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

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

The Mistress of Spices

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2024	National Theatre at Home: The Father and the Assassin	Aai
2022	National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage	Marisa Coulter
2020	The Father	Dr. Sarai
2019	Richard II	Aumerle
2016	The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village	Narrator
2015	RSC Live: Othello	Emilia
2014	Original Comedy Shorts
2011	Vera	Anika Naidu
2010	The Indian Doctor	Kamini Sharma
2010	Red Alert: The War Within	Radhaka
2010	Little Crackers	Mama
2009	Mad Sad & Bad	Roxy
2009	Jubilee	Rani Mehta
2007	Outsourced	Asha
2007	Loins of Punjab Presents	Opama Menon
2005	Doctor Who	Solana Mercurio
2005	The Mistress of Spices	Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor
2005	Colour Me Kubrick	Dr Stukeley
2005	Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2002	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Queen Jamillia
2002	Anita and Me	Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
2002	Cutting It	Sunni Khadir
2002	The House Across The Street	Mala
2001	Waking the Dead	Mary Sharman
2001	The Mystic Masseur	Leela
2000	Arabian Nights	Coral Lips
1999	Split Wide Open
1998	The Terrorist	Malli
1997	Saaz	Kuhu Vrundavan
1992	City of Joy	Amrita H. Pal
1989	Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice	Manika Kallatil