
Ayesha Dharker
Biography
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.…
Filmography

RSC Live: Othello
2015 · 10.0

National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage
2022 · 10.0

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005 · 9.0

The Father
2020 · 8.1

Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
1989 · 7.8

Doctor Who
2005 · 7.6

Vera
2011 · 7.4

Waking the Dead
2001 · 7.2

Waterloo Road
2006 · 7.1

Cutting It
2002 · 7.0

Critical
2015 · 6.9

The Terrorist
1998 · 6.9

Little Crackers
2010 · 6.8

Arabian Nights
2000 · 6.8

City of Joy
1992 · 6.6

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · 6.6

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2026 · 6.5

Outsourced
2007 · 6.4

The Mistress of Spices
2005 · 6.2

The Indian Doctor
2010 · 6.0
Original Comedy Shorts
2014 · 6.0

Anita and Me
2002 · 6.0
The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village
2016 · 6.0

Colour Me Kubrick
2005 · 5.7

Split Wide Open
1999 · 5.7

Finding Alice
2021 · 5.6

The Mystic Masseur
2001 · 5.5

Loins of Punjab Presents
2007 · 5.4

Mad Sad & Bad
2009 · 4.7

Saaz
1997 · 4.5

Red Alert: The War Within
2010 · 4.4

Hideous Man
2002 · 4.0

Richard II
2019 · 0.0

CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet
2021 · 0.0

National Theatre Live: The Jungle Book
2027 · 0.0

National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin
2024 · 0.0

Jubilee
2009 · 0.0