---
name: "Ayesha Dharker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ayesha-dharker"
fi1m_id: "ayesha-dharker"
imdb_id: "nm0223499"
tmdb_id: 33191
wikidata_id: "Q1976975"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 March 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T23:00:48.745046+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ayesha Dharker

## Identity

Ayesha Dharker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ayesha-dharker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ayesha-dharker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0223499
- **TMDB ID:** 33191
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1976975
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayesha_Dharker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1976975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33191

Actor. Born 16 March 1978 in Bombay, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 March 1978, Bombay, India
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Also known as:** Ayesha Dharkar
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 54 (1), 2020s 89 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayesha_Dharker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1976975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33191

## Coming up

- *National Theatre Live: The Jungle Book* (2027-04-01)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Father*](https://film.one/film/the-father.md) (89)

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## Biography

Ayesha Dharker is a British actress. Born on 16 March 1978 in Mumbai, India, she began her screen career as a child in the late 1980s.

Dharker is known for her role as Queen Jamillia in *Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones* (2002). She played the lead in the Tamil film *The Terrorist* (1999), for which she received the Best Artistic Contribution by an Actress award at the Cairo International Film Festival. Other film roles include Dr Sarai in *The Father* (2020) and appearances in *City of Joy* (1992) and *The Mistress of Spices* (2005).

On stage, she performed in the musical *Bombay Dreams* in London's West End and on Broadway. Her television credits include *Doctor Who* (2005), *Vera* (2011) and *Outsourced* (2007).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Father* (2020), Fi1m 89, as Dr. Sarai — [page](https://film.one/film/the-father.md)
- *Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones* (2002), Fi1m 54, as Queen Jamillia — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *National Theatre Live: The Jungle Book* (2027), Actor
- *National Theatre Live: Hamlet* (2026), as Gertrude
- *National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin* (2024), as Aai
- *National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage* (2022), as Marisa Coulter
- *CBeebies Presents: Romeo and Juliet* (2021), as Lady Capulet
- *Finding Alice* (2021), series, as Tanvi Lal, Tanvi Lal (voice)
- *The Father* (2020), as Dr. Sarai — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-father.md)
- *Richard II* (2019), as Aumerle
- *The children trapped in Bangladesh's brothel village* (2016), as Narrator
- *RSC Live: Othello* (2015), as Emilia
- *Critical* (2015), series, as Mrs. Alice Murkherjee
- *Original Comedy Shorts* (2014), series, Actor
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Anika Naidu — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Little Crackers* (2010), series, as Mama
- *The Indian Doctor* (2010), series, as Kamini Sharma
- *Red Alert: The War Within* (2010), as Radhaka
- *Jubilee* (2009), as Rani Mehta
- *Mad Sad & Bad* (2009), as Roxy
- *Outsourced* (2007), as Asha
- *Loins of Punjab Presents* (2007), as Opama Menon
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Yasmeen Khan
- *Colour Me Kubrick* (2005), as Dr Stukeley
- *The Mistress of Spices* (2005), as Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor
- *Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee* (2005), series, Actor
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Solana Mercurio — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Anita and Me* (2002), as Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
- *The House Across The Street* (2002), as Mala
- *Hideous Man* (2002), Actor
- *Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones* (2002), as Queen Jamillia — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones.md)
- *Cutting It* (2002), series, as Sunni Khadir — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/cutting-it.md)
- *The Mystic Masseur* (2001), as Leela
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Mary Sharman
- *Arabian Nights* (2000), series, as Coral Lips
- *Split Wide Open* (1999), Actor
- *The Terrorist* (1998), as Malli
- *Saaz* (1997), as Kuhu Vrundavan
- *City of Joy* (1992), as Amrita H. Pal
- *Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice* (1989), as Manika Kallatil

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