Ayesha Dharker

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Ayesha Dharker (also credited as Ayesha Dharkar) (born in 1977 in Mumbai, India) is a British actress of Indian origin. Ayesha Dharker is the daughter of the poet Imtiaz Dharker. Her father, Anil Dharker, is a columnist and editor of Debonair [1]. She was raised in Glasgow [2].

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[edit] Career

Dharker made her screen debut in the 1989 Francois Villier film, Manika: Une vie plus tard. Dharker subsequently went on to star in many American, French and Indian films. She has had many television roles in the UK, particularly in Cutting It and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee, in which she co-starred with Meera Syal.

Her most internationally recognised role was when she acted as Queen Jamillia, the Queen of Naboo in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). Dharker starred in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Bombay Dreams, both in London's West End and on Broadway (2004). She also starred in The Mistress of Spices (2005).

In the international award-winning film, The Terrorist (1999), she played the lead character Malli, a role that earned her a nomination for the National Film Award for Best Actress in India and the Cairo Film Festival award for Best Artistic Contribution by an Actress.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films

Year Title Role Other notes
2006 Outsourced Asha
2005 Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story Dr. Stukeley
2005 The Mistress of Spices Hameeda
2002 Anita and Me Daljeet Kumar
2001 Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones Queen Jamillia
2000 The Mystic Masseur Leela
1999 Split Wide Open Leela
1999 The Terrorist Malli
1997 Saaz Kuhu Vrundavan
1992 City of Joy Amrita H. Pal
1989 Manika, une vie plus tard Manika Kallatil

[edit] Television

Year Title Role Other notes
2005 Waking the Dead Mary Sharman
2003 Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee Chila
2003 Doctors Mina Patel
2002 Cutting It Sunni Khadir
2001 Doctors Meena Chauhan
2000 Arabian Nights Coral Lips
1995 A Mouthful of Sky
1991 Misteri della giungla nera, I Young girl

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