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Occupation
  
Actress

Name
  
Ayesha Dharker


Role
  
Actress

Spouse
  
Robert Taylor (m. 2010)

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Born
  
16 March 1977 (age 47) (
1977-03-16
)

Grandparents
  
Chandrakant Dharker, Vasumati Dharker

Nominations
  
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Movies and TV shows
  
Outsourced, The Terrorist, The Indian Doctor, The Mistress of Spices, City of Joy

Similar People
  
John Jeffcoat, Imtiaz Dharker, Anil Dharker, Josh Hamilton, Asif Basra

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Ayesha Dharker (born 16 March 1977) is a British-Indian actress. She is known for her performance in the Tamil film The Terrorist (1997), for which she was awarded Best Artistic Contribution by an Actress at the Cairo International Film Festival and nominated for a National Film Award for Best Actress. She has also appeared in Hollywood films such as Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Outsourced and The Mistress of Spices, television series such as Arabian Nights, the West End and Broadway musical Bombay Dreams.

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Family

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Ayesha Dharker was born in Bombay, India, the daughter of Imtiaz Dharker, a noted poet, artist and documentary film-maker, and Anil Dharker, a columnist and an ex-editor of Debonair. Her father is from India and her mother, born in Lahore, was brought up in Scotland, United Kingdom.

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In May 2010 she married Robert Taylor in St Giles Cripplegate.

Career

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Dharker made her screen debut in the 1989 François Villiers film Manika, une vie plus tard. Dharker subsequently went on to star in many American, French and Indian films. She has had many television roles in the UK, particularly in Cutting It and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee, in which she co-starred with Meera Syal.

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In the international award-winning film The Terrorist (1999), she played the lead character Malli, a role that earned her a nomination for the National Film Award for Best Actress in India and the Cairo Film Festival award for Best Artistic Contribution by an Actress.

Her most internationally recognised role came in 2002 when she played Queen Jamillia, the Queen of Naboo, in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Dharker starred in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Bombay Dreams, both in London's West End and on Broadway (2004). She also starred in The Mistress of Spices (2005).

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She is currently a recurring cast member of the BBC Asian Network radio serial Silver Street, playing the role of "Ambika"; she has also appeared in the episode "Planet of the Ood" of the long-running BBC sci-fi television series, Doctor Who as Solana Mercurio.

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In 2006, she played the role of Asha in the film Outsourced.

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In 2008, she played the role of Tara Mandal in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.

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In 2010, she played doctor's wife Kamini Sharma opposite Sanjeev Bhaskar in the BBC's comedy drama series The Indian Doctor.

In 2017, Dharker begun playing Nina Karnik in a returning role on long running BBC drama Holby City.

