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Poorna Jagannathan

Poorna Jagannathan

Birthday: 1972-12-22 | Place of Birth: Tunis, Tunisia

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
House Comes with a Bird

as    Langley

2022
I'll Show You Mine

as    Priya

2020
Never Have I Ever

as    Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar

2019
Share

as    Kerri

2019
The Dead Center

as    Sarah Grey

2018
Mile 22

as    Dorothy Brady

2018
An Actor Prepares

as    Dr. Fisher

2017
Daisy Winters

as    Annabel Kumar

2017
The Circle

as    Dr. Jessica Villalobos

2017
Gypsy

as    Larin Inamdar

2016
The Night Of

as    Safar Khan