---
name: "Parminder Nagra"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/parminder-nagra"
fi1m_id: "parminder-nagra"
imdb_id: "nm0619406"
tmdb_id: 231610
wikidata_id: "Q236374"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 October 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T14:00:07.897221+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."
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# Parminder Nagra

## Identity

Parminder Nagra

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/parminder-nagra
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** parminder-nagra
- **IMDb ID:** nm0619406
- **TMDB ID:** 231610
- **Wikidata ID:** Q236374
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parminder_Nagra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236374, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619406/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/231610

Actor. Born 5 October 1975 in Leicester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 October 1975, Leicester, England, UK
- **Active:** 1994–2013
- **Also known as:** Parminder Kaur Nagra , پارمیندر ناگرا, پارمندر نگرا
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parminder_Nagra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236374, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619406/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/231610

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Blacklist*](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Parminder Nagra is a British actress. Born in Leicester, she trained with the Haithizi Productions theatre company and appeared in stage productions in the 1990s before moving into television and film.

She came to international attention as Jess Bhamra in the 2002 film *Bend It Like Beckham*. Nagra then played Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the NBC series *ER* from 2003 to 2009. Her other television roles include Meera Malik in the first season of *The Blacklist* (2013), Ellen Nadeer in *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2016–2017), and the lead in the ITV series *DI Ray* (2022–2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, the-blacklist.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Blacklist* (2013), Fi1m 63, as Meera Malik — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, as Neela Rasgotra — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *The Kiss List* (2023), as Asha
- *Maternal* (2023), series, as Dr. Maryam Afridi
- *DI Ray* (2022), series, as DI Rachita Ray
- *Intergalactic* (2021), series, as Rebecca Harper
- *Awaken* (2020), as Rakhi Singh
- *Piney: The Lonesome Pine* (2019), as Bus Driver
- *Five Feet Apart* (2019), as Dr. Hamid
- *Bird Box* (2018), as Dr. Lapham
- *God Friended Me* (2018), series, as Pria Amar
- *13 Reasons Why* (2017), series, as Priya Singh
- *Fortitude* (2015), series, as Dr. Sarinda Khatri
- *black-ish* (2014), series, as Dr. Wen
- *Postman Pat: The Movie* (2014), as Nisha Bains (voice)
- *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), series, as Senator Ellen Nadeer
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Meera Malik — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Special Agent Mallick
- *Twenty8K* (2012), as Deeva Jani
- *Alcatraz* (2012), series, as Dr. Lucy Banerjee
- *Horrid Henry: The Movie* (2011), as Miss Lovely
- *The Whole Truth* (2010), series, as Pilar Shirazee
- *Tere Ishq Nachaya* (2010), as Harpreet (Kamal's cousin)
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Ella Deshai
- *In Your Dreams* (2009), as Charlie
- *Batman: Gotham Knight* (2008), as Cassandra (voice)
- *Compulsion* (2008), as Anjika Indrani
- *Psych* (2006), series, as Rachael
- *Ella Enchanted* (2004), as Areida
- *Second Generation* (2003), series, as Heere Sharma / Sonali Sharma
- *Twelfth Night, or What You Will* (2003), as Viola
- *Bend It Like Beckham* (2002), as Jesminder 'Jess' Kaur Bhamra
- *Donovan Quick* (2000), as Radhika
- *Goodness Gracious Me* (1998), series, Actor
- *Turning World* (1997), series, as Sabina
- *King Girl* (1996), Actor
- *ER* (1994), series, as Neela Rasgotra — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Alisha, Asha Guptah

## Gallery

- ![Parminder Nagra](https://film.one/media/person/288335/gallery-fc11226a1fd8.jpg) Parminder Nagra — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Parminder_Nagra_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/1280px-Parminder_Nagra_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jorge Garcia, Sarah Jones, Parminder Nagra and Jonny Coyne speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used else](https://film.one/media/person/288335/gallery-dc569449a135.jpg) Jorge Garcia, Sarah Jones, Parminder Nagra and Jonny Coyne speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used else — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jorge_Garcia%2C_Sarah_Jones%2C_Parminder_Nagra_%26_Jonny_Coyne_%287002002505%29.jpg/1280px-Jorge_Garcia%2C_Sarah_Jones%2C_Parminder_Nagra_%26_Jonny_Coyne_%287002002505%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jorge Garcia, Sarah Jones and Parminder Nagra speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/288335/gallery-a0db38accd45.jpg) Jorge Garcia, Sarah Jones and Parminder Nagra speaking at the 2012 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Jorge_Garcia%2C_Sarah_Jones_%26_Parminder_Nagra_%287001678253%29.jpg/1280px-Jorge_Garcia%2C_Sarah_Jones_%26_Parminder_Nagra_%287001678253%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jorge Garcia, Sarah Jones and Parminder Nagra speaking at Wondercon 2012 in Anaheim, California on March 18, 2012.](https://film.one/media/person/288335/gallery-92a75693c7a9.jpg) Jorge Garcia, Sarah Jones and Parminder Nagra speaking at Wondercon 2012 in Anaheim, California on March 18, 2012. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Jorge_Garcia%2C_Sarah_Jones_%26_Parminder_Nagra_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Jorge_Garcia%2C_Sarah_Jones_%26_Parminder_Nagra_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Parminder Nagra](https://film.one/media/person/288335/gallery-4337f9cc8bfc.jpg) Parminder Nagra — Image via TMDB
- ![Parminder Nagra](https://film.one/media/person/288335/gallery-89e55cf86e12.jpg) Parminder Nagra — Image via TMDB
- ![Parminder Nagra](https://film.one/media/person/288335/gallery-36b15fa7224c.jpg) Parminder Nagra — Image via TMDB
- ![Parminder Nagra at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/288335/gallery-4a38748ef950.jpg) Parminder Nagra at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Parminder_Nagra_%285981202360%29.jpg/1280px-Parminder_Nagra_%285981202360%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Parminder Nagra at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/288335/gallery-e4b356b14dd7.jpg) Parminder Nagra at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Parminder_Nagra_%285981203966%29.jpg/1280px-Parminder_Nagra_%285981203966%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress 2002: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Bend It Like Beckham*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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