Actor profile

Indira Varma

27th September 1973 Bath, Somerset, England, UK Acting

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).

38 Movies 55 TV Shows 104 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Frank & Louis poster

Frank & Louis 25th January 2026 as Dr Watts

The Assessment poster

The Assessment 21st March 2025 as Ambika

National Theatre Live: Macbeth poster

National Theatre Live: Macbeth 2nd May 2024 as Lady Macbeth

The Trouble with Jessica poster

The Trouble with Jessica 5th April 2024 as Jessica

Maya: Birth of a Superhero poster

Maya: Birth of a Superhero 10th March 2024 as Maya (Superhero)

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One poster

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 8th July 2023 as DIA

National Theatre Live: The Seagull poster

National Theatre Live: The Seagull 3rd November 2022 as Arkadina

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return poster

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return 7th September 2022 as Self - Tala Durith

Silent Hours poster

Silent Hours 1st September 2021 as Dr. Catherine Benson

Crisis poster

Crisis 26th February 2021 as Madira Brower

Faith Healer poster

Faith Healer 16th September 2020 as Grace

The One and Only Ivan poster

The One and Only Ivan 21st August 2020 as Dr. Maya Wilson

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter poster

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter 28th November 2019 as Liz Essendine

Official Secrets poster

Official Secrets 30th August 2019 as Shami Chakrabarti

Close 22nd February 2019 as Rima Hassine

Unspeakable poster

Unspeakable 5th November 2017 as Jo

The Great British Skinny Dip poster

The Great British Skinny Dip 14th February 2017 as Host

Una poster

Una 5th January 2017 as Sonia

Vintage Blood poster

Vintage Blood 30th August 2015 as Izzy

National Theatre Live: Man and Superman poster

National Theatre Live: Man and Superman 14th May 2015 as Ann Whitefield/Ana

Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country poster

Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country 8th December 2014 as Vashti

Exodus: Gods and Kings poster

Exodus: Gods and Kings 3rd December 2014 as High Priestess

Titus Andronicus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster

Titus Andronicus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe 14th January 2014 as Tamora

Anna poster

Anna 13th October 2013 as Judith Morrow

Harold Pinter: A Celebration poster

Harold Pinter: A Celebration 24th January 2010 as Self

Inside the Box poster

Inside the Box 1st January 2009 as Catherine Powell

Sex and Death 101 poster

Sex and Death 101 15th June 2007 as Devon Sever

Basic Instinct 2 poster

Basic Instinct 2 29th March 2006 as Denise Glass

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets poster

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets 22nd November 2005 as Lucie "The dark lady"

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' poster

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment' 24th October 2005 as Self

The Quatermass Experiment poster

The Quatermass Experiment 2nd April 2005 as Judith Carroon

Bride & Prejudice poster

Bride & Prejudice 11th February 2004 as Kiran

Mad Dogs poster

Mad Dogs 5th December 2002 as Narendra

The Whistle-Blower poster

The Whistle-Blower 14th April 2001 as Diane Crossman

Jinnah poster

Jinnah 7th November 1998 as Ruttie Jinnah

Sixth Happiness poster

Sixth Happiness 4th October 1997 as Amy

Clancy's Kitchen poster

Clancy's Kitchen 26th June 1997 as Kitty

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love poster

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love 28th February 1997 as Maya

The Other Bennet Sister poster

The Other Bennet Sister 15th March 2026 as Mrs. Gardiner

Young Sherlock poster

Young Sherlock 4th March 2026

Coldwater poster

Coldwater 14th September 2025 as Fiona

Creature Commandos poster

Creature Commandos 5th December 2024 as The Bride (voice)

Dune: Prophecy poster

Dune: Prophecy 17th November 2024

Disclaimer poster

Disclaimer 11th October 2024 as Narrator (voice)

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 11th May 2024 as Duchess of Pemberton

Obsession poster

Obsession 13th April 2023 as Ingrid Farrow

Extrapolations poster

Extrapolations 16th March 2023 as Gita Mishra

Obi-Wan Kenobi poster

Obi-Wan Kenobi 26th May 2022 as Tala Durith

The Legend of Vox Machina poster

The Legend of Vox Machina 27th January 2022 as Lady Allura Vysoren (voice)

INVINCIBLE poster

INVINCIBLE 25th March 2021 as Volcanikka (voice)

Spitting Image poster

Spitting Image 3rd October 2020 as Voice Artist

Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs poster

Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs 21st June 2020 as Narrator (Voice)

Rebuilding Notre-Dame poster

Rebuilding Notre-Dame 15th April 2020 as Narrator - (Voice)

For Life poster

For Life 11th February 2020 as Safiya Masry

The Capture poster

The Capture 3rd September 2019 as Khadija Khan

Carnival Row poster

Carnival Row 29th August 2019 as Piety Breakspear

This Way Up poster

This Way Up 8th August 2019 as Charlotte

Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings poster

Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings 24th March 2019 as Narrator (Voice)

Patrick Melrose poster

Patrick Melrose 12th May 2018 as Anne Moore

Reported Missing poster

Reported Missing 12th April 2017 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Silent Hours poster

Silent Hours 2nd January 2017 as Dr. Catherine Benson

Paranoid poster

Paranoid 22nd September 2016 as Nina Suresh

New Blood poster

New Blood 9th June 2016 as Lisa Douglas

The Night Manager poster

The Night Manager 21st February 2016 as Mayra Cavendish

What Remains poster

What Remains 25th August 2013 as Elaine

Hunted poster

Hunted 4th October 2012 as Natalie Thorpe

World Without End poster

World Without End 4th September 2012 as Mattie Wise

Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones 17th April 2011 as Ellaria Sand

Silk poster

Silk 22nd February 2011 as George Duggan

Luther poster

Luther 4th May 2010 as Zoe Luther

Human Target poster

Human Target 15th January 2010 as Ilsa Pucci

Moses Jones poster

Moses Jones 2nd February 2009 as Dolly

Comanche Moon poster

Comanche Moon 13th January 2008 as Therese Wanz

The Whistleblowers poster

The Whistleblowers 27th September 2007 as Alisha Cole

3 lbs poster

3 lbs 14th November 2006 as Adrianne Holland

Torchwood poster

Torchwood 22nd October 2006 as Suzie Costello

Broken News poster

Broken News 31st October 2005 as Melanie Bellamy

Love Soup poster

Love Soup 27th September 2005 as Suzanne Daley

Bones poster

Bones 13th September 2005 as Inspector Cate Pritchard

Rome poster

Rome 28th August 2005 as Niobe of the Voreni

Peppa Pig poster

Peppa Pig 31st May 2004 as Female Phone Voice (voice)

Hustle poster

Hustle 24th February 2004 as D.C.I. Lucy Britford

Little Britain poster

Little Britain 16th September 2003 as Actress

Little Britain poster

Little Britain 16th September 2003 as Babysitting Mother

Little Britain poster

Little Britain 16th September 2003 as Health Spa Receptionist

Canterbury Tales poster

Canterbury Tales 11th September 2003 as Meena

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 8th April 2002 as Melissa Booth

Rockface poster

Rockface 13th March 2002 as Alison

Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent 30th September 2001 as Bela Khan

In a Land of Plenty poster

In a Land of Plenty 10th January 2001 as Sonali

Psychos poster

Psychos 6th May 1999 as Dr Martine Nichol

Arena poster

Arena 1st October 1975 as Gila

Arena poster

Arena 1st October 1975 as Various