Filmography

Actress
2022
SURPRI-! (Short) as
Aunt Meera
2022
National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage as
Marisa Coulter
2022
Vera (TV Series) as
Anika Naidu
- As the Crow Flies (2022) - Anika Naidu
2021
Finding Alice (TV Series) as
Tanvi
- Episode #1.6 (2021) - Tanvi
- Episode #1.5 (2021) - Tanvi (voice)
- Episode #1.4 (2021) - Tanvi
- Episode #1.3 (2021) - Tanvi
- Episode #1.1 (2021) - Tanvi
2020
The Father as
Dr Sarai
2020
Richard II as
Aumerle
2017
Holby City (TV Series) as
Nina Karnik
- Hiding Places (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Hungry Heart (2017) - Nina Karnik
- It Has to be Now (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Kingdom Come (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Things Left Unsaid (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Thicker than Water (2017) - Nina Karnik
- The Coming Storm (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Left Behind (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Veil of Tears, Part Two (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Veil of Tears, Part One (2017) - Nina Karnik
- The Man Who Sold the World (2017) - Nina Karnik
- How Loud It Is (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Keep on Running (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Wildest Dreams (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Calm Before the Storm (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Go Ugly Early (2017) - Nina Karnik
- The Evolution of Woman (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Baggage (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Keeping the Faith (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Paper Wishes (2017) - Nina Karnik
- For You May Be the Next to Die- (2017) - Nina Karnik
- For the Love of Maureen (2017) - Nina Karnik
- Twist of the Knife (2017) - Nina Karnik
- The Heart is a Small Thing (2017) - Nina Karnik
2015
Othello as
Emilia
2015
Indian Summers (TV Series) as
Nalini
- Episode #1.9 (2015) - Nalini
- Episode #1.3 (2015) - Nalini
2015
Critical (TV Series) as
Mrs. Alice Murkherjee
- Episode #1.1 (2015) - Mrs. Alice Murkherjee
2015
Waterloo Road (TV Series) as
Yasmeen Khan
- Episode #10.18 (2015) - Yasmeen Khan
2014
Playback (Short) as
Priya Patel
2010
The Indian Doctor (TV Series) as
Kamini Sharma
- Into the Light (2013) - Kamini Sharma
- Trapped (2013) - Kamini Sharma
- Desperate Measures (2013) - Kamini Sharma
- The Gold Rush (2013) - Kamini Sharma
- The Prodigals' Return (2013) - Kamini Sharma
- The Source (2012) - Kamini Sharma
- Quarantine (2012) - Kamini Sharma
- The Miracle (2012) - Kamini Sharma
- Immunity (2012) - Kamini Sharma
- Foreign Bodies (2012) - Kamini Sharma
- The Fete (2010) - Kamini Sharma
- The Van (2010) - Kamini Sharma
- Young Hearts (2010) - Kamini Sharma
- The Diary (2010) - Kamini Sharma
- The Arrival (2010) - Kamini Sharma
2010
Little Crackers (TV Series) as
Mama
- Meera Syal's Little Cracker: Uncle Santa (2010) - Mama
2009
Jubilee (Short) as
Rani Mehta
2009
Red Alert: The War Within as
Radhaka
2009
Mad Sad & Bad as
Roxy
2008
Coronation Street (TV Series) as
Tara Mandal
2008
Mumbai Chakachak
2008
Doctor Who (TV Series) as
Solana Mercurio
- Planet of the Ood (2008) - Solana Mercurio
2007
The Commander: The Fraudster (TV Movie) as
Grace Kandola
2007
Loins of Punjab Presents as
Opama Menon
2006
Bodies (TV Series) as
Farah Hamid
- The Finale (2006) - Farah Hamid
2006
Outsourced as
Asha
2005
Color Me Kubrick as
Dr. Stukeley
2005
Waking the Dead (TV Series) as
Mary Sharman
- Subterraneans: Part 2 (2005) - Mary Sharman
- Subterraneans: Part 1 (2005) - Mary Sharman
2005
The Mistress of Spices as
Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor
2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (TV Mini Series) as
Chila
- Episode #1.3 (2005) - Chila
- Episode #1.2 (2005) - Chila
- Episode #1.1 (2005) - Chila
2001
Doctors (TV Series) as
Mina Patel / Meena Chauhan
- Assumptions (2003) - Mina Patel
- Rock-a-Bye-Baby (2001) - Meena Chauhan
2003
Cutting It (TV Series) as
Sunni Khadir
- Episode #2.7 (2003) - Sunni Khadir
- Episode #2.6 (2003) - Sunni Khadir
2002
Anita & Me as
Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
2002
Hideous Man (Short)
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as
Queen Jamillia
2001
The Mystic Masseur as
Leela
2000
Arabian Nights (TV Mini Series) as
Coral Lips
- Episode #1.2 (2000) - Coral Lips
- Episode #1.1 (2000) - Coral Lips
1999
Split Wide Open as
Leela
1998
The Terrorist as
Malli
1997
Melody as
Kuhu Vrundavan
1995
A Mouthful of Sky (TV Series)
1992
City of Joy as
Amrita H. Pal
1991
I misteri della giungla nera (TV Mini Series) as
Young girl
1989
Manika, une vie plus tard as
Manika Kallatil
Self
2016
The Best Bottoms in the Land (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Titania
- Shakespeare's Dream in London (2016) - Self - Titania
- Shakespeare's Dream in County Durham (2016) - Self - Titania
- Shakespeare's Dream in Canterbury (2016) - Self - Titania
2012
The One Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #7.32 (2012) - Self - Guest
2009
The British Soap Awards 2009 (TV Special) as
Self - Audience Member
2009
Hell's Kitchen (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.13 (2009) - Self
2009
Loose Women (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #13.150 (2009) - Self
2008
Doctor Who Confidential (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Oods and Ends (2008) - Self
2002
Omnibus (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Spotlights & Saris: Making Bombay Dreams (2002) - Self (uncredited)

References

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