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Ayesha Dharker

Born: 16th Mar 1978 Bombay, India
Dept: Acting
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.​
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 35
Film: 25 (71%)
Television: 10 (29%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Documentary, Thriller, War, TV Movie, Adventure, Science Fiction

Filmography

2026
Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Trapped between d ... view
Character:
Gertrude
2024
Mahatma Gandhi: lawyer, champion of non-violence, beloved leader. Nathuram Godse: journalist, nationalist – and the man who murdered Gandhi. This ... view
Character:
Aai
2022
Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child cal ... view
Character:
Marisa Coulter
CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet Family, Music, Romance, Drama
2021
William Shakespeare is back on CBeebies with an adaptation of one of his most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet. With the help of a host of CBeebies star ... view
Character:
Lady Capulet
The Father Drama
2020
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved o ... view
Character:
Dr. Sarai
2019
Beset by problems at home and abroad, a capricious king is forced to relinquish his ‘hollow crown’. As his supporters abandon him and his power tr ... view
Character:
Aumerle
2016
Daulatdia is an entire village in Bangladesh dedicated to prostitution. Every day, 1,600 trafficked, enslaved and abandoned women and girls sell thems ... view
Character:
Narrator
2015
Othello is the greatest general of his age. A fearsome warrior, loving husband and revered defender of Venice against its enemies. But he is also an ... view
Character:
Emilia
Critical Drama
Feb 2015 (first aired)
The Major Trauma Centre is a state-of-the-art unit which treats only the most gravely ill or seriously injured. Whether that patient lives or dies is ... view
Character:
Mrs. Alice Murkherjee (4 ep.)
Jun 2014 (first aired)
A series of six comedy shorts, in which each episode is 'taken over' by a different high profile comedian. The result is an exclusive, eclectic and hi ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Vera Crime, Drama, Mystery
May 2011 (first aired)
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping ... view
Character:
Anika Naidu (1 ep.)
Little Crackers Drama, Comedy
Dec 2010 (first aired)
Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy. ... view
Character:
Mama (1 ep.)
The Indian Doctor Drama, Comedy
Nov 2010 (first aired)
The Indian Doctor is a British television drama set in the summer of 1963. Produced by Rondo Media and Avatar Productions, it was first broadcast on B ... view
Character:
Kamini Sharma (15 ep.)
Red Alert: The War Within Drama, Action, Thriller, War
2010
While delivering food in a forest area in Andhra Pradesh, impoverished Narasimha is held against his will by a band of Naxalites led by Velu, and forc ... view
Character:
Radhaka
Jubilee Drama
2009
Two members of a right wing political party are on the campaign trail in a housing estate. During the course of a day knocking on doors, it becomes cl ... view
Character:
Rani Mehta
Mad Sad & Bad Comedy
2009
HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad i ... view
Character:
Roxy
Outsourced Comedy, Drama, Romance
2007
After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman heads to India to train his replacement. ... view
Character:
Asha
2007
A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loi ... view
Character:
Opama Menon
Colour Me Kubrick Comedy, Drama
2005
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very littl ... view
Character:
Dr Stukeley
The Mistress of Spices Drama, Romance, Fantasy
2005
Tilo is an Indian shopkeeper in America with an ability to see the future and a magical connection to powerful spices, which she uses to help her cust ... view
Character:
Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor
May 2005 (first aired)
Meera Syal stars in this poignant story of friendship, betrayal and cross-cultural conflict based on her hit novel. Three childhood friends, now in th ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (3 ep.)
Doctor Who Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Mar 2005 (first aired)
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a ... view
Character:
Solana Mercurio (1 ep.)
Anita and Me Comedy, Drama, Family
2002
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her ... view
Character:
Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
The House Across The Street Drama, TV Movie
2002
Farce written by Shaheen Khan and Sudha Bhuchar about two 39-year-old twins living with their manipulative mother in suburbia. ... view
Character:
Mala
2002
Hideous Man written and directed by John Malkovich and produced by Bella Freud is their 3rd film collaboration. It tells the story of a group of beatn ... view
Character:
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
2002
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the ... view
Character:
Queen Jamillia
Cutting It Drama, Comedy
Apr 2002 (first aired)
Allie Henshall and Gavin Ferraday are partners in love and business. They own Henshall Ferraday hair salon, where Allie's sisters Darcey and Sydney wo ... view
Character:
Sunni Khadir (2 ep.)
The Mystic Masseur Drama, Comedy
2001
Circa 1940 in Trinidad, still a British Colony, lives Ganesh Ramseyor, of East Indian origin, along with his wife, Leela. He longs to reach out to peo ... view
Character:
Leela
Waking the Dead Crime, Mystery, Drama
Jun 2001 (first aired)
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases. ... view
Character:
Mary Sharman (2 ep.)
Arabian Nights Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Family
Apr 2000 (first aired)
Targeted for assassination by his first wife and his evil brother, a young sultan must marry by the next full moon or he will lose his kingdom. His un ... view
Character:
Coral Lips (2 ep.)
Split Wide Open Drama, Crime
1999
A search for a lost street girl in midst of exposés of modern sexual behaviour in Bombay and a water mafia in the city, this is a real 'split wide op ... view
Character:
Original title: தீவிரவாதி
1998
A young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test. ... view
Character:
Malli
Saaz Drama, Music
Original title: साज़
1997
Mansi, the elder sister, has to take up professional singing to support the family after her father's death. The film focuses mainly on the female cha ... view
Character:
Kuhu Vrundavan
City of Joy Drama
1992
Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsi ... view
Character:
Amrita H. Pal
Original title: Manika, une vie plus tard
1989
In this unusual feature, Manika is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing village is convinced that she has recently had a former ... view
Character:
Manika Kallatil