Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 24, 1970
Place of Birth:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Rekha Sharma
Biography
Rekha Shanti Sharma is a Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of Tory Foster on Battlestar Galactica.
Her ancestors are from the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, which they left during the British period. Her family resettled in the Fiji Islands and her parents moved to Canada. She has an older brother, Sunil, who is nine years her senior. Their father is a Hindu priest.
Sharma started to pursue acting as a career in her 20s. She has stage experience but also appeared in television series like Da Vinci's City Hall, House M.D., The Lone Gunmen, Smallville, Supernatural, John Doe, Dark Angel, The Twilight Zone, Sanctuary, Hellcats, The Listener, and the 2009 re-imagined television series of V.
She also appeared in the movies The Core, Tasmanian Devils, and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. For fun, she paints and plays the sarangi, a stringed musical instrument.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bidet | Nirmala |
| 2023 | Make Me a Match | Raina |
| 2021 | Baking Spirits Bright | Mira Varma |
| 2021 | Traces | Emily |
| 2019 | Stood Up | Mya |
| 2019 | Mystery 101: Playing Dead | Bella Brightman |
| 2019 | When the Train Stops | Chief Deputy Karen Blake |
| 2019 | To Have and to Hold | Gina |
| 2019 | My Father, My Kidnapper | Detective Webb |
| 2016 | Her Dark Past | Dr. Karen Mathur |
| 2015 | No Men Beyond This Point | Ajala Bhatt |
| 2014 | Til Death Do Us Part | Det. Ruthers |
| 2013 | Tasmanian Devils | Lisbon |
| 2009 | Battlestar Galactica: The Plan | Tory Foster |
| 2009 | Love Happens | Nose-Ring |
| 2008 | Gym Teacher: The Movie | Reporter #1 |
| 2007 | Aliens vs Predator: Requiem | Nurse Helen |
| 2007 | Whisper | Mora |
| 2006 | Fierce People | Social Worker (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Memory | Becka |
| 2005 | Edison | Prosecutor |
| 2003 | The Core | Danni |
| 2003 | The Stranger Beside Me | Dr. Thurston |
| 2003 | The Invitation | Wife |
| 2002 | Liberty Stands Still | Usherette |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Avatar the Last Airbender | Amita |
| 2022 | The Imperfects | Dr. Dominique Crain |
| 2021 | Yellowjackets | Jessica Roberts |
| 2020 | Transplant | Neeta Devi |
| 2020 | Transplant | Neeta Davi |
| 2019 | Another Life | Ursula Monroe |
| 2019 | Roswell, New Mexico | Shivani |
| 2017 | Star Trek: Discovery | Commander Landry |
| 2014 | The 100 | Dr. Tsing |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Willima |
| 2012 | Arrow | Claire Abott |
| 2010 | Nikita | Nisha Patel |
| 2010 | The Cult | Nisha |
| 2009 | V | Sarita Malik |
| 2009 | The Listener | Lynn Kendall |
| 2008 | Sanctuary | Amy Saunders |
| 2005 | Supernatural | Kaali |
| 2004 | Battlestar Galactica | Tory Foster |
| 2004 | House | Melanie Landon |
| 2002 | John Doe | Stella |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | Kate Danvers |
| 2001 | Smallville | Dr. Harden |
| 2001 | The Lone Gunmen | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Convention attendee (uncredited) |
| 2000 | Dark Angel | Beverly Hing (Coroner) |
| 2000 | Dark Angel | Dr. Beverly Shankar |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Reese |