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Poorna Jagannathan

Poorna Jagannathan

Known For Acting
Birthday Dec 22, 1972 (52)
Birthplace Tunis, Tunisia
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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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Wolfs

Wolfs

2024

as June

Turtles All the Way Down

Turtles All the Way Down

2024

as Dr. Kira Singh

Goodrich

Goodrich

2024

as Dr. Verma

The Out-Laws

The Out-Laws

2023

as Rehan Zakaryan

I'll Show You Mine

I'll Show You Mine

2022

as Priya

House Comes with a Bird

House Comes with a Bird

2022

as Langley

The Dead Center

The Dead Center

2019

as Sarah Grey

Share

Share

2019

as Kerri

An Actor Prepares

An Actor Prepares

2018

as Dr. Fisher

Mile 22

Mile 22

2018

as Dorothy Brady

Daisy Winters

Daisy Winters

2017

as Annabel Kumar

Growing Up Smith

Growing Up Smith

2017

as Nalini Bhatnagar

The Circle

The Circle

2017

as Dr. Jessica Villalobos

Carrie Pilby

Carrie Pilby

2017

as Fliss

Thanks for Sharing

Thanks for Sharing

2013

as Lili Kazhani

Awake

Awake

2007

as Dr. Neyer's Nurse

Dealbreaker

Dealbreaker

2005

as Fran's girlfriend

The Weather Man

The Weather Man

2005

as NY Pedestrian

She Hate Me

She Hate Me

2004

as Song's Girlfriend

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Never Have I Ever

as Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar

Episodes: 40

First Aired: Apr 27, 2020

Deli Boys

as Lucky

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Mar 06, 2025

Gypsy

as Larin Inamdar

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jun 30, 2017

The Night Of

as Safar Khan

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 10, 2016

Defending Jacob

as Elizabeth Vogel

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 24, 2020

Messiah

as Sanjana Mirza

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 01, 2020

Better Call Saul

as Dr. Maureen Bruckner

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 08, 2015

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Maya Samra

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

Room 104

as Divya (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 28, 2017

The Wilds

as Rana Jadmani

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 2020

Taken

as Judith Chapman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 27, 2017

The Blacklist

as Nirah Ahmad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2013

Sorry For Your Loss

as Matt's Psychiatrist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 2018

Law & Order

as Rehana Khemlani

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

Rizzoli & Isles

as Mrs. Jalbani

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 12, 2010

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Dr. Sikh

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2001

Starved

as PJ

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 04, 2005

The Act

as Lakshmi Chandra

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 20, 2019

Lanterns

as Zoe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Dr. Nitya Agarwal

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2009

Made in Hollywood

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2005

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