---
name: "Sarita Choudhury"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sarita-choudhury"
fi1m_id: "sarita-choudhury"
imdb_id: "nm0002004"
tmdb_id: 20275
wikidata_id: "Q445995"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 August 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-30T21:07:48.026582+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."
---

# Sarita Choudhury

## Identity

Sarita Choudhury

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sarita-choudhury
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sarita-choudhury
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002004
- **TMDB ID:** 20275
- **Wikidata ID:** Q445995
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarita_Choudhury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445995, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20275

Actor. Born 18 August 1966 in Blackheath, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 August 1966, Blackheath, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury, ساریتا چودری, Саріта Кетрін Луїз Чоудрі
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $19m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarita_Choudhury, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445995, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20275

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Green Knight*](https://film.one/film/the-green-knight.md) (78)

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## Biography

Sarita Choudhury is a British actress. She was born on 18 August 1966 in Blackheath, London, to English and Bengali parents, and studied economics and film at Queen's University at Kingston in Canada.

Choudhury made her screen debut in the romantic drama *Mississippi Masala* (1991), directed by Mira Nair and co-starring Denzel Washington. She has appeared in films including *A Perfect Murder* (1998), *Lady in the Water* (2006), *Midnight's Children* (2012) and *The Green Knight* (2021), and on television in *Homeland* (2011–2017) as Mira Berenson, *Jessica Jones* (2019) as Kith Lyonne, and *Fallout* (2024) as Lee Moldaver.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Fallout* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Kate Williams / Lee Moldaver — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *The Green Knight* (2021), Fi1m 78, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/the-green-knight.md)
- *Homeland* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Mira Berenson — [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

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

- *The Adding Machine* (2026), as Daisy
- *Three Goodbyes* (2025), as Doctor
- *Fallout* (2024), series, as Lee Moldaver, Kate Williams / Lee Moldaver — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *After Yang* (2022), as Cleo
- *And Just Like That…* (2021), series, as Seema Patel
- *The Green Knight* (2021), as Mother — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-green-knight.md)
- *Here Comes Frieda* (2020), as Yvonne
- *It Snows in Benidorm* (2020), as Alex
- *Evil Eye* (2020), as Usha
- *Little Fires Everywhere* (2020), series, as Anita Rees
- *Modern Love* (2019), series, as Therapist — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md)
- *After Louie* (2017), as Maggie
- *The Last Photograph* (2017), as Hannah
- *Divorce* (2016), series, as Courtney
- *A Hologram for the King* (2016), as Dr. Zahra Hakeem
- *Recon* (2016), Actor
- *Marvel's Jessica Jones* (2015), series, as Kith Lyonne
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2* (2015), as Egeria
- *Blindspot* (2015), series, as Sophia Varma
- *Sweets* (2015), as Sweets
- *Love Comes Later* (2015), Actor
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1* (2014), as Egeria
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), series, as Prime Minister Jaya Verma
- *Learning to Drive* (2014), as Jasleen
- *Innocence* (2013), as Dr. Vera Kent
- *Admission* (2013), as Rachael
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Gira Pal
- *Gayby* (2012), as Ushma
- *Generation Um...* (2012), as Lily
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Avita
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Mira Berenson — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Simran Verma — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *The Philanthropist* (2009), series, Actor
- *Between Us* (2009), as Preet
- *Kings* (2009), series, as Helen Pardis
- *Coup de Grâce* (2009), Actor
- *The Accidental Husband* (2008), as Sunny
- *Woman In Burka* (2008), as Sarita
- *Damages* (2007), series, as Sleep Therapist — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Lady in the Water* (2006), as Anna Ran
- *L’est de la brúixola* (2005), as Dabashree
- *The War Within* (2005), as Farida S. Choudhury
- *The Breakup Artist* (2004), as Mona
- *She Hate Me* (2004), as Song
- *Marmalade* (2004), as Angelica
- *It Runs in the Family* (2003), as Suzie
- *Rhythm of the Saints* (2003), as Mariela
- *Just a Kiss* (2002), as Colleen
- *Trigger Happy* (2001), as Alison
- *3 A.M.* (2001), as Box
- *Restless* (2001), as Jane Talwani
- *100 Centre Street* (2001), series, as Julia Brooks
- *Deadline* (2000), series, as Sahira Ondaatje
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Vanessa Blake
- *Gloria* (1999), as Angela
- *High Art* (1998), as Joan
- *A Perfect Murder* (1998), as Raquel Martinez
- *Story of the Red Rose* (1997), as Infanta
- *Dinner Party* (1997), as Rosie
- *Subway Stories* (1997), as Humera (segment "Honey-Getter")
- *Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love* (1997), as Tara, the Queen
- *Fresh Kill* (1996), as Shareen Lightfoot
- *Down Came a Blackbird* (1995), as Myrna
- *The Perez Family* (1995), as Josette
- *The House of the Spirits* (1993), as Pancha
- *Wild West* (1993), as Rifat
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, as Dr. Gita Kalyani — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Voices of the Morning* (1992), Actor
- *Mississippi Masala* (1991), as Mina
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Nadira Harrington — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Refuge*, as A...

## Gallery

- ![Sarita Choudhury](https://film.one/media/person/375268/gallery-a25e508425ae.jpg) Sarita Choudhury — David Shankbone, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Sarita_Choudhury_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/1280px-Sarita_Choudhury_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sarita Choudhury](https://film.one/media/person/375268/gallery-a0730512f492.jpg) Sarita Choudhury — Image via TMDB
- ![Sarita Choudhury](https://film.one/media/person/375268/gallery-572bc11489f6.jpg) Sarita Choudhury — Image via TMDB

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