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Indira Anne Varma is a British actress. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She has gone on to appear in the television series The Canterbury Tales, Rome, Luther, Human Target, and Game of Thrones. In September 2016, she began starring in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid, as DS Nina Suresh. She also stars in the new Amazon Prime series, Carnival Row.
Born
Thursday, 27 September 1973
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two | DIA | 2025 |
| The Trouble with Jessica | Jessica | 2024 |
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | DIA | 2023 |
| Obsession | Ingrid Farrow | 2023 |
| Extrapolations | Gita | 2023 |
| National Theatre Live: The Seagull | Arkadina | 2022 |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Tala Durith | 2022 |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi | Tala | 2022 |
| The Legend of Vox Machina | Lady Allura Vysoren / Allura | 2022 |
| Silent Hours | Dr. Catherine Benson | 2021 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two | DIA | 2025 |
| The Trouble with Jessica | Jessica | 2024 |
| Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | DIA | 2023 |
| Obsession | Ingrid Farrow | 2023 |
| Extrapolations | Gita | 2023 |
| National Theatre Live: The Seagull | Arkadina | 2022 |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Tala Durith | 2022 |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi | Tala | 2022 |
| The Legend of Vox Machina | Lady Allura Vysoren / Allura | 2022 |
| Silent Hours | Dr. Catherine Benson | 2021 |
| All About | Self | 2021 |
| Crisis | Madira Brower | 2021 |
| Spitting Image | Voice artist / Priti Patel | 2020 |
| The One and Only Ivan | Dr. Maya Wilson | 2020 |
| Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs | Narrator | 2020 |
| GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
| For Life | Safiya Masry | 2020 |
| Present Laughter | Liz Essendine | 2019 |
| Official Secrets | Shami Chakrabarti | 2019 |
| Carnival Row | Piety Breakspear | 2019 |
| This Way Up | Charlotte | 2019 |
| Close | Rima Hassine | 2019 |
| Patrick Melrose | Anne Moore | 2018 |
| Unspeakable | Jo | 2017 |
| Reported Missing | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
| Una | Sonia | 2017 |
| Paranoid | Nina Suresh | 2016 |
| New Blood | Lisa Douglas | 2016 |
| National Theatre Live: Man and Superman | Ann Whitefield / Ana / Ann Whitefield/Ana | 2015 |
| Exodus: Gods and Kings | High Priestess | 2014 |
| Anna | Judith Morrow | 2014 |
| Shakespeare's Globe: Titus Andronicus | Tamora | 2014 |
| Portrait Artist of the Year | Self - Sitter | 2013 |
| What Remains | Elaine / Elaine Markham | 2013 |
| The Capture | Khadija Khan | 2013 |
| Hunted | Natalie Thorpe | 2012 |
| World Without End | Mattie Wise | 2012 |
| Game of Thrones | Ellaria Sand | 2011 |
| See You in Court | Self - Narrator | 2011 |
| Silk | George Duggan | 2011 |
| Luther | Zoe Luther | 2010 |
| Human Target | Ilsa Pucci | 2010 |
| Moses Jones | Dolly | 2009 |
| Comanche Moon | Therese Wanz | 2008 |
| Sex and Death 101 | Devon Sever | 2007 |
| The Whistleblowers | Alisha Cole | 2007 |
| 3 lbs. | Dr. Adrianne Holland / Adrianne Holland | 2006 |
| Torchwood | Suzie Costello / Suzie | 2006 |
| Basic Instinct 2 | Denise Glass | 2006 |
| A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets | Lucie "The dark lady" / Lucie ("the Dark Lady") | 2005 |
| Broken News | Melanie Bellamy - ESN / Melanie Bellamy | 2005 |
| Love Soup | Suzanne Daley | 2005 |
| Bones | Inspector Cate Pritchard | 2005 |
| Rome | Niobe / Niobe of the Voreni | 2005 |
| The Quatermass Experiment | Judith Carroon | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | the Duchess | 2005 |
| Hustle | D.C.I. Lucy Britford | 2004 |
| Bride & Prejudice | Kiran | 2004 |
| Donovan | Cara Mathis | 2004 |
| Reversals | Kathy Irwin | 2003 |
| Canterbury Tales | Meena | 2003 |
| Little Britain | Health Spa Receptionist / Babysitting Mother | 2003 |
| Mad Dogs | Narendra | 2002 |
| Rockface | Alison | 2002 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Bela Khan | 2001 |
| The Whistle-Blower | Diane Crossman | 2001 |
| The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Melissa Booth | 2001 |
| In a Land of Plenty | Sonali Ganatra | 2001 |
| Attachments | Sasha | 2000 |
| Other People's Children | Amy | 2000 |
| Zehn wahnsinnige Tage | Ra | 2000 |
| Psychos | Dr. Martine Nichol | 1999 |
| Jinnah | Ruttie Jinnah | 1998 |
| Sixth Happiness | Amy | 1997 |
| Clancy's Kitchen | Kitty | 1997 |
| Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | Maya | 1996 |
| Crucial Tales | Manreet | 1996 |
| Arena | Gila / Herself / Various characters | 1975 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Indian Summers | 2015 |
