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Madhur Jaffrey CBE is an Indian-born actress, food and travel writer, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the western hemisphere with her debut cookbook, An Invitation to Indian Cooking (1973), which was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2006. She has written over a dozen cookbooks and appeared on several related television programmes, the most notable of which was Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery, which premiered in the UK in 1982. She is the food consultant at Dawat, considered by many food critics to be among the best Indian restaurants in New York City.
Birth Name
Madhur Bahadur
Born
Sunday, 13 August 1933
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Pantheon | Preethi | 2022 |
And Just Like That... | Seema's Mom | 2021 |
CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
The Glorias | Bookstore Host | 2020 |
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi | Self | 2020 |
Mira, Royal Detective | Asha / Mrs. Chopra | 2020 |
Bless the Harts | Dr. Chakrabarti | 2019 |
Doom Patrol | Old Arani | 2019 |
I Feel Bad | Maya Kamala | 2018 |
The Only Living Boy in New York | Madhur | 2017 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Pantheon | Preethi | 2022 |
And Just Like That... | Seema's Mom | 2021 |
CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
The Glorias | Bookstore Host | 2020 |
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi | Self | 2020 |
Mira, Royal Detective | Asha / Mrs. Chopra | 2020 |
Bless the Harts | Dr. Chakrabarti | 2019 |
Doom Patrol | Old Arani | 2019 |
I Feel Bad | Maya Kamala | 2018 |
The Only Living Boy in New York | Madhur | 2017 |
The Good Karma Hospital | Mother Carmen | 2017 |
Jadoo | Herself / Madhur Jaffrey | 2013 |
The Mind of a Chef | Self | 2012 |
A Late Quartet | Dr. Nadir | 2012 |
Madhur Jaffrey's Curry Nation | Self - Presenter | 2012 |
Lidia Celebrates America | Self - Special Guest (segment "Reggie & Anjali") | 2011 |
New Girl | Nana | 2011 |
Hiding Divya | Divya Shah | 2010 |
Today's Special | Farrida | 2009 |
Phoebe in Wonderland | Miss Reiter | 2008 |
Partition | Shanti Singh | 2007 |
Psych | Dadi | 2006 |
Prime | Rita | 2005 |
Beyond the Next Mountain | Ruth | 2004 |
Simply Ming | Self | 2003 |
Cosmopolitan | Madhu | 2003 |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Professor / Mrs. Khan | 2001 |
Chutney Popcorn | Meenu | 2000 |
Cotton Mary | Cotton Mary | 1999 |
Flawless | Dr. Nirmala | 1999 |
ABCD | Anju | 1999 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Indira Singh | 1999 |
Independent Lens | Madhu | 1999 |
Holby City | Nisha Kapur | 1999 |
The Peacock Spring | Lady Srinevasan | 1996 |
In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs | Self | 1995 |
Vanya on 42nd Street | Mrs. Chao | 1994 |
Wolf | Party Guest | 1994 |
Six Degrees of Separation | Guest of Honor | 1993 |
The Mushroom Picker | Self | 1993 |
Ghostwriter | Dr. Singhla | 1992 |
Firm Friends | Jayshree Kapoor | 1992 |
Listening to Volcanoes | Narrator | 1992 |
The Perfect Murder | Mrs. Lal | 1988 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Saagar | Kamladevi (Ravi's grandma) | 1985 |
The Assam Garden | Ruxmani | 1985 |
The Wandering Company | Actress of 'Autobiography of a Princess' and 'Heat and Dust' | 1984 |
Heat and Dust | Begum Mussarat Jahan / Begum Mussarat Jahan - The Nawab's mother (At the Palace in Khatm) | 1983 |
Blankety Blank | Herself | 1978 |
Autobiography of a Princess | The Princess | 1975 |
The Guru | Begum Sahiba | 1969 |
Antkeeper | Bruja | 1966 |
Shakespeare-Wallah | Manjula | 1965 |
Parable | The Magician's Assistant | 1964 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Cotton Mary | 1999 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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ABCD | 1999 |