Indira Varma

English actress

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Film & TV

Acting · Bath, Somerset, England, UK

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).

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Frank & Louis2026
The Other Bennet Sister — Mrs. Gardiner2026
The Assessment — Ambika2025
Coldwater — Fiona2025
The Trouble with Jessica — Jessica2024
Macbeth — Lady Macbeth2024
Maya: Birth of a Superhero — Maya (Superhero)2024
Creature Commandos — The Bride (voice)2024
Doctor Who — Duchess of Pemberton2024
Disclaimer — Narrator (voice)2024

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Listeners: 165
Total plays: 715

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome
· 2013 · cited 8,798x
GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,081x
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,396x
Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,094x
Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy
· 2012 · cited 3,960x

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Quotes

“There's a difference between knowing it or reading it, and seeing it. When I first read it, I was like, "Okay, it's real." But for me, it was more words or ideas; a conversation. And it turned out to be just real facts! It's set in the future, of course, but it was there. And I felt more concerned.”
“I had to read up a little bit on geoengineering, and the pros and cons of it, because I didn't really know that much about it. I needed to understand what her viewpoint was in order to be able to enter into that debate with her ex-husband, Jonathan. I needed to be convinced by why she was choosing that. That's kind of what I did.”

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Key facts

Born: Indira Anne Varma , ( 1973-09-27 ) 27 September 1973 (age 52) , United Kingdom
Alma mater: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations: Actress narrator
Years active: 1996–present
Spouse: Colin Tierney

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Image: Stuttgart 2022 -Comic Con Germany-Indira Varma- by-RaBoe 001 (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 1

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date of birth: 1973-09-27
name in native language: Indira Anne Varma
start of work period: 1996-00-00
birth name: Indira Anne Varma
Commons category: Indira Varma
social media followers: 13750

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Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress and narrator. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996). She is known for her television roles, such as playing Niobe in the BBC and HBO series Rome (2005–07), Suzie Costello in the BBC series Torchwood (2006), Zoe Luther in the BBC series Luther (2010), Ilsa Pucci in Human Target (2010–11), Ellaria Sand in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2014–2017), and The Bride in the DCU/Max adult animated series Creature Commandos (2024–present).

In September 2016 she began starring in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid as DS Nina Suresh. She has also worked extensively in the theatre, winning a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Present Laughter (2019) and receiving an additional nomination for her performance in Oedipus (2025).