Poorna Jagannathan
Poorna Jagannathan is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in HBO's Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated show, The Night Of, as well as playing the lead in the Bollywood cult comedy film Delhi Belly. She also initiated and produced the play Nirbhaya, written and directed by Yael Farber, which dealt with breaking the silence about sexual violence. Her play won the 2013 'Amnesty International Award' and was called by The Telegraph as the "One of the most powerful pieces of theater you'll ever see". Jagannathan was featured among the top 10 in Femina magazine's "India's 50 most beautiful women" in 2012 and in 2014, she was named among the top 50 most powerful women in India. She was most recently a series regular on Gypsy, a Netflix original series, and part of the ensemble cast for HBO's new anthology series, Room 104, by the Duplass brothers. Her new film, Share, directed by Pippa Bianco and produced by A24, is slated for a 2019 release on HBO. In May 2018, Deadline announced that Jagannathan was joining the cast of the HBO series Big Little Lies, as a new recurring character.
The Circle
as Dr. Jessica VillalobosA young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the...
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A straight-laced bank manager is about to marry the love of his life. When his bank is held up...
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An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must...
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Awake
as Dr. Neyer's NurseWhile undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’,...
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The Weather Man
as NY PedestrianA Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and...
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Carrie Pilby
as FlissAwkward, isolated and disapproving of most of the people around her, a precocious 19-year-old...
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Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
as RiyanaBunny and Naina meet when they graduate from college and again in their late 20s.
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Thanks for Sharing
as Lili KazhaniA romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a...
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She Hate Me
as Song's GirlfriendFired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
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Delhi Belly
as Menaka VashishtThree unsuspecting, average guys find themselves on the hit list of one of India's most-powerful...
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
as MiraA conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their...
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Turtles All the Way Down
as Dr. SinghAza confronts her potential for love, happiness, friendship, and hope while navigating an...
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Share
as KerriAfter discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy...
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The Dead Center
as Sarah GreyWhen a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted...
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Growing Up Smith
as Nalini BhatnagarIn 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their...
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An Actor Prepares
as Dr. FisherAfter suffering a heart attack, a world-famous and hard-drinking actor is forced to drive across...
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Daisy Winters
as Annabel KumarAn eleven year-old girl's unconventional yet deeply loving relationship with her mother is...
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House Comes with a Bird
as LangleyIt’s quintessentially late afternoon Californian sun. The eponymous house gently hosts a number...
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Alia's Birth
as uncreditedA rocky relationship between a lesbian couple forces them to spend the night apart.
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Dealbreaker
as Fran's girlfriendA short centered on the dating adventures of Fran, a 30-year-old New Yorker.
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I'll Show You Mine
as PriyaAn author, who made a career by examining her own trauma sits down to interview her nephew for a...
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Maya SamraIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
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Law & Order
as Rehana KhemlaniIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Dr. SikhThe third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...
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Better Call Saul
as Dr. Maureen BrucknerSix years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul...
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The Blacklist
as Nirah AhmadRaymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI...
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Taken
as Judith ChapmanThe origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a...
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Never Have I Ever
as Dr. Nalini VishwakumarAfter a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but...
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Made in Hollywood
as SelfMade in Hollywood is a talk show hosted by Kylie Erica Mar and Julie L. Harkness airing in...
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Room 104
as Divya (voice)An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a...
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Defending Jacob
as Elizabeth VogelA family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a...
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Messiah
as Sanjana MirzaA wary CIA officer investigates a charismatic man who sparks a spiritual movement and stirs...
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The Night Of
as Safar KhanAfter a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death...
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The Act
as Lakshmi ChandraA seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with...
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Gypsy
as Larin InamdarThe journey of Jean Holloway – a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate...
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The Wilds
as Rana JadmaniA group of teen girls from different backgrounds must fight for survival after a plane crash...
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Sorry For Your Loss
as Matt's PsychiatristThe sudden death of her husband upends and transforms every relationship in Leigh Shaw’s life....
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