Karen David
Acting • Born 1979-04-15
Biography
Karen Shenaz David (born 15 April 1979) is an Indian-born English/Canadian actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for starring as Spanish teacher Francesca 'Cesca' Montoya in Waterloo Road (2010–2011), Princess Isabella in Galavant (2015–2016), and Grace Mukherjee in Fear the Walking Dead (2019–2023). Other television credits include Cold Feet, Once Upon a Time, Legacies, Barry, and The Irrational. She has appeared in films such as Batman Begins (2005), The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008), Red Lights (2012), and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014).
Filmography
36 credits
Provoked: A True Story
Movie • 2007
Asha
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
Movie • 2008
Layla (as Karen David)
Flight of Fury
Movie • 2007
Barnes's Operational Soldier Flanders
Couples Retreat
Movie • 2009
Spa Attendant
In Hollywoodland
Movie • 2020
Queenie
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Movie • 2014
FBI Lead Agent
Land of Gold
Movie • 2023
Asha
Red Lights
Movie • 2012
Female Reporter #2
Eureka
Movie • 2007
Reporter
When Christmas Was Young
Movie • 2022
Melody Douglass
The Tiger Hunter
Movie • 2017
Ruby
Batman Begins
Movie • 2005
Courthouse Reporter #1
Isabel's Garden
Movie • 2024
Maya
Amar Akbar & Tony
Movie • 2015
Meera
Bollywood Queen
Movie • 2002
Neeta
Take 3 Girls
Movie • 2006
Lyla
The Paper Round
Movie • 2002
Police Woman
Belonging
TV • 2000
Top Buzzer
TV • 2004
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TV • 2021
Diya Laghari
Castle
TV • 2009
Sara El-Masri
The Colour of Magic
TV • 2008
Liessa
Galavant
TV • 2015
Isabella
Pantheon
TV • 2022
Justine's Mom / Receptionist (voice)
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Det. Rita Calderon
Waterloo Road
TV • 2006
Francesca Montoya
Touch
TV • 2012
Kayla Graham
The Irrational
TV • 2023
Rose Dinshaw
Strike Back
TV • 2010
Barmaid
Barry
TV • 2018
Sharon Lucado
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Mary Meadows
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
TV • 2017
Priya
Fear the Walking Dead
TV • 2015
Grace Mukherjee
Timeless
TV • 2016
Young Officer Denise Christopher (Dhriti Sirivastava)
Legacies
TV • 2018
Emma Tig
Once Upon a Time
TV • 2011
Jasmine