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Nimmi Harasgama

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Nimmi Harasgama is a British-Sri Lankan award winning actor and writer. In May 2021 Nimmi was nominated for best "Drama Performance" by the British National Television Awards for her portrayal of series regular Nurse Mari on The Good Karma Hospital (ITV).

In 2020 Nimmi played the female lead, Amma/Nalini, in Deepa Mehta's film Funny Boy.

Nimmi acts in English, Sinhala, and Tamil. Her performance in the Sinhala film August Sun won her the Best Actress award at the Las Palmas International Film Festival and the Vishwa Keerthi, the highest arts award in Sri Lanka. She was the lead in the Tamil short I Too Have A Name, which was in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Nimmi plays series regular, Nurse Mari, on The Good Karma Hospital which is set to film its fourth series in 2021. She can also be seen in the Netflix series Requiem as Detective Alice Brenton.

In British Indie film Hello Darling Nimmi she plays Aanya. The film has won numerous Best Film awards internationally.

Nimmi began her career in theatre. Her last theatre appearance was as the Snow Queen in the West End production of The Snow Queen.

Nimmi has written all her life but her first published/performed work was commissioned by UK theatre company Tamasha. Auntie Netta's Holiday For Asylum was a one woman show based on her YouTube character Auntie Netta. The show premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Her play 'My Homemade Kite' was part of Kali Theatre's (UK) 'Women In War' Series and had a rehearsed reading at Tristan Bates Theatre. She is currently in development to have a full production both in the UK and the US.

Her TV show Brown Girl Panic has been optioned by Blue Bear Production Company and recently had a rehearsed reading commissioned by SKY TV (UK). She is also a story consultant and writer for an animated series that is in development by Blue Bear Productions.

Nimmi is co-writing a screenplay based on an Indian novel for GURU productions.

Her most recent character, Brûlée, a parody of social media influencers, has taken Sri Lankan Instagram by storm. Brûlée joins Auntie Netta, Nimmi's longtime YouTube character who was reborn during the 80 days of 24/7 COVID-19 curfew her family experienced in Sri Lanka. Auntie Netta became a Goodwill Ambassador for WHO's Sri Lanka's campaign on educating people about COVID-19 safety during that time.

Nimmi is a committed for Human Rights advocate. She has a BA in Drama and Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths College (University of London). She trained at Groundlings Improv School and Lesly Kahn & Co Drama School in LA. and the New York Film Academy in NYC. During and after the war in Sri Lanka, Nimmi utilized her training with John Martin (Pan Intercultural Arts) and Augusto Boal (Theatre for the Oppressed) in her work with war and tsunami affected children and young adults. These projects were located in the North and East and were conducted through the British Council and Save The Children. She has also worked with young adult refugees In the UK through Pan Intercultural Arts.

Much of Nimmi's writing has to do with her own experiences of being an immigrant and her work with refugees.
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Nimmi Harasgama, Deepa Mehta, and Brandon Ingram at the premiere of their film 'Funny Boy'
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Nimmi Harasgama at the premiere of her film 'Hello Darlin'
BTS of Nimmi Harasgama & Deepa Mehta during filming of Funny Boy
Nimmi Harasgama & Shivantha Wijesinha - still from Funny Boy
Nimmi Harasgama and Deepa Mehta at the premiere of their film 'Funny Boy'
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Red Carpet for Hot Mess Holiday premiere
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Nimmi Harasgama & make-up artist Beki Goulding BTS The Good Karma Hospital
Nimmi Harasgama & D'Lo at the premiere of 'Hot Mess Holiday'

Known for:

Funny Boy (2020)
Funny Boy
6.5
  • Amma
  • 2020
The Good Karma Hospital (2017)
The Good Karma Hospital
7.9
TV Series
  • Mari Rodriguez
Lydia Wilson in Requiem (2018)
Requiem
6.4
TV Mini Series
  • DI Alice Brenton
Hello Darlin' (2020)
Hello Darlin'
6.2
  • Aanya
  • 2020

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Actress

  • Chennai Story
    • In Production
  • Unforgotten (2015)
    Unforgotten
    • Seema
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • The Good Karma Hospital (2017)
    The Good Karma Hospital
    • Mari Rodriguez
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2022
  • Funny Boy (2020)
    Funny Boy
    • Amma
    • 2020
  • Hello Darlin' (2020)
    Hello Darlin'
    • Aanya
    • 2020
  • Lydia Wilson in Requiem (2018)
    Requiem
    • DI Alice Brenton
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • The Great Rudapest Motel
    • Madame
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Nimmi Harasgama in Enakkum oru per (2012)
    Enakkum oru per
    • Sister
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Angela Lonsdale, Eva Alexander, and Tom Frederic in Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    • Linda Sahota
    • Dr. Shareen Patel
    • Mira Chopra
    • TV Series
    • 2005–2011
  • Shafted
    • Sharma
    • Short
    • 2009
  • Flowers of the Sky (2008)
    Flowers of the Sky
    • Priya
    • 2008
  • Nimmi Harasgama, Nita Fernando, and Angela Seneviratne in Nisala Gira (2007)
    Nisala Gira
    • 2007
  • Mother Teresa (2003)
    Mother Teresa
    • Sister Celes
    • TV Movie
    • 2003
  • Ira Madiyama (2003)
    Ira Madiyama
    • 2003
  • Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997)
    Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor
    • Christina
    • TV Movie
    • 1997

Producer

  • Christmas 2021 with Auntie Netta & Dush
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2021
  • Frontline/World (2002)
    Frontline/World
    • associate producer
    • TV Series
    • 2002

Writer

  • Chennai Story
    • Writer
    • In Production
  • Christmas 2021 with Auntie Netta & Dush
    • developed by (creator)
    • TV Special
    • 2021

Videos7

Nimmi Harasgama Show Reel
Demo Reel 2:49
Nimmi Harasgama Show Reel
Trailer for Sri Lankan Talk Show
Demo Reel 1:45
Trailer for Sri Lankan Talk Show
Sinhala & Tamil Show Reel
Demo Reel 2:42
Sinhala & Tamil Show Reel
Nimmi Harasgama Short Show Reel (English)
Demo Reel 2:34
Nimmi Harasgama Short Show Reel (English)
Nimmi Harasgama Demo Reel
Demo Reel 7:24
Nimmi Harasgama Demo Reel
Season 4 Official Trailer
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Season 4 Official Trailer
Official Trailer
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Official Trailer

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  • Born
    • Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    • Female

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