Actor profile

Ayesha Dharker

16th March 1978 Bombay, India Acting

Ayesha Dharker (born March 16, 1978 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actress. She is known for her performance in the Tamil Indian film, The Terrorist (1999), for which she was awarded Best Artistic Contribution by an Actress at the Cairo International Film Festival and nominated for a Chlotrudis Award and National Film Award for Best Actress. She has also appeared in Hollywood films such as Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and The Mistress of Spices, television series such as Arabian Nights, and the West End and Broadway musical Bombay Dreams. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ayesha Dharker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

24 Movies 10 TV Shows 36 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

National Theatre Live: Hamlet poster

National Theatre Live: Hamlet 22nd January 2026 as Gertrude

National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin poster

National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin 1st March 2024 as Aai

National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage poster

National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage 17th February 2022 as Marisa Coulter

CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet poster

CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet 2nd April 2021 as Lady Capulet

The Father poster

The Father 23rd December 2020 as Dr. Sarai

Richard II poster

Richard II 21st April 2019 as Aumerle

RSC Live: Othello poster

RSC Live: Othello 21st August 2015 as Emilia

Red Alert: The War Within poster

Red Alert: The War Within 9th July 2010 as Radhaka

Jubilee poster

Jubilee 21st October 2009 as Rani Mehta

Mad Sad & Bad poster

Mad Sad & Bad 31st July 2009 as Roxy

Outsourced poster

Outsourced 28th September 2007 as Asha

Loins of Punjab Presents poster

Loins of Punjab Presents 28th January 2007 as Opama Menon

Colour Me Kubrick poster

Colour Me Kubrick 6th October 2005 as Dr Stukeley

The Mistress of Spices poster

The Mistress of Spices 11th September 2005 as Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor

Anita and Me poster

Anita and Me 22nd November 2002 as Mrs. Daljeet Kumar

The House Across The Street poster

The House Across The Street 14th November 2002 as Mala

Hideous Man poster

Hideous Man 1st August 2002

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones poster

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 15th May 2002 as Queen Jamillia

The Mystic Masseur poster

The Mystic Masseur 5th October 2001 as Leela

Split Wide Open poster

Split Wide Open 1st September 1999

The Terrorist poster

The Terrorist 12th September 1998 as Malli

Saaz poster

Saaz 1st January 1997 as Kuhu Vrundavan

City of Joy poster

City of Joy 15th April 1992 as Amrita H. Pal

Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice poster

Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice 26th May 1989 as Manika Kallatil

Critical poster

Critical 24th February 2015 as Mrs. Alice Murkherjee

Vera poster

Vera 1st May 2011 as Anika Naidu

Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers 19th December 2010 as Mama

The Indian Doctor poster

The Indian Doctor 15th November 2010 as Kamini Sharma

Waterloo Road poster

Waterloo Road 9th March 2006 as Yasmeen Khan

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee poster

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee 10th May 2005

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Solana Mercurio

Cutting It poster

Cutting It 16th April 2002 as Sunni Khadir

Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead 18th June 2001 as Mary Sharman

Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights 30th April 2000 as Coral Lips