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Poorna Jagannathan is an Indian-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".
Born
Friday, 22 December 1972
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wolfs | 2024 | |
| Turtles All the Way Down | Dr. Singh | 2024 |
| The Out-Laws | Rehan Zakaryan | 2023 |
| I'll Show You Mine | Priya Sura / Priya | 2023 |
| House Comes with a Bird | Langley | 2022 |
| Ten Year Old Tom | (voice) / Rahul's Mom | 2021 |
| Alia's Birth | Jamie | 2021 |
| The Wilds | Rana Jadmani | 2020 |
| Never Have I Ever | Nalini Vishwakumar / Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar | 2020 |
| Defending Jacob | Elizabeth Vogel | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wolfs | 2024 | |
| Turtles All the Way Down | Dr. Singh | 2024 |
| The Out-Laws | Rehan Zakaryan | 2023 |
| I'll Show You Mine | Priya Sura / Priya | 2023 |
| House Comes with a Bird | Langley | 2022 |
| Ten Year Old Tom | (voice) / Rahul's Mom | 2021 |
| Alia's Birth | Jamie | 2021 |
| The Wilds | Rana Jadmani | 2020 |
| Never Have I Ever | Nalini Vishwakumar / Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar | 2020 |
| Defending Jacob | Elizabeth Vogel | 2020 |
| Messiah | Sanjana Mirza | 2020 |
| The Dead Center | Sarah Grey | 2019 |
| Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019 |
| Ramy | Salma | 2019 |
| Share | Kerri / Kerri Lundy | 2019 |
| The Act | Dr. Lakshmi Chandra | 2019 |
| Sorry for Your Loss | Therapist | 2018 |
| An Actor Prepares | Dr. Fisher | 2018 |
| Mile 22 | Dorothy Brady | 2018 |
| Daisy Winters | Annabel Kumar | 2017 |
| Room 104 | Divya | 2017 |
| Gypsy | Larin Inamdar | 2017 |
| The Circle | Dr. Villalobos / Dr. Jessica Villalobos | 2017 |
| Carrie Pilby | Fliss | 2017 |
| Taken | Judith Chapman | 2017 |
| How to Beat Your Sister-in-Law (at everything) | Teacher | 2017 |
| Big Little Lies | Katie Richmond | 2017 |
| Growing Up Smith | Nalini Bhatnagar | 2017 |
| The Night Of | Safar Khan | 2016 |
| Better Call Saul | Dr. Maureen Bruckner | 2015 |
| The Blacklist | Nirah Ahmad | 2013 |
| Thanks for Sharing | Dr. Kazhani / Lili Kazhani | 2013 |
| Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Riyana | 2013 |
| House of Cards | Dr. Lanjawni | 2013 |
| Peace, Love & Misunderstanding | Mira | 2012 |
| Delhi Belly | Menaka / Menaka Vashisht | 2011 |
| Rizzoli & Isles | Mrs. Jalbani | 2010 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Dr. Nitya Agarwal | 2009 |
| Royal Pains | Saya | 2009 |
| Karma Calling | Quality Control Supervisor | 2009 |
| Awake | Dr. Neyer's Nurse | 2007 |
| Montclair | Dr. Blight | 2007 |
| The Game | Dr. Diamond | 2006 |
| Love Monkey | Director | 2006 |
| The Weather Man | NY Pedestrian | 2005 |
| Starved | PJ | 2005 |
| Numb3rs | Tech #1 | 2005 |
| Jonny Zero | Dr. Shamira | 2005 |
| She Hate Me | Song's Girlfriend | 2004 |
| Rescue Me | Dr. Klein | 2004 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. Sikh | 2001 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Maya Samra | 1999 |
| Law & Order | Rehana Khemlani | 1990 |
