 2 eps

2004
Peppa Pig poster

Peppa Pig

TV · as Female Phone Voice (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Donovan

Donovan

TV · as Cara Mathis · 3 eps

2004
小猪佩奇国语版 poster

小猪佩奇国语版

TV · as Female Phone Voice (voice) · 394 eps

2003
Reversals

Reversals

Movie · as Kathy Irwin

2003
Canterbury Tales poster

Canterbury Tales

TV · as Meena · 1 ep

2003
Little Britain poster

Little Britain

TV · as Actress, Babysitting Mother, Health Spa Receptionist · 1 ep

2002
Mad Dogs poster

Mad Dogs

Movie · as Narendra

2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

TV · as Melissa Booth · 1 ep

2002
Rockface poster

Rockface

TV · as Alison · 1 ep

2001
One for the Road poster

One for the Road

Movie · as Gila

2001
The Whistle-Blower poster

The Whistle-Blower

Movie · as Diane Crossman

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Bela Khan · 1 ep

2001
In a Land of Plenty poster

In a Land of Plenty

TV · as Sonali · 10 eps

2000
Zehn wahnsinnige Tage

Zehn wahnsinnige Tage

Movie · as Ra

2000
This Bastard Business

This Bastard Business

Movie

2000
Other People's Children

Other People's Children

TV · as Amy · 4 eps

2000
Attachments

Attachments

TV · as Sasha, Sacha · 1 ep

1999
Psychos poster

Psychos

TV · as Dr Martine Nichol · 6 eps

1998
Jinnah poster

Jinnah

Movie · as Ruttie Jinnah

1998
Sixth Happiness poster

Sixth Happiness

Movie · as Amy

1997
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love poster

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

Movie · as Maya

1997
Clancy's Kitchen poster

Clancy's Kitchen

Movie · as Kitty

1996
Crucial Tales

Crucial Tales

TV · as Manreet · 1 ep

1975
Arena poster

Arena

TV · as Gila, Various · 1 ep