Poorna Jagannathan
Poorna Jagannathan is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in HBO's Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated show, The Night Of, as well as playing the lead in the Bollywood cult comedy film Delhi Belly. She also initiated and produced the play Nirbhaya, written and directed by Yael Farber, which dealt with breaking the silence about sexual violence. Her play won the 2013 'Amnesty International Award' and was called by The Telegraph as the "One of the most powerful pieces of theater you'll ever see". Jagannathan was featured among the top 10 in Femina magazine's "India's 50 most beautiful women" in 2012 and in 2014, she was named among the top 50 most powerful women in India. She was most recently a series regular on Gypsy, a Netflix original series, and part of the ensemble cast for HBO's new anthology series, Room 104, by the Duplass brothers. Her new film, Share, directed by Pippa Bianco and produced by A24, is slated for a 2019 release on HBO. In May 2018, Deadline announced that Jagannathan was joining the cast of the HBO series Big Little Lies, as a new recurring character.
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- 2024 · Goodrich as
- 2024 · Wolfs as June
- 2024 · Turtles All the Way Down as Dr. Kira Singh
- 2023 · The Out-Laws as Rehan Zakaryan
- 2022 · I'll Show You Mine as Priya
- 2022 · House Comes with a Bird as Langley
- 2021 · Alia's Birth as
- 2020 · The Wilds as Rana Jadmani
- 2020 · Never Have I Ever as Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar
- 2020 · Defending Jacob as Elizabeth Vogel
- 2020 · Messiah as Sanjana Mirza
- 2019 · The Dead Center as Sarah Grey
- 2019 · The Act as Lakshmi Chandra
- 2019 · Share as Kerri
- 2018 · Sorry For Your Loss as Matt's Psychiatrist
- 2018 · An Actor Prepares as Dr. Fisher
- 2018 · Mile 22 as Dorothy Brady
- 2017 · Daisy Winters as Annabel Kumar
- 2017 · Room 104 as Divya (voice)
- 2017 · Gypsy as Larin Inamdar
- 2017 · The Circle as Dr. Jessica Villalobos
- 2017 · Carrie Pilby as Fliss
- 2017 · Taken as Judith Chapman
- 2017 · Growing Up Smith as Nalini Bhatnagar
- 2016 · The Night Of as Safar Khan
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Dr. Maureen Bruckner
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Nirah Ahmad
- 2013 · Thanks for Sharing as Lili Kazhani
- 2013 · Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani as Riyana
- 2011 · Peace, Love & Misunderstanding as Mira
- 2011 · Delhi Belly as Menaka Vashisht
- 2010 · Rizzoli & Isles as Mrs. Jalbani
- 2007 · Awake as Dr. Neyer's Nurse
- 2005 · Modern Day Arranged Marriage as Suna
- 2005 · The Weather Man as NY Pedestrian
- 2005 · Dealbreaker as Fran's girlfriend
- 2005 · Made in Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · Starved as PJ
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Song's Girlfriend
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Dr. Sikh
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Maya Samra
- 1990 · Law & Order as Rehana Khemlani
- 2024 · Deli Boys as Lucky