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Archie Panjabi
Panjabi at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards, May 2015
Born
Archana Panjabi

(1972-05-31) 31 May 1972 (age 52)
Edgware, London, England
Alma materBrunel University
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Spouse
Rajesh Nihalani
​
(m. 1998)​
Websitewww.archiepanjabi.com

Archana "Archie" Panjabi (born 31 May 1972)[1] is a British actress, best known for her role as Kalinda Sharma on The Good Wife. Her portrayal has 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. Her other notable roles include Yasmin Husseini in Yasmin (2005), Pinky Bhamra in Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Asra Nomani in A Mighty Heart (2007).

Early life

Panjabi was born in Edgware, London,[2] to Govind and Padma Panjabi, both Sindhi Hindu emigrants from India. Her ancestry belongs to Sindh, now in Pakistan; after partition, her parents settled in India. [3][4][5] She graduated from Brunel University with a degree in management studies in 1996.[6][7][8] She is also classically trained in ballet.[8]

Panjabi won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for playing
Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife

Career

Panjabi has appeared in film and television; from early appearances in the 1999 comedy film East is East to the BBC television series Life on Mars. Her first Hollywood role, as a British diplomat, was in the Oscar-winning The Constant Gardener, released in 2005. One of her highest profile film roles was in the 2002 comedy release Bend It Like Beckham. Panjabi then landed the role of witty and wisecracking office colleague Gemmain in the 2006 Ridley Scott directed romantic comedy A Good Year, alongside Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard.

Panjabi next appeared in 2007 with Angelina Jolie in the film adaptation of A Mighty Heart, a book by Mariane Pearl, wife of the journalist Daniel Pearl, playing the role of former Wall Street Journal reporter Asra Nomani.

She provided the voices for several characters in the British children's television animation Postman Pat.[9] She lent her voice to the video game Dead Space: Extraction. Panjabi appeared on the BBC Four World Cinema Award show in February 2008, arguing the merits of five international hits such as The Lives of Others and Pan's Labyrinth with Jonathan Ross and Christopher Eccleston. In 2009 she portrayed an MI5 agent in the French movie Espion(s), and in the same year she joined the cast of the new CBS television series The Good Wife as Kalinda Sharma.

In 2010, she played Saamiya Nasir in the British comedy The Infidel. On 28 May 2012, she was cast as Tanya Reed Smith, a pathologist, in BBC Two drama series The Fall.[10] Panjabi appeared as Blaise in the BBC World Service radio series Westway. After leaving The Good Wife in 2015, she guest starred in Fox comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She joined the cast of Shetland series 3[11] to return in series 4 in February 2018.

In 2016, it was announced that she will star in ABC anthology drama series The Jury as the show's protagonist, Kim Dempsey.[12] She also joined the cast of NBC drama Blindspot.[13]

Philanthropy

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Panjabi in The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection Fashion Show (2011)

Panjabi was appointed the first Pratham USA Ambassador representing the largest educational movement in India.[14] She is a celebrity participant in the Rotary International's "This Close" public service campaign to end polio.[15] In support of women's rights, she has partnered with Amnesty International to head their Stop Violence Against Women campaign to change the "no recourse to public funds" rule that traps women in a cycle of violence.[16] On 9 February 2011, Panjabi walked in The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection Fashion Show to increase awareness of the danger of heart disease, the number one killer of women.[17] The Harvard Foundation and Office for the Arts at Harvard University invited Panjabi to participate in their Artist in Residence Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to share her creative process as an actress.[18][19]

Awards

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Archie Panjabi

Panjabi was awarded Chopard Trophy in Cannes Film Festival in 2007. She was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The Good Wife, winning in 2010. She won an NAACP Image Award in 2011 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the same role. She was also nominated for three SAG Awards with her co-stars of The Good Wife for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Personal life

