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Film & TV
Leicester, England, UK
Parminder Kaur Nagra (born October 5, 1975) is an English actress of Indian descent. She came to international prominence through Bend It Like Beckham. She starred on ER for six years.
Known for
- The Kiss List — Asha2023
- Maternal — Dr. Maryam Afridi2023
- DI Ray — DI Rachita Ray2022
- Intergalactic — Rebecca Harper2021
- Awaken — Rakhi Singh2020
- Five Feet Apart — Dr. Noor Hamid2019
- Piney: The Lonesome Pine — Bus Driver2019
- Bird Box — Dr. Lapham2018
- God Friended Me — Pria Amar2018
- 13 Reasons Why — Priya Singh2017
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Key facts
- Born
- Parminder Kaur Nagra , ( 1975-10-05 ) 5 October 1975 (age 50) , Leicester , England
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1991–present
- Spouse
- James Stenson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2009 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2013 )
- Partner
- Kieran Creggan (1996–2000)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leicester
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Parminder Nagra by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Hollywood Hills
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- Parminder Nagra
- date of birth
- 1975-10-05
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- nominated for
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
- social media followers
- 39682
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Encyclopedic overview
Parminder Kaur Nagra (born 5 October 1975) is a British actress. She gained prominence through her roles as Jess Bhamra in the film Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the NBC medical drama ER (2003–2009). Her other television roles include Meera Malik in the first season of the NBC crime drama The Blacklist (2013–2014) and a recurring role as Ellen Nadeer in season four of the ABC/Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016–2017). More recently, Nagra starred as the titular character of the ITV series DI Ray (2022–2024).
Early life and education
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