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Poorna Jagannathan

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1972-12-22

Birth Place

Tunis, Tunisia

Movies and TV shows :

Alia's Birth

Alia's Birth

2021

0.0

Movie
An Actor Prepares

An Actor Prepares

2018

5.7

Movie
Awake

Awake

2007

6.5

Movie
poster

Better Call Saul

2015

8.7

TV
Carrie Pilby

Carrie Pilby

2017

6.9

Movie
Daisy Winters

Daisy Winters

2017

7.0

Movie
Dealbreaker

Dealbreaker

2005

7.0

Movie
poster

Defending Jacob

2020

8.3

TV
Delhi Belly

Delhi Belly

2011

7.1

Movie
poster

Deli Boys

2025

0.0

TV
Goodrich

Goodrich

2024

5.7

Movie
Growing Up Smith

Growing Up Smith

2017

7.3

Movie
poster

Gypsy

2017

6.5

TV
House Comes with a Bird

House Comes with a Bird

2022

6.2

Movie
I'll Show You Mine

I'll Show You Mine

2022

4.2

Movie
poster

Lanterns

0.0

TV
poster

Law & Order

1990

7.4

TV
poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

7.6

TV
poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

7.9

TV
poster

Made in Hollywood

2005

4.0

TV
poster

Messiah

2020

7.2

TV
Mile 22

Mile 22

2018

6.2

Movie
Modern Day Arranged Marriage

Modern Day Arranged Marriage

2005

0.0

Movie
poster

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

7.5

TV
poster

Never Have I Ever

2020

8.1

TV
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

2011

5.9

Movie
poster

Rizzoli & Isles

2010

7.9

TV
poster

Room 104

2017

5.8

TV
Share

Share

2019

5.4

Movie
She Hate Me

She Hate Me

2004

5.1

Movie
poster

Sorry For Your Loss

2018

7.4

TV
poster

Starved

2005

4.3

TV
poster

Taken

2017

6.5

TV
Thanks for Sharing

Thanks for Sharing

2013

5.9

Movie
poster

The Act

2019

7.6

TV
poster

The Blacklist

2013

7.6

TV
The Circle

The Circle

2017

5.5

Movie
The Dead Center

The Dead Center

2019

5.7

Movie
poster

The Night Of

2016

8.0

TV
The Out-Laws

The Out-Laws

2023

6.0

Movie
The Weather Man

The Weather Man

2005

6.1

Movie
poster

The Wilds

2020

7.7

TV
Turtles All the Way Down

Turtles All the Way Down

2024

7.5

Movie
Wolfs

Wolfs

2024

6.5

Movie
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

2013

7.2

Movie