---
name: "Priyanga Burford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/priyanga-burford"
fi1m_id: "priyanga-burford"
imdb_id: "nm0252936"
tmdb_id: 62968
wikidata_id: "Q19364933"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-07T18:16:31.232634+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."
---

# Priyanga Burford

## Identity

Priyanga Burford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/priyanga-burford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** priyanga-burford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0252936
- **TMDB ID:** 62968
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19364933
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priyanga_Burford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19364933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252936/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62968

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 9 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 75 (1), 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 68 (5), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 70 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,116m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priyanga_Burford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19364933, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252936/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62968

## Coming up

- *A Small and Quiet Light* (2026-10-27), as Noor

## Biography

Priyanga Burford is an English actress, narrator and writer. Her screen credits include Dr. Swann in the 1998 television film *A Rather English Marriage*, roles in *A Long Way Down* (2014), *Criminal* (2016), *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017), *No Time to Die* (2021) and *The Other Man* (2008), and television appearances in *Veep* (2012), *Extras* (2005), *The Thick of It*, *Industry* (2020) as Sara Dhadwal, *Avenue 5* (2020) as Lori Hernandez, *Press* (2018) and *Steeltown Murders* (2023).

She played Mrs Stevens in the 2017 television film *King Charles III* and appeared in the premiere production of *Consent* at the Royal National Theatre in 2017. Burford was born in March 1973.

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

## On Fi1m (10)

### Performed in (9) — the average rests on these

- *Steve* (2025), Fi1m 68, as Kamila — [page](https://film.one/film/steve.md)
- *No Time to Die* (2021), Fi1m 67, as Dr. Symes — [page](https://film.one/film/no-time-to-die.md)
- *King Charles III* (2017), Fi1m 73, as Mrs Stevens — [page](https://film.one/film/king-charles-iii.md)
- *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017), Fi1m 76, as Resistance Medical Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-last-jedi.md)
- *A Long Way Down* (2014), Fi1m 40, as Reporter — [page](https://film.one/film/a-long-way-down.md)
- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Reporter — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *The Thick of It* (2005), Fi1m 94, as Baroness Sureka — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), Fi1m 63, as Shahana Khan — [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)
- *A Rather English Marriage* (1998), Fi1m 75, as Dr. Swann — [page](https://film.one/film/a-rather-english-marriage.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *London Spy* (2015), Fi1m 70, as Clinician (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/tv/london-spy.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *A Small and Quiet Light* (2026), as Noor · Producer
- *Second Skin* (2025), as Kate
- *Steve* (2025), as Kamila — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/steve.md)
- *Why Sharks Attack* (2023), as Narrator
- *Steeltown Murders* (2023), series, as Sita Anwar
- *The Carer* (2022), as Lisa
- *Why Ships Crash* (2022), as Narrator
- *No Time to Die* (2021), as Dr. Symes — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/no-time-to-die.md)
- *Lost Treasure Tombs of the Ancient Maya* (2021), series, as Narrator (Voice)
- *Industry* (2020), series, as Sara Dhadwal — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)
- *Avenue 5* (2020), series, as Lori Hernandez
- *Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us* (2019), series, as Narrator (Voice)
- *Lost Films of WWII* (2019), series, as Narrator (Voice)
- *The Winter's Tale - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2018), as Hermione
- *Press* (2018), series, as Amina Chaudury
- *Innocent* (2018), series, as Karen Moss
- *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* (2017), as Resistance Medical Officer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-last-jedi.md)
- *King Charles III* (2017), as Mrs Stevens — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/king-charles-iii.md)
- *National Theatre Live: Consent* (2017), as Rachel
- *I Want My Wife Back* (2016), series, as Nereesha
- *Criminal* (2016), as Pharmacist
- *London Spy* (2015), series, as Clinician, Clinician (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/london-spy.md)
- *No Offence* (2015), series, as Dr Venkatesan — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/no-offence.md)
- *UKIP: The First 100 Days* (2015), as Deepa Kaur
- *A Long Way Down* (2014), as Reporter — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/a-long-way-down.md)
- *W1A* (2014), series, as Faiza Rajah
- *Life of Crime* (2013), series, as Helen Clarke
- *Veep* (2012), series, as Reporter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Married Single Other* (2010), series, as Jenna
- *The Other Man* (2008), as Dr. Emma Hurd
- *Magicians* (2007), as Female Colleague
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Katherine Warwick
- *Extras* (2005), series, as George — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/extras.md)
- *The Thick of It* (2005), series, as Baroness Sureka — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)
- *Heatwave* (2005), as Dr. Abby Granger
- *Heartless* (2005), as Laura
- *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, as Shahana Khan — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphys-law.md)
- *Pretending to Be Judith* (2001), as Agency Woman
- *The Vice* (1999), series, as Fiona
- *A Rather English Marriage* (1998), as Dr. Swann — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/a-rather-english-marriage.md)
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Rebekah Beeton

## Gallery

- ![Priyanga Burford](https://film.one/media/person/384641/gallery-ea8ddf494f82.jpg) Priyanga Burford — Image via TMDB
- ![Priyanga Burford](https://film.one/media/person/384641/gallery-eb9bcefecc13.jpg) Priyanga Burford — Image via TMDB

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