Ayesha Dharker

Ayesha Dharker

Known for
Acting
Born
March 16, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Bombay, India

Biography

Ayesha Dharker (born March 16, 1978 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actress. She is known for her performance in the Tamil Indian film, The Terrorist (1999), for which she was awarded Best Artistic Contribution by an Actress at the Cairo International Film Festival and nominated for a Chlotrudis Award and National Film Award for Best Actress. She has also appeared in Hollywood films such as Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and The Mistress of Spices, television series such as Arabian Nights, and the West End and Broadway musical Bombay Dreams. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ayesha Dharker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Filmography

2027
National Theatre Live: The Jungle Book poster

National Theatre Live: The Jungle Book

Movie · as Raksha / Messua

2026
National Theatre Live: Hamlet poster

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Movie · as Gertrude

2024
National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin poster

National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin

Movie · as Aai

2022
National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage poster

National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage

Movie · as Marisa Coulter

2021
CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet poster

CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet

Movie · as Lady Capulet

2021
Finding Alice poster

Finding Alice

TV · as Tanvi Lal, Tanvi Lal (voice) · 4 eps

2020
The Father poster

The Father

Movie · as Dr. Sarai

2019
Richard II poster

Richard II

Movie · as Aumerle

2016
The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village

The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village

Movie · as Narrator

2015
RSC Live: Othello poster

RSC Live: Othello

Movie · as Emilia

2015
Critical poster

Critical

TV · as Mrs. Alice Murkherjee · 4 eps

2014
Original Comedy Shorts

Original Comedy Shorts

TV · 1 ep

2011
Vera poster

Vera

TV · as Anika Naidu · 1 ep

2010
Red Alert: The War Within poster

Red Alert: The War Within

Movie · as Radhaka

2010
The Indian Doctor poster

The Indian Doctor

TV · as Kamini Sharma · 15 eps

2010
Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers

TV · as Mama · 1 ep

2009
Mad Sad & Bad poster

Mad Sad & Bad

Movie · as Roxy

2009
Jubilee poster

Jubilee

Movie · as Rani Mehta

2007
Outsourced poster

Outsourced

Movie · as Asha

2007
Loins of Punjab Presents poster

Loins of Punjab Presents

Movie · as Opama Menon

2006
Waterloo Road poster

Waterloo Road

TV · as Yasmeen Khan · 1 ep

2005
The Mistress of Spices poster

The Mistress of Spices

Movie · as Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor

2005
Colour Me Kubrick poster

Colour Me Kubrick

Movie · as Dr Stukeley

2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee poster

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

TV · 3 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Solana Mercurio · 1 ep

2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones poster

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Movie · as Queen Jamillia

2002
Anita and Me poster

Anita and Me

Movie · as Mrs. Daljeet Kumar

2002
The House Across The Street poster

The House Across The Street

Movie · as Mala

2002
Hideous Man poster

Hideous Man

Movie

2002
Cutting It poster

Cutting It

TV · as Sunni Khadir · 2 eps

2001
The Mystic Masseur poster

The Mystic Masseur

Movie · as Leela

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Mary Sharman · 2 eps

2000
Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights

TV · as Coral Lips · 2 eps

1999
Split Wide Open poster

Split Wide Open

Movie

1998
The Terrorist poster

The Terrorist

Movie · as Malli

1997
Saaz poster

Saaz

Movie · as Kuhu Vrundavan

1992
City of Joy poster

City of Joy

Movie · as Amrita H. Pal

1989
Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice poster

Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice

Movie · as Manika Kallatil