Biography
Archana Panjabi is an English actress. On television, she is known for her roles as Maya Roy in the BBC One series Life on Mars (2006–2007), Kalinda Sharma in the CBS series The Good Wife (2009–2015), Nas Kamal in the NBC series Blindspot, Kendra Malley in the Global series Departure (2019–2023), and The Rani in Doctor Who (2025). Her work in The Good Wife earned her a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010 and an NAACP Image Award in 2012, as well as two further Emmy nominations, one Golden Globe nomination, and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations shared with the cast. Panjabi is the first Asian actor to win a Primetime Emmy for acting. Her films include East Is East (1999), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Yasmin (2004), and A Mighty Heart (2007).
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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 2010
- Trophée Chopard
Filmography36 titles
BoJack Horseman
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Under the Bridge
Life on Mars
The Fall
I Know This Much Is True
I Origins
The Good Wife
Silent Witness
Hijack
Shetland
Snowpiercer
Blindspot
The Widower
The Thin Blue Line
Bull
The Constant Gardener
Canterbury Tales
The Bill
A Good Year
Traitor
Run
Departure
East Is East
Doctor Who
Next of Kin
A Mighty Heart
In the Beginning
Bend It Like Beckham
San Andreas
Code 46
The Infidel
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Spy(ies)
Catch the Wind