Ayesha Dharker

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

Doctor Who

Vera

Waking the Dead

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

The Father

Cutting It

Arabian Nights

Critical

All Movies (25)

• National Theatre Live: Hamlet2026 · as Gertrude
• National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin2024 · as Aai
• National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage2022 · as Marisa Coulter
• CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet2021 · as Lady Capulet
• The Father2020 · as Dr. Sarai
• Richard II2019 · as Aumerle
• The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village2016 · as Narrator
• RSC Live: Othello2015 · as Emilia
• Red Alert: The War Within2010 · as Radhaka
• Jubilee2009 · as Rani Mehta
• Mad Sad & Bad2009 · as Roxy
• Outsourced2007 · as Asha
• Loins of Punjab Presents2007 · as Opama Menon
• Colour Me Kubrick2005 · as Dr Stukeley
• The Mistress of Spices2005 · as Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor
• Anita and Me2002 · as Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
• The House Across The Street2002 · as Mala
• Hideous Man2002
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002 · as Queen Jamillia
• The Mystic Masseur2001 · as Leela
• Split Wide Open1999
• The Terrorist1998 · as Malli
• Saaz1997 · as Kuhu Vrundavan
• City of Joy1992 · as Amrita H. Pal
• Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice1989 · as Manika Kallatil

All TV Shows (10)

• Critical2015 · as Mrs. Alice Murkherjee
• Original Comedy Shorts2014
• Vera2011 · as Anika Naidu
• Little Crackers2010 · as Mama
• The Indian Doctor2010 · as Kamini Sharma
• Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee2005
• Doctor Who2005 · as Solana Mercurio
• Cutting It2002 · as Sunni Khadir
• Waking the Dead2001 · as Mary Sharman
• Arabian Nights2000 · as Coral Lips