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Sarita Choudhury

Known for acting · Born 18 August 1966 · 60 · Blackheath, London, England, UK

74 credits

Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury (born 18 August 1966) is an English actress. Born in Blackheath, an affluent neighborhood in London, to an English mother and a Bengali father, Choudhury was raised in Jamaica, Mexico, Italy and England due to her father's work. She landed her breakout role starring opposite Denzel Washington in Mira Nair's romantic drama film Mississippi Masala (1991) despite never formally studying acting. Since then, she has appeared in numerous American and international film productions, including A Perfect Murder (1998), Spike Lee's She Hate Me (2004), Lady in the Water (2006), Midnight's Children (2012), and The Green Knight (2021).

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Known for

Homeland

2011

And Just Like That…

2021

A Hologram for the King

2016

The Green Knight

2021

A Perfect Murder

1998

Lady in the Water

2006

Marvel's Jessica Jones

2015

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

1997

Evil Eye

2020

After Yang

2022

Mississippi Masala

1991

Learning to Drive

2014

Acting (74)

2026The Adding MachineDaisyFilm
2025Three GoodbyesDoctorFilm
2024FalloutLee Moldaver · 4 episodes, Kate Williams / Lee Moldaver · 2 episodesSeries
2022After YangCleoFilm
2022And Just Like That... The DocumentarySelfFilm
2021The Green KnightMotherFilm
2021And Just Like That…Seema Patel · 33 episodesSeries
2020Little Fires EverywhereAnita Rees · 3 episodesSeries
2020Evil EyeUshaFilm
2020It Snows in BenidormAlexFilm
2020Here Comes FriedaYvonneFilm
2019Modern LoveTherapistSeries
2017After LouieMaggieFilm
2017The Last PhotographHannahFilm
2016A Hologram for the KingDr. Zahra HakeemFilm
2016DivorceCourtneySeries
2016ReconFilm
2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2EgeriaFilm
2015Marvel's Jessica JonesKith Lyonne · 7 episodesSeries
2015BlindspotSophia Varma · 4 episodesSeries
2015The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1Self - EgeriaFilm
2015Words, Maps, Secrets and Other ThingsSelf - ActressFilm
2015SweetsSweetsFilm
2015Love Comes LaterFilm
2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1EgeriaFilm
2014Madam SecretaryPrime Minister Jaya Verma · 2 episodesSeries
2014Learning to DriveJasleenFilm
2013AdmissionRachaelFilm
2013InnocenceDr. Vera KentFilm
2012ElementaryGira PalSeries
2012Generation Um...LilyFilm
2012GaybyUshmaFilm
2011HomelandMira Berenson · 31 episodesSeries
2011Death in ParadiseAvitaSeries
2009The Good WifeSimran VermaSeries
2009KingsHelen Pardis · 6 episodesSeries
2009Between UsPreetFilm
2009The PhilanthropistSeries
2009Coup de GrâceFilm
2008The Accidental HusbandSunnyFilm
2008Woman In BurkaSaritaFilm
2007DamagesSleep Therapist · 2 episodesSeries
2006Lady in the WaterAnna RanFilm
2005The War WithinFarida S. ChoudhuryFilm
2005L’est de la brúixolaDabashreeFilm
2004She Hate MeSongFilm
2004The Breakup ArtistMonaFilm
2004MarmaladeAngelicaFilm
2003It Runs in the FamilySuzieFilm
2003Rhythm of the SaintsMarielaFilm
2002Just a KissColleenFilm
20013 A.M.BoxFilm
2001100 Centre StreetJulia Brooks · 4 episodesSeries
2001Trigger HappyAlisonFilm
2001RestlessJane TalwaniFilm
2000DeadlineSahira OndaatjeSeries
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitVanessa BlakeSeries
1999GloriaAngelaFilm
1998A Perfect MurderRaquel MartinezFilm
1998High ArtJoanFilm
1997Kama Sutra: A Tale of LoveTara, the QueenFilm
1997Subway StoriesHumera (segment "Honey-Getter")Film
1997Dinner PartyRosieFilm
1997Story of the Red RoseInfantaFilm
1996Fresh KillShareen LightfootFilm
1995The Perez FamilyJosetteFilm
1995Down Came a BlackbirdMyrnaFilm
1993The House of the SpiritsPanchaFilm
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDr. Gita Kalyani · 5 episodesSeries
1993Wild WestRifatFilm
1992Voices of the MorningFilm
1991Mississippi MasalaMinaFilm
1990Law & OrderNadira HarringtonSeries
—RefugeA...Film