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Archie Panjabi
Highest Rated: 85% Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Lowest Rated: 26% A Good Year (2006)
Birthday: May 31, 1972
Birthplace: Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
It was difficult to pinpoint which role Archie Panjabi was born to play, since she embodied a multitude of characters - from comical to heartbreaking - throughout her internationally recognized career. She received her show business start in her native Great Britain, where her tomboyish and lovelorn character Meenah captivated audiences in the delightful film "East Is East" (1999). Panjabi gained worldwide prominence playing an anxious but supportive bride-to-be in the sleeper hit "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002). The multifaceted actress also turned in bravura performances across the pond, in American films such "A Mighty Heart" (2007), in which she portrayed a journalist who aided in the grueling search effort for murdered journalist Daniel Pearl. Panjabi made her U.S. television debut in "The Good Wife" (CBS, 2009-16), playing a no-nonsense, bisexual criminal investigator in another scene-stealing role that made her one of Britain's hottest acting imports.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fairytale | Dr Jeanne (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 49% | 52% | San Andreas | Serena (Character) | $155.2M | 2015 |
| 52% | 69% | I Origins | Priya Varma (Character) | $334.7K | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Origins - Official Trailer | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 59% | 45% | The Infidel | Saamiya Nasir (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Spy(ies) | Anna (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 65% | 64% | Traitor | Chandra Dawkin (Character) | $23.5M | 2008 |
| 79% | 70% | A Mighty Heart | Asra Q. Nomani (Character) | $9.2M | 2007 |
| 26% | 65% | A Good Year | Gemma (Character) | $7.5M | 2006 |
| 83% | 82% | The Constant Gardener | Ghita Pearson (Character) | $33.6M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Yasmin | Yasmin Husseini (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Final Demand | Farida (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secret | Nadia's Probation Officer (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 85% | 73% | Bend It Like Beckham | Pinky Bhamra (Character) | $32.5M | 2002 |
| 79% | 78% | East Is East | Meenah Khan (Character) | $4.2M | 1999 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 44% | Departure |
Kendra Malley (Character), Executive Producer |
2019-2021 2023 |
| 88% | 50% | Hijack | Zahar Gahfoor (Character) | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Blindspot |
Nas Kamal (Character), Nas (Guest Star) |
2016-2018 2020 |
| 74% | 88% | I Know This Much Is True | Dr. Patel (Character) | 2020 |
| 81% | 44% | Run | Fiona (Guest Star) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Still Open All Hours | Jasmine (Character) | 2019 |
| 70% | 62% | Next of Kin | Mona Shirani (Character) | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Bull | Arti Cander (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2017 |
| 95% | 88% | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Lt. Singh (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | The View | Guest | 2015 |
| 93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Kalinda Sharma (Character) | 2009-2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service |
Meera Bains (Character), Nisha Bains / |
2008 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Teeth | Alsana (Character) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Holby City | Ali Saffron (Character) | 2002 |