Acting · Bath, Somerset, England, UK · Born September 27, 1973
Indira Anne Varma is an English stage and screen actress. She was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, in 1995. 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 (as Ellaria Sand).
TVThe Other Bennet Sister
2026
as Mrs. Gardiner
MovieFrank & Louis
2026
TVColdwater
2025
as Fiona
MovieThe Assessment
2025
as Ambika
TVCreature Commandos
2024
as The Bride (voice)
TVDune: Prophecy
2024
TVDisclaimer
2024
as Narrator (voice)
TVDoctor Who
2024
as Duchess of Pemberton
MovieNational Theatre Live: Macbeth
2024
as Lady Macbeth
MovieThe Trouble with Jessica
2024
as Jessica
MovieMaya: Birth of a Superhero
2024
as Maya (Superhero)
MovieMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
as DIA
TVObsession
2023
as Ingrid Farrow
TVExtrapolations
2023
as Gita Mishra
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Seagull
2022
as Arkadina
MovieObi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
as Self - Tala Durith
TVObi-Wan Kenobi
2022
as Tala Durith
TVThe Legend of Vox Machina
2022
as Lady Allura Vysoren (voice)
MovieSilent Hours
2021
as Dr. Catherine Benson
TVINVINCIBLE
2021
as Volcanikka (voice)
MovieCrisis
2021
as Madira Brower
MovieFaith Healer
2020
as Grace
MovieThe One and Only Ivan
2020
as Dr. Maya Wilson
TVLost Pyramids of the Aztecs
2020
as Narrator (Voice)
TVRebuilding Notre-Dame
2020
as Narrator - (Voice)
TVFor Life
2020
as Safiya Masry
MovieNational Theatre Live: Present Laughter
2019
as Liz Essendine
TVThe Capture
2019
as Khadija Khan
MovieOfficial Secrets
2019
as Shami Chakrabarti
TVCarnival Row
2019
as Piety Breakspear
TVThis Way Up
2019
as Charlotte
TVSecrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings
2019
as Narrator (Voice)
MovieClose
2019
as Rima Hassine
TVPatrick Melrose
2018
as Anne Moore
MovieUnspeakable
2017
as Jo
TVReported Missing
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Great British Skinny Dip
2017
as Host
The Machine
2017
as Hannah
MovieUna
2017
as Sonia
TVParanoid
2016
as Nina Suresh
TVThe Night Manager
2016
as Mayra Cavendish
MovieVintage Blood
2015
as Izzy
MovieNational Theatre Live: Man and Superman
2015
as Ann Whitefield/Ana
MovieHampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country
2014
as Vashti
MovieExodus: Gods and Kings
2014
as High Priestess
MovieTitus Andronicus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2014
as Tamora
MovieAnna
2013
as Judith Morrow
TVWhat Remains
2013
as Elaine
TVHunted
2012
as Natalie Thorpe
TVWorld Without End
2012
as Mattie Wise
TVGame of Thrones
2011
as Ellaria Sand
TVSilk
2011
as George Duggan
TVLuther
2010
as Zoe Luther
MovieHarold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
TVHuman Target
2010
as Ilsa Pucci
TVMoses Jones
2009
as Dolly
MovieInside the Box
2009
as Catherine Powell
TVComanche Moon
2008
as Therese Wanz
TVThe Whistleblowers
2007
as Alisha Cole
MovieSex and Death 101
2007
as Devon Sever
TV3 lbs
2006
as Adrianne Holland
TVTorchwood
2006
as Suzie Costello
MovieBasic Instinct 2
2006
as Denise Glass
MovieA Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005
as Lucie "The dark lady"
TVBroken News
2005
as Melanie Bellamy
MovieBring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2005
TVLove Soup
2005
TVBones
2005
as Inspector Cate Pritchard
TVRome
2005
as Niobe of the Voreni
MovieThe Quatermass Experiment
2005
as Judith Carroon
TVPeppa Pig
2004
as Female Phone Voice (voice)
TVHustle
2004
as D.C.I. Lucy Britford
MovieBride & Prejudice
2004
as Kiran
Reversals
2003
as Kathy Irwin
TVCanterbury Tales
2003
as Meena
MovieMad Dogs
2002
as Narendra
TVThe Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Melissa Booth
TVRockface
2002
as Alison
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Bela Khan
One for the Road
2001
as Gila
MovieThe Whistle-Blower
2001
as Diane Crossman
Attachments
2000
as Sasha
Other People's Children
2000
as Amy
Zehn wahnsinnige Tage
2000
as Ra
TVPsychos
1999
as Dr Martine Nichol
MovieJinnah
1998
as Ruttie Jinnah
MovieSixth Happiness
1997
as Amy
MovieClancy's Kitchen
1997
as Kitty
MovieKama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1997
as Maya
The Beacon
MovieMother Daughter