Panjabi married Rajesh Nihalani, a bespoke tailor, in 1998. Archie had to leave him at home in England for her first nine months of their marriage. She moved to New York to work on the show The Good Wife.[20][21] [21]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Bideshi Joyoti Short film
1999 East is East Meenah Khan
2001 Delilah Adult Pim Short film
2002 Black Nor White Sangeeta Short film
2002 Bend It Like Beckham Pinky Bhamra
2002 Arranged Marriage Shashi Short film
2003 Code 46 Check In
2003 Cross My Heart Sumi
2004 Yasmin Yasmin
2005 Chromophobia Sarita
2005 The Constant Gardener Ghita Pearson
2006 A Good Year Gemma
2007 Flying Lessons Sharmila Italian title: Lezioni di volo
2007 I Could Never Be Your Woman Casting Girl
2007 A Mighty Heart Asra Nomani
2008 Traitor Chandra Dawkin
2008 My World Teacher Short film
2009 Espion(s) Anna
2009 Be Good Animal Adoption Officer Short film
2010 The Infidel Saamiya Nasir
2010 The Happiness Salesman Karen Short film
2013 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Unknown Panjabi appears in sequels Him and Her
2014 I Origins Priya Varma
2015 San Andreas Serena

Television series

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Siren Spirits Joyoti Episode: "Bideshi"
1996 The Thin Blue Line Nazia Habib Episode: "Alternative Culture"
1997 Dad — Episode: "Dadmestic"
2000 Brand Spanking New Show Various 12 episodes
2001 A Mind to Kill Lamisa Khan Episode: "Colour Blind"
2001 Murder in Mind WPC Jill Evans Episode: "Vigilante"
2001 The Bill Shanaz Arad 2 episodes
2002 Single Voices — Episode: "Little Englander"
2002 Holby City Ali Safron Episode: "From This Moment On"
2002 My Family Dental Assistant Episode: "Of Mice and Ben"
2002 White Teeth Alsana 4 episodes
2003 The Canterbury Tales Clare Episode: "The Man of Law's Tale"
2003–04 Grease Monkeys Rita Dhillon 20 episodes
2004 Sea of Souls Megan Sharma 6 episodes
2004–06 Postman Pat Meera Baines 17 episodes
2006–07 Life on Mars Maya Roy 2 episodes
2007 Silent Witness Amita Joshi 2 episodes
2009 Personal Affairs Jane Lesser 5 episodes
2009–15 The Good Wife Kalinda Sharma 134 episodes
2013–14 The Fall Professor Reed Smith 9 episodes
2014 The Widower Simone Banerjee 2 episodes
2015 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Lieutenant Singh[22] Episode: "The Funeral"[23]
2016 Shetland Detective Sergeant Asha Isran series 3
2016 The Jury Kim Dempsey Unsold TV pilot
2016 Power Monkeys Preeya 6 episodes
2016–present Blindspot Nas Kamal 19 episodes
2017 Bull Arti Cander Episode: "The Devil, The Detail"
2017 BoJack Horseman Tulsa Madison Episode: "Commence Fracking"
2018 Next of Kin (2018 TV series) Mona Harcourt 6 episodes

Television films

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Under the Moon Heena
2000 In The Beginning Basya
2001 Ivor the Invisible Leila
2002 The Secret Nadia's PO
2002 Tough Love Chandra
2003 This Little Life Niala
2003 Final Demand Farida
2005 A Very Social Secretary Ashley

References

  1. ^ Illahi, Khalid (15 June 2012). "Archie Panjabi, Exclusive chat for A Mighty Heart". London: Desi Club. Retrieved 15 June 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Blake, Heidi (31 August 2010). "Emmy-Awards 2010 How Archie Panjabi was told not to pursue her dreams". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Kaufman, Joann (1 September 2010). "A Cultural Conversation with Archie Panjabi". The Wall Street Journal. New York: Dow Jones. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  4. ^ Paul, Nisha (October 2007). "Mighty Sensational". verveonline.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  5. ^ Ilahi, Khalid (2007). "Archie Panjabi, Exclusive chat for A Mighty Heart". eventcombo.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "The Good Wife Cast: Archie Panjabi". CBS. 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Honorary degree for acclaimed actress Archie Panjabi". Brunel University London. 20 July 2011.
  8. ^ a b "It's Evening in America". Vanity Fair. May 2012. Page 152.
  9. ^ "Archie Panjabi". The Guardian.
  10. ^ Munn, Patrick