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Archie Panjabi

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Archie is an Emmy Award winning British actress best known for her role as Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife, for which she was nominated for an Emmy three times in a row and went on to to be honored with a Golden Globe Nomination. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed East Is East which won a Bafta for Best Film. She then went onto star in the Bafta and Golden Globe nominated international hit Bend It Like Beckham. She appeared in John Le Carre's The Constant Gardener, which was nominated for 10 Bafta's and won an Oscar and went on to work alongside Angelina Jolie in the gut wrenching A Mighty Heart. Archie then went on to star in 2 Bafta winning Netflix/BBC series; The Fall, opposite Gillian Anderson as well as Shetland. She recently starred on the American TV hit Blindspot and in the International blockbuster earthquake movie San Andreas opposite Dwayne Johnson. The New Year will see Archie lead the highly anticipated 6 part drama Next Of Kin on ITV.
BornMay 31, 1972
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BornMay 31, 1972
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 6 wins & 15 nominations total

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Archie Panjabi
Archie Panjabi
Archie Panjabi in Yasmin (2004)
Archie Panjabi in The Good Wife (2009)
Archie Panjabi in The Good Wife (2009)
Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles, Alan Cumming, Christine Baranski, Matt Czuchry, Chris Noth, and Archie Panjabi in The Good Wife (2009)
Archie Panjabi in The Peculiar Second Marriage of Archie Jones (2002)
Archie Panjabi in The Happiness Salesman (2010)
Archie Panjabi in The Happiness Salesman (2010)
Archie Panjabi in The Happiness Salesman (2010)
Archie Panjabi in The Happiness Salesman (2010)
Archie Panjabi in The Happiness Salesman (2010)

Known for

Dwayne Johnson in San Andreas (2015)
San Andreas
6.1
  • Serena Johnson
  • 2015
I Origins (2014)
I Origins
7.3
  • Priya Varma
  • 2014
Russell Crowe in A Good Year (2006)
A Good Year
6.9
  • Gemma
  • 2006
Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife (2009)
The Good Wife
8.4
TV Series
  • Kalinda Sharma

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Actress

  • Fairytale
    • Dr. Jeanne
    • In Production
  • Hijack
    • Zahra Gahfoor
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
  • Under the Bridge
    • Suman Virk
    • Pre-production
  • Christopher Plummer, Kris Holden-Ried, Jason O'Mara, and Archie Panjabi in Departure (2019)
    Departure
    • Kendra Malley
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2022
  • Jennifer Connelly, Sean Bean, and Daveed Diggs in Snowpiercer (2020)
    Snowpiercer
    • Asha
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Michelle Ang and Dee Bradley Baker in Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021)
    Star Wars: The Bad Batch
    • Depa Billaba (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Blindspot (2015)
    Blindspot
    • Nas Kamal
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2020
  • I Know This Much Is True (2020)
    I Know This Much Is True
    • Dr. Patel
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson in Run (2020)
    Run
    • Fiona Hatwal
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • David Jason in Still Open All Hours (2013)
    Still Open All Hours
    • Jasmine
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Jack Davenport and Archie Panjabi in Next of Kin (2018)
    Next of Kin
    • Mona Harcourt
    • Mona Shirani
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Controversy
    • Jourdan Price
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • Michael Weatherly in The Necklace (2016)
    Bull
    • Arti Cander
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Will Arnett in BoJack Horseman (2014)
    BoJack Horseman
    • Tilda Madison (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • The Jury
    • Kim
    • TV Movie
    • 2016
  • Power Monkeys (2016)
    Power Monkeys
    • Preeya
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2016
  • Shetland (2013)
    Shetland
    • Asha Israni
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine
    • Lieutenant Singh
    • TV Series
    • 2015

Producer

  • Christopher Plummer, Kris Holden-Ried, Jason O'Mara, and Archie Panjabi in Departure (2019)
    Departure
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2022
  • Jack Davenport and Archie Panjabi in Next of Kin (2018)
    Next of Kin
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018

Soundtrack

  • Parminder Nagra in Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
    Bend It Like Beckham
    • performer: "Hot Hot Hot" (1983)
    • 2002
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The Infidel
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The Infidel
The Infidel
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The Infidel
A Mighty Heart
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A Mighty Heart
A Mighty Heart
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A Mighty Heart
A Mighty Heart
Interview 0:51
A Mighty Heart
A Mighty Heart
Interview 0:37
A Mighty Heart
A Mighty Heart
Interview 0:28
A Mighty Heart
A Mighty Heart
Interview 0:46
A Mighty Heart
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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Archie Panabi
  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • May 31, 1972
    • Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Rajesh Nihalani1998 - present
  • Parents
      Padma Panjabi
  • Other works
    TV commercial for AA car breakdown service (2000)
  • Publicity listings
    • 6 Interviews
    • 4 Articles
    • 8 Pictorials
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    For her role on The Good Wife (2009), she was named one of the "Eight Actors Who Turn Television into Art", in the cover story of The New York Times Magazine (9/11/11). Also named as one of the Top 10 Faces on TV to Watch. (Variety, 2009).
  • Quotes
    I'd love to do a romantic comedy. And perhaps, if the character was right and I had a good gut instinct, a Bollywood movie. And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of 'The Good Wife.'

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