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.
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Acting History
2026
National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Gertrude
2024National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin as Aai
2022National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage as Marisa Coulter
2020The Father as Dr. Sarai
2019Richard II as Aumerle
2016The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village as Narrator
2015RSC Live: Othello as Emilia
2014Original Comedy Shorts
2011Vera as Anika Naidu
2010Little Crackers as Mama
2010The Indian Doctor as Kamini Sharma
2010Red Alert: The War Within as Radhaka
2009Jubilee as Rani Mehta
2009Mad Sad & Bad as Roxy
2007Outsourced as Asha
2007Loins of Punjab Presents as Opama Menon
2005Colour Me Kubrick as Dr Stukeley
2005The Mistress of Spices as Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor
2005Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005Doctor Who as Solana Mercurio
2002Anita and Me as Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
2002The House Across The Street as Mala
2002Hideous Man
2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Queen Jamillia
2002Cutting It as Sunni Khadir
2001The Mystic Masseur as Leela
2001Waking the Dead as Mary Sharman
2000Arabian Nights as Coral Lips
1999Split Wide Open
1998The Terrorist as Malli
1997Saaz as Kuhu Vrundavan
1992City of Joy as Amrita H. Pal
1989Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice as Manika Kallatil