Archie Panjabi
Archie Panjabi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Archana Punjabi |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1995-present |
Archana "Archie" Panjabi (born May 31, 1972) is an British actress recognized for her roles in the 1999 film East is East, the 2002 comedy film Bend It Like Beckham and as Kalinda Sharma on the current CBS television series The Good Wife.
Personal life
Archie Panjabi (Archana Punjabi) was born in west London. She is married to Raj Nihlipandi.
Career
Panjabi has taken acting roles in both film and television, from early appearances in the 1999 comedy film East is East to the recent BBC television series Life on Mars. Her first Hollywood role was in 2005 as a British diplomat in the Oscar-winning The Constant Gardener in 2005; one of her most high-profile roles was in the 2002 comedy release Bend It Like Beckham.
In 2007, Panjabi appeared with Angelina Jolie in the movie adaptation of A Mighty Heart, a book by Mariane Pearl, wife of the journalist Daniel Pearl, playing the role of former Wall Street Journal reporter Asra Nomani.
Panjabi has also provided the voices for several characters in the British children's television animation Postman Pat.[1]
Panjabi lent her voice to the video game Dead Space: Extraction.
Panjabi appeared on the BBC Four World Cinema Award show in February 2008, arguing the merits of five international hits such as The Lives of Others and Pan's Labyrinth with Jonathan Ross and Christopher Eccleston.
In 2009 she portrayed an MI5 agent in the French movie Espion(s), and in the same year she joined the cast of the new television series The Good Wife as Kalinda Sharma.
Awards
On August 29, 2010, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role on The Good Wife.[2][3]
Her performance in A Mighty Heart earned her The Chopard Trophy for a Breakout Performance at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2005, she won the Shooting Star Award for her role as the title character in Yasmin at the Berlin Film Festival, and the Best Actress award in the same year at the Reims Film Festival.
Filmography
| Year | Film/TV Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Under the Moon | Heena | TV movie |
| 1996 | The Thin Blue Line | Episode: "Alternative Culture" | |
| 1999 | East is East | Meenah Khan | |
| 2000 | Tough Love | Chandra | TV movie |
| In The Beginning | Basya, Pharaoh's Daughter | TV movie | |
| Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show | various roles | TV series | |
| 2001 | A Mind to Kill | Lamisa Khan | Episode: "Colour Blind" |
| Murder in Mind | WPC Jill Evans | Episode: "Vigilante" | |
| The Bill | Shanaz Arad | Episodes: "Home Run", "A Pound of Flesh" | |
| Delilah | Adult Pim | ||
| Ivor the Invisible | Leila | (voice) | |
| 2002 | Single Voices | Episode: "Little Englander" | |
| Bend It Like Beckham | Pinky Bhamra | ||
| The Secret | Nadia's Probation Officer | TV movie | |
| Holby City | Ali Safron | Episode: "From This Moment On" | |
| White Teeth | Alsana | TV movie | |
| My Family | Dental Assistant | Episode: "Of Mice and Ben" | |
| Arranged Marriage | Shashi | ||
| 2003 | Cross My Heart | Sumi | |
| This Little Life | Niala | TV movie | |
| Final Demand | Farida | TV movie | |
| Code 46 | Check In | ||
| The Canterbury Tales | Clare | Episode: "The Man of Law's Tale" | |
| 2003–2004 | Grease Monkeys | Rita Dhillon | 20 episodes |
| 2004 | Sea of Souls | Megan Sharma | 6 episodes |
| Yasmin | Yasmin | Best Actress Award (Reims Film Festival) Shooting Star Award (Berlin Film Festival) | |
| 2005 | Chromophobia | Sarita | |
| The Constant Gardener | Ghita Pearson | ||
| A Very Social Secretary | Ashley | TV movie | |
| 2006 | A Good Year | Gemma | |
| 2006, 2007 | Life on Mars | Maya Roy | Episode #1.1, Episode #2.6 |
| 2007 | Lezioni di volo | Sharmila | English Title: Flying Lessons |
| I Could Never Be Your Woman | Casting Girl | ||
| A Mighty Heart | Asra Nomani | Chopard Trophy | |
| Silent Witness | Amita Joshi | Episodes: "Peripheral Vision: Part 1", "Peripheral Vision: Part 2" | |
| 2008 | Traitor | Chandra Dawkin | |
| 2009 | The Happiest Salesman | Karen | |
| Espion(s) | Anna | ||
| Personal Affairs | Jane Lesser | 5 episodes | |
| 2009–present | The Good Wife | Kalinda Sharma | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| 2010 | The Infidel | Saamiya Nasir |
References
External links
- Archie Panjabi Official Web Site
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- The Good Wife—CBS Site
- A review of Yasmin.
- Brunel University alumni magazine (Panjabi appears on page 16).
- "Indian ethnicity helped: Archie". Hindustan Times, June 23, 2007.