Indira Varma

Biography

Indira Anne Varma is an English stage and screen actress. She was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, in 1995. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She has gone on to appear in the television series The Canterbury Tales, Rome, Luther, Human Target, and Game of Thrones (as Ellaria Sand).

Known For

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Bela Khan

Game of Thrones

Ellaria Sand

Bones

Inspector Cate Pritchard

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Melissa Booth

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

DIA

Hustle

D.C.I. Lucy Britford

The Legend of Vox Machina

Lady Allura Vysoren (voice)

Silk

George Duggan

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Assessment	Ambika
2024	The Trouble with Jessica	Jessica
2024	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth
2024	Maya: Birth of a Superhero	Maya (Superhero)
2023	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One	DIA
2022	National Theatre Live: The Seagull	Arkadina
2022	Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return	Self - Tala Durith
2021	Silent Hours	Dr. Catherine Benson
2021	Crisis	Madira Brower
2020	Faith Healer	Grace
2020	The One and Only Ivan	Dr. Maya Wilson
2019	Close	Rima Hassine
2019	Official Secrets	Shami Chakrabarti
2019	National Theatre Live: Present Laughter	Liz Essendine
2017	Una	Sonia
2017	Unspeakable	Jo
2017	The Machine	Hannah
2017	The Great British Skinny Dip	Host
2015	National Theatre Live: Man and Superman	Ann Whitefield/Ana
2015	Vintage Blood	Izzy
2014	Exodus: Gods and Kings	High Priestess
2014	Titus Andronicus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe	Tamora
2014	Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country	Vashti
2013	Anna	Judith Morrow
2010	Harold Pinter: A Celebration	Self
2009	Inside the Box	Catherine Powell
2007	Sex and Death 101	Devon Sever
2006	Basic Instinct 2	Denise Glass
2005	The Quatermass Experiment	Judith Carroon
2005	A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets	Lucie "The dark lady"
2005	Bring Something Back: The Making of 'The Quatermass Experiment'
2004	Bride & Prejudice	Kiran
2003	Reversals	Kathy Irwin
2002	Mad Dogs	Narendra
2001	One for the Road	Gila
2001	The Whistle-Blower	Diane Crossman
1998	Jinnah	Ruttie Jinnah
1997	Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love	Maya
1997	Sixth Happiness	Amy
1997	Clancy's Kitchen	Kitty
	The Beacon
	Mother Daughter

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Creature Commandos	The Bride (voice)
2024	Doctor Who	Duchess of Pemberton
2024	Disclaimer	Narrator (voice)
2023	Obsession	Ingrid Farrow
2023	Extrapolations	Gita Mishra
2022	The Legend of Vox Machina	Lady Allura Vysoren (voice)
2022	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Tala Durith
2020	Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs	Narrator (Voice)
2020	For Life	Safiya Masry
2020	Rebuilding Notre-Dame	Narrator - (Voice)
2019	Secrets of Egypt's Valley of the Kings	Narrator (Voice)
2019	The Capture	Khadija Khan
2019	This Way Up	Charlotte
2019	Carnival Row	Piety Breakspear
2018	Patrick Melrose	Anne Moore
2017	Reported Missing	Self - Narrator (voice)
2017	Reported Missing	Self - Narrator (voice)
2016	Paranoid	Nina Suresh
2013	What Remains	Elaine
2012	Hunted	Natalie Thorpe
2012	World Without End	Mattie Wise
2011	Game of Thrones	Ellaria Sand
2011	Silk	George Duggan
2010	Luther	Zoe Luther
2010	Human Target	Ilsa Pucci
2009	Moses Jones	Dolly
2008	Comanche Moon	Therese Wanz
2007	The Whistleblowers	Alisha Cole
2006	3 LBS	Adrianne Holland
2006	Torchwood	Suzie Costello
2005	Rome	Niobe of the Voreni
2005	Broken News	Melanie Bellamy
2005	Love Soup
2005	Bones	Inspector Cate Pritchard
2004	Hustle	D.C.I. Lucy Britford
2003	Canterbury Tales	Meena
2002	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Melissa Booth
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Bela Khan
2000	Other People's Children	Amy
2000	Attachments	Sasha
2000	Attachments	Sacha
1999	Psychos
	Cold Water	Fiona