Amara Karan

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Amara Karunakaran[1] (born 1 January 1984) is an English stage and film actress.[2]

Biography

Karan was born to Sri Lankan Tamil parents who had emigrated from Zambia to Britain two years before she was born. She was brought up in Wimbledon and attended Wimbledon High School.[3]

Karan went on to study at St Catherine's College, Oxford[4] and while there began acting in amateur plays including Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World at the Burton Taylor Theatre for which she received rave reviews[5] and was also singled out for her performance in When We Are Married at the Old Fire Station theatre.[6] During her time at Oxford, Karan wrote, directed, produced, and acted in a short film, By Myself, which came in second place in the 2002 Shoestring Shorts Competition.[7]

Karan began her career as an investment banker (at Hawkpoint and CIBC World Markets) specialising in mergers and acquisitions,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". before studying for an MA degree in actingScript error: No such module "Unsubst". at The Arts Educational Schools London.[8]

In 2007, Karan made her film debut as Rita in Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited (2007), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, and as Peaches in St Trinian's (2007).[9] In 2008, Karan made her stage debut as Jessica in an RSC production of The Merchant of Venice and as Bianca in an RSC production of The Taming of the Shrew. With the latter, she made her West End debut at the Novello Theatre.Template:Fact

In 2008, Karan carried the Olympic Torch during its time in London.[10]

In 2016, Karan co-starred on the HBO crime drama mini-series, The Night Of. In 2012, she co-starred in the film A Fantastic Fear of Everything.Template:Fact

Since 2016, Karan has been in a relationship with the actor Jamie de Courcey.[11]

Filmography

Film

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2007 The Darjeeling Limited Rita
St Trinian's Peaches
2011 The Task Toni
2012 All in Good Time Vina
A Fantastic Fear of Everything Sangeet
2013 Jadoo Shalini [12]
2017 Those Four Walls Jasmine
2018 The Death and Life of John F. Donovan Mrs. Kureishi
2023 T.I.M. Rose
2024 House of Spoils Hiral Sen

Television

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2007 The Bill Abha Chaudhari Season 23, Episode 46 "Match Day Violence"
2008 Agatha Christie's Poirot Princess Shaista Season 11, Episode 2 "Cat Among the Pigeons" [13]
2011 Doctor Who Rita Season 6, Episode 11 "The God Complex"
2011–2012 Kidnap and Ransom Carrie Heath, Dominic's assistant 5 episodes
2013 Ambassadors Isabel Main cast, three-episode serial
2014 Goodness Gracious Me various roles Reunion special
2016 The Night Of Chandra Kapoor 6 episodes
2016–2018 Stan Lee's Lucky Man DS Suri Chohan 28 episodes [14]
2017 Bancroft Anya Karim 4 episodes
2019 The Twilight Zone Rena Episode 1 "The Comedian"
2021 Midsomer Murders Adele Paige Episode 1 "Scarecrow Murders"
2021–2022 Hope Street DC Leila Hussain Main cast
2022 Moonhaven Indira Mare Main cast
2023 Culprits Doctor Recurring role

Radio

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2007 The Making of a Marchioness Lady Agatha Frances Hodgson Burnett for BBC Radio 4
2017 The Beard Thea Collins Timothy X Atack for BBC Radio 4

Theatre

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2008 The Taming of the Shrew Bianca The Courtyard Theatre
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England 		Royal Shakespeare Company
The Merchant of Venice Jessica The Courtyard Theatre
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England 		Royal Shakespeare Company
2009 The Taming of the Shrew Bianca The Novello Theatre
London, England 		Royal Shakespeare Company
2012 Much Ado About Nothing Hero The Courtyard Theatre
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England 		[15]
2022 Bloody Difficult Women Gina Miller Riverside Studios
London, England 		[16]

Video games

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2017 Dark Souls III Sister Friede

References

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  8. ↑ http://www.artsed.co.uk/students.asp Arts Ed Students
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  11. ↑ Jimi Famurewa: Amara Karan, The Night Of interview: 'I've not signed for a Season 2, but there's a huge appetite for moreTemplate:'. Evening Standard, 26 August 2016
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