Sarita Choudhury
August 18, 1966 (60 years old) in Blackheath, London, England, UK
Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury (born 18 August 1966) is an English actress. Born in Blackheath, an affluent neighborhood in London, to an English mother and a Bengali father, Choudhury was raised in Jamaica, Mexico, Italy and England due to her father's work. She landed her breakout role starring opposite Denzel Washington in Mira Nair's romantic drama film Mississippi Masala (1991) despite never formally studying acting. Since then, she has appeared in numerous American and international film productions, including A Perfect Murder (1998), Spike Lee's She Hate Me (2004), Lady in the Water (2006), Midnight's Children (2012), and The Green Knight (2021).
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Credits
- 2026 · The Adding Machine as Daisy
- 2025 · Three Goodbyes as Doctor
- 2024 · Fallout as Lee Moldaver
- 2024 · Fallout as Kate Williams / Lee Moldaver
- 2022 · After Yang as Cleo
- 2022 · And Just Like That... The Documentary as Self
- 2021 · And Just Like That… as Seema Patel
- 2021 · The Green Knight as Mother
- 2020 · Here Comes Frieda as Yvonne
- 2020 · It Snows in Benidorm as Alex
- 2020 · Evil Eye as Usha
- 2020 · Little Fires Everywhere as Anita Rees
- 2019 · Modern Love as Therapist
- 2017 · After Louie as Maggie
- 2017 · The Last Photograph as Hannah
- 2016 · Divorce as Courtney
- 2016 · A Hologram for the King as Dr. Zahra Hakeem
- 2016 · Recon as
- 2015 · Marvel's Jessica Jones as Kith Lyonne
- 2015 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Egeria
- 2015 · Blindspot as Sophia Varma
- 2015 · Sweets as Sweets
- 2015 · Love Comes Later as
- 2015 · Words, Maps, Secrets and Other Things as Self - Actress
- 2015 · The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Self - Egeria
- 2014 · The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Egeria
- 2014 · Madam Secretary as Prime Minister Jaya Verma
- 2014 · Learning to Drive as Jasleen
- 2013 · Innocence as Dr. Vera Kent
- 2013 · Admission as Rachael
- 2012 · Elementary as Gira Pal
- 2012 · Gayby as Ushma
- 2012 · Generation Um... as Lily
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Avita
- 2011 · Homeland as Mira Berenson
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Simran Verma
- 2009 · The Philanthropist as
- 2009 · Between Us as Preet
- 2009 · Kings as Helen Pardis
- 2009 · Coup de Grâce as
- 2008 · The Accidental Husband as Sunny
- 2008 · Woman In Burka as Sarita
- 2007 · Damages as Sleep Therapist
- 2006 · Lady in the Water as Anna Ran
- 2005 · L’est de la brúixola as Dabashree
- 2005 · The War Within as Farida S. Choudhury
- 2004 · The Breakup Artist as Mona
- 2004 · She Hate Me as Song
- 2004 · Marmalade as Angelica
- 2003 · It Runs in the Family as Suzie
- 2003 · Rhythm of the Saints as Mariela
- 2002 · Just a Kiss as Colleen
- 2001 · Trigger Happy as Alison
- 2001 · 3 A.M. as Box
- 2001 · Restless as Jane Talwani
- 2001 · 100 Centre Street as Julia Brooks
- 2000 · Deadline as Sahira Ondaatje
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Vanessa Blake
- 1999 · Gloria as Angela
- 1998 · High Art as Joan
- 1998 · A Perfect Murder as Raquel Martinez
- 1997 · Story of the Red Rose as Infanta
- 1997 · Dinner Party as Rosie
- 1997 · Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love as Tara, the Queen
- 1995 · The Perez Family as Josette
- 1993 · The House of the Spirits as Pancha
- 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as Dr. Gita Kalyani
- 1991 · Mississippi Masala as Mina
- Future · Refuge as A...
- 1997 · Subway Stories as Humera (segment "Honey-Getter")
- 1996 · Fresh Kill as Shareen Lightfoot
- 1995 · Down Came a Blackbird as Myrna
- 1993 · Wild West as Rifat
- 1992 · Voices of the Morning as
- 1990 · Law & Order as Nadira Harrington