
Indira Varma
Acting • Born 1973-09-27
Biography
Indira Anne Varma is an English stage and screen actress. She was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, in 1995. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She has gone on to appear in the television series The Canterbury Tales, Rome, Luther, Human Target, and Game of Thrones (as Ellaria Sand).
Filmography
89 credits
Basic Instinct 2
Movie • 2006
Denise Glass

Silent Hours
Movie • 2021
Dr. Catherine Benson

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Movie • 1997
Maya

The Quatermass Experiment
Movie • 2005
Judith Carroon

Bride & Prejudice
Movie • 2004
Kiran

Exodus: Gods and Kings
Movie • 2014
High Priestess

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Movie • 2005
Lucie "The dark lady"

Anna
Movie • 2013
Judith Morrow

One for the Road
Movie • 2001
Gila

National Theatre Live: The Seagull
Movie • 2022
Arkadina

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Movie • 2022
Self - Tala Durith

Mad Dogs
Movie • 2002
Narendra

The Beacon
Movie

National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
Movie • 2015
Ann Whitefield/Ana

The Trouble with Jessica
Movie • 2024
Jessica

Una
Movie • 2017
Sonia

Macbeth
Movie • 2024
Lady Macbeth

Mother Daughter
Movie

Vintage Blood
Movie • 2015
Izzy

The Whistle-Blower
Movie • 2001
Diane Crossman

Titus Andronicus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie • 2014
Tamora

Maya: Birth of a Superhero
Movie • 2024
Maya (Superhero)

Jinnah
Movie • 1998
Ruttie Jinnah

The Assessment
Movie • 2025
Ambika

Inside the Box
Movie • 2009
Catherine Powell

Sex and Death 101
Movie • 2007
Devon Sever

Reversals
Movie • 2003
Kathy Irwin

Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Movie • 2010
Self

Close
Movie • 2019
Rima Hassine

Unspeakable
Movie • 2017
Jo

Official Secrets
Movie • 2019
Shami Chakrabarti

The Machine
Movie • 2017
Hannah

Crisis
Movie • 2021
Madira Brower

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
Movie • 2019
Liz Essendine

Clancy's Kitchen
Movie • 1997
Kitty

Sixth Happiness
Movie • 1997
Amy

Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country
Movie • 2014
Vashti

Faith Healer
Movie • 2020
Grace

The Great British Skinny Dip
Movie • 2017
Host

The One and Only Ivan
Movie • 2020
Dr. Maya Wilson

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Movie • 2023
DIA

Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
Movie • 2005

Frank & Louis
Movie • 2026

Luther
TV • 2010
Zoe Luther

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
TV • 2002
Melissa Booth

Rome
TV • 2005
Niobe of the Voreni

3 lbs
TV • 2006
Adrianne Holland

Hustle
TV • 2004
D.C.I. Lucy Britford

Other People's Children
TV • 2000
Amy

Comanche Moon
TV • 2008
Therese Wanz

Human Target
TV • 2010
Ilsa Pucci

Psychos
TV • 1999

Moses Jones
TV • 2009
Dolly

Obsession
TV • 2023
Ingrid Farrow

Extrapolations
TV • 2023
Gita Mishra

Creature Commandos
TV • 2024
The Bride (voice)

The Whistleblowers
TV • 2007
Alisha Cole

Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings
TV • 2019
Narrator (Voice)

Hunted
TV • 2012
Natalie Thorpe

What Remains
TV • 2013
Elaine

Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs
TV • 2020
Narrator (Voice)

The Capture
TV • 2019
Khadija Khan

Canterbury Tales
TV • 2003
Meena

Broken News
TV • 2005
Melanie Bellamy

Love Soup
TV • 2005

Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Ellaria Sand

Paranoid
TV • 2016
Nina Suresh

The Legend of Vox Machina
TV • 2022
Lady Allura Vysoren (voice)

This Way Up
TV • 2019
Charlotte

Obi-Wan Kenobi
TV • 2022
Tala Durith

Torchwood
TV • 2006
Suzie Costello

Patrick Melrose
TV • 2018
Anne Moore

World Without End
TV • 2012
Mattie Wise

Doctor Who
TV • 2024
Duchess of Pemberton

Carnival Row
TV • 2019
Piety Breakspear

For Life
TV • 2020
Safiya Masry

Rebuilding Notre-Dame
TV • 2020
Narrator - (Voice)

Bones
TV • 2005
Inspector Cate Pritchard

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Bela Khan

Reported Missing
TV • 2017
Self - Narrator (voice)

Reported Missing
TV • 2017
Self - Narrator (voice)

Coldwater
TV • 2025
Fiona

Disclaimer
TV • 2024
Narrator (voice)

Attachments
TV • 2000
Sasha

Attachments
TV • 2000
Sacha

Dune: Prophecy
TV • 2024

The Night Manager
TV • 2016
Mayra Cavendish

Silk
TV • 2011
George Duggan

The Other Bennet Sister
TV • 2026
Mrs. Gardiner