
Ayesha Dharker
Department: Acting
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

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002

Outsourced
2007

The Mistress of Spices
2005

Loins of Punjab Presents
2007

RSC Live: Othello
2015

The Terrorist
1998

City of Joy
1992

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

Mad Sad & Bad
2009

Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
1989

Red Alert: The War Within
2010

Split Wide Open
1999

Anita and Me
2002

The House Across The Street
2002

National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin
2024

Colour Me Kubrick
2005

Saaz
1997

The Mystic Masseur
2001

The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village
2016

Richard II
2019

The Father
2020

Jubilee
2009

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2026

Hideous Man
2002

Waking the Dead
2001

Cutting It
2002

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005

Doctor Who
2005

The Indian Doctor
2010

Vera
2011

Original Comedy Shorts
2014

Little Crackers
2010

Arabian Nights
2000

Critical
2015