Actor
Ayesha Dharker
March 16, 1978 · Bombay, India
Ayesha Dharker (born March 16, 1978 in Mumbai, India) is an Indian actress. She is known for her performance in the Tamil Indian film, The Terrorist (1999), for which she was awarded Best Artistic Contribution by an Actress at the Cairo International Film Festival and nominated for a Chlotrudis Award and National Film Award for Best Actress. She has also appeared in Hollywood films such as Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and The Mistress of Spices, television series such as Arabian Nights, and the West End and Broadway musical Bombay Dreams.
Notable work
Often works with
Zohra Sehgal
3 titles together
The Mistress of Spices, Anita and Me, The Mystic Masseur
Sanjeev Bhaskar
3 titles together
Anita and Me, The Mystic Masseur, The Indian Doctor
Rufus Sewell
2 titles together
The Father, Arabian Nights
David Leon
2 titles together
Vera, Cutting It
Nitin Ganatra
2 titles together
The Mistress of Spices, Mad Sad & Bad
Om Puri
2 titles together
City of Joy, The Mystic Masseur
Full filmography · 35
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Gertrude
2026
National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin
as Aai
2024
National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage
as Marisa Coulter
2022
CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet
as Lady Capulet
2021
The Father
as Dr. Sarai
20208.1
Richard II
as Aumerle
2019
RSC Live: Othello
as Emilia
2015
Red Alert: The War Within
as Radhaka
2010
Jubilee
as Rani Mehta
2009
Mad Sad & Bad
as Roxy
2009
Outsourced
as Asha
20076.4
Loins of Punjab Presents
as Opama Menon
2007