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Indira Varma
Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996). She is known for her television roles, such as playing Niobe in the BBC and HBO series Rome (2005–07), Suzie Costello in the BBC series Torchwood (2006), Zoe Luther in the BBC series Luther (2010), Ilsa Pucci in Human Target (2010–11), Ellaria Sand in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2014–2017), and The Bride in the DCU/Max adult animated series Creature Commandos (2024–present).
In September 2016 she began starring in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid as DS Nina Suresh. She has also worked extensively in the theatre, winning a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Present Laughter (2019) and receiving an additional nomination for her performance in Oedipus (2025).
Indira Anne Varma was born on 27 September 1973, the only child of an Indian father and a Swiss mother who was of part Genoese Italian descent. She was raised in Bath, Somerset. Her mother was a graphic designer and her father was an illustrator.
She was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, in 1995.
Varma's first role after graduating from RADA was as a courtesan in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love in 1996. She then went on to act in Jinnah in 1998, and Bride and Prejudice in 2004.[citation needed]
Her first television appearance was in 1996 in Crucial Tales.[citation needed] In 2005 she played the young Roman wife Niobe in the first series of BBC/HBO's award-winning historical drama Rome. Her character appeared briefly in the second series when it was shown on 14 January 2007.
In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in the first and eighth episodes, "Everything Changes" and "They Keep Killing Suzie", of BBC Three's science-fiction drama series Torchwood. She appeared as Dr Adrienne Holland in the CBS medical drama 3 lbs which premiered on 14 November 2006 and was cancelled on 30 November 2006 due to poor ratings. Varma guest starred in the fourth-season premiere of hit US detective drama Bones as Scotland Yard Inspector Cate Pritchard.[citation needed] She also played the role of Zoe Luther in the first series of the BBC drama Luther.[citation needed]
She played Ilsa Pucci in Human Target in 2010.
Indira Varma
Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996). She is known for her television roles, such as playing Niobe in the BBC and HBO series Rome (2005–07), Suzie Costello in the BBC series Torchwood (2006), Zoe Luther in the BBC series Luther (2010), Ilsa Pucci in Human Target (2010–11), Ellaria Sand in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2014–2017), and The Bride in the DCU/Max adult animated series Creature Commandos (2024–present).
In September 2016 she began starring in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid as DS Nina Suresh. She has also worked extensively in the theatre, winning a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Present Laughter (2019) and receiving an additional nomination for her performance in Oedipus (2025).
Indira Anne Varma was born on 27 September 1973, the only child of an Indian father and a Swiss mother who was of part Genoese Italian descent. She was raised in Bath, Somerset. Her mother was a graphic designer and her father was an illustrator.
She was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, in 1995.
Varma's first role after graduating from RADA was as a courtesan in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love in 1996. She then went on to act in Jinnah in 1998, and Bride and Prejudice in 2004.[citation needed]
Her first television appearance was in 1996 in Crucial Tales.[citation needed] In 2005 she played the young Roman wife Niobe in the first series of BBC/HBO's award-winning historical drama Rome. Her character appeared briefly in the second series when it was shown on 14 January 2007.
In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in the first and eighth episodes, "Everything Changes" and "They Keep Killing Suzie", of BBC Three's science-fiction drama series Torchwood. She appeared as Dr Adrienne Holland in the CBS medical drama 3 lbs which premiered on 14 November 2006 and was cancelled on 30 November 2006 due to poor ratings. Varma guest starred in the fourth-season premiere of hit US detective drama Bones as Scotland Yard Inspector Cate Pritchard.[citation needed] She also played the role of Zoe Luther in the first series of the BBC drama Luther.[citation needed]
She played Ilsa Pucci in Human Target in 2010.
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