Poorna Jagannathan is an Indian-American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as ‘Safar Khan’ in the HBO miniseries The Night Of (2016); ‘Maneka Vashishtha’ in the Bollywood film Delhi Belly (2011); ‘Katie Richmond’ in the TV series – Big Little Lies (2019); ‘Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar in the Netflix series Never Have I Ever (2020).
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Poorna Jagannathan was born on Friday, 22 December 1972 (age 47 years; as in 2019) in Tunis, Tunisia. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. She grew up in Pakistan, Ireland, India, Brazil and Argentina and received most of her schooling in these countries. He also studied at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, a school in New Delhi. She studied at the University of Brasília, Brazil, and received a BA from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a major in Journalism and a minor in Theatre. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. However, he left his course after a year and continued learning acting from his teacher Elizabeth Kamp, whom he met while attending college.
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 6½”
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
Family and ethnicity
He comes from a Tamil family and is a South-Indian American. His father, Krishna Krishnan, is an Indian diplomat. His mother’s name is Vasantha Krishnan; Both his parents are from Chennai.
Poorna Jagannathan with her parents
He has an elder sister named Sharda.
Childhood picture of Poorna Jagannathan with her sister
She is married to Azad Oommen and the couple has a son named Anav Oommen.
Poorna Jagannathan with her husband and son
livelihood
in movies
She made her acting debut in the role of ‘Song’s Girlfriend’ in the film She Hate Me (2004).
He played small roles in the American films, The Weather Man (2005), Awake (2007), and Peace, Love and Misunderstandings (2011). She made her Bollywood debut with the role of ‘Maneka Vashishtha’ in the Bollywood film, Delhi Belly (2011).
Poorna Jagannathan in a scene from ‘Delhi Belly’ (2011)
She then appeared in supporting roles in hit Bollywood and American films such as Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), Growing Up Smith (2015), Carrie Pilby (2016), The Circle (2017), Mile 22 (2018), Share (2019). acted out. ), and Birth of Aaliyah (2020).
in television
She made her television debut as ‘Rehana Khemlani’ in the megahit American television series Law & Order (2004).
She later appeared in several hit television series such as Rescue Me (2006), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006), The Game (2008), Numbers (2009), Royal Pains (2010), House of Cards (2015) . NCIS: Los Angeles (2016); In small roles. In 2016, he was seen in the important role of ‘Safar Khan’ in the serial The Night Off.
Poorna Jagannathan in a scene from ‘The Night Of’ (2016)
She has starred in several popular TV series such as Gypsy (2017), The Blacklist (2017), The Act (2019), Big Little Lies (2019), Defending Jacob (2020), and Never Have I Ever (2020).
at the theater
She is also an established theater artist and is a company and board member of The Borrow Group, a non-profit off-Broadway theater company in New York City. She was deeply affected by the Delhi gang rape and murder on 16 December 2012 and produced and acted in the play Nirbhaya, written and directed by South African director and playwright Yael Farber. Nirbhaya premiered at the Assembly Hall during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2013. The play focused on breaking the silence on sexual violence against women. The play won an Amnesty International Award, a Scotsman Fringe First and a Herald Angel Award in 2013.
Poorna Jagannathan in a scene from ‘Nirbhaya’
Awards and Achievements
- Annual Kamala Choice Max Stardust Awards in 2014
- Verve magazine named her among the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in India in 2014
- Best Dressed Award by Grazia Magazine in 2014
- Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award in 2013
- Scotsman Fringe First Prize 2013
- Herald Angel Award 2013
- Most Fashionable Indian Woman by Cosmopolitan in 2013 and 2012
- Winner L’Oréal Femina Women’s Award in 2012
- Featured in Femina magazine’s list of “India’s 50 Most Beautiful Women” in 2012
Favourite Things
- Plays: Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Amazuba by Yale Farber
Facts/General Knowledge
- She likes watching movies, theater and reading.
- Before starting her career as an actress, Poorna was working in the field of advertising.
- From a very young age he was known as ‘Porne’. Talking about her surname she says,
At that time I didn’t even know what porn was. But you know, that’s been my nickname for years and years. And my Instagram handle is @poornography_. So I just took it – there’s no two ways about it.
- Poorna has been featured on the covers of Marie Claire, Femina, Jade and Exotica and has been featured in numerous publications such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Cosmopolitan and Grazia.
- She was included in Vogue magazine’s list as one of the 8 women changing the face of beauty in India in 2012 and in the list of Most Stylish Women in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
- She is also the brand ambassador of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
- He is a dog lover and has a pet dog.
Poorna Jagannathan with her husband, son and pet
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