Poorna Jagannathan
Age: 51 | From: Tunis, Tunisia
Person Details
Birthday: 1972-12-22 11:18:10
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Tunis, Tunisia
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Movie Involvements: 9
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
Biography
Poorna Jagannathan is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in HBO's Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated show, The Night Of, as well as playing the lead in the Bollywood cult comedy film Delhi Belly. She also initiated and produced the play Nirbhaya, written and directed by Yael Farber, which dealt with breaking the silence about sexual violence. Her play won the 2013 'Amnesty International Award' and was called by The Telegraph as the "One of the most powerful pieces of theater you'll ever see". Jagannathan was featured among the top 10 in Femina magazine's "India's 50 most beautiful women" in 2012 and in 2014, she was named among the top 50 most powerful women in India. She was most recently a series regular on Gypsy, a Netflix original series, and part of the ensemble cast for HBO's new anthology series, Room 104, by the Duplass brothers. Her new film, Share, directed by Pippa Bianco and produced by A24, is slated for a 2019 release on HBO. In May 2018, Deadline announced that Jagannathan was joining the cast of the HBO series Big Little Lies, as a new recurring character.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Maya Samra
The Blacklist
(2013) Nirah Ahmad
Law & Order
(1990) Rehana Khemlani
Better Call Saul
(2015) Dr. Maureen Bruckner
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Dr. Sikh
Taken
(2017) Judith Chapman
Messiah
(2020) Sanjana Mirza
The Act
(2019) Lakshmi ChandraActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Rehan Zakaryan | |
| 2022 | Priya | |
| Langley | ||
| 2021 | N/A | |
| 2020 | Rana Jadmani | |
| Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar | ||
| Elizabeth Vogel | ||
| Sanjana Mirza | ||
| 2019 | Sarah Grey | |
| Kerri | ||
| Lakshmi Chandra | ||
| 2018 | Matt's Psychiatrist | |
| Dr. Fisher | ||
| Dorothy Brady | ||
| 2017 | Annabel Kumar | |
| Divya (voice) | ||
| Larin Inamdar | ||
| Dr. Jessica Villalobos | ||
| Fliss | ||
| Judith Chapman | ||
| Nalini Bhatnagar | ||
| 2016 | Safar Khan | |
| 2015 | Dr. Maureen Bruckner | |
| 2013 | Nirah Ahmad | |
| Lili Kazhani | ||
| Riyana | ||
| 2011 | Mira | |
| Menaka Vashisht | ||
| 2007 | Dr. Neyer's Nurse | |
| 2005 | NY Pedestrian | |
| 2004 | Song's Girlfriend | |
| 2001 | Dr. Sikh | |
| 1999 | Maya Samra | |
| 1990 | Rehana Khemlani | |
| N/A | ||
| Lucky | ||
| Dr. Singh | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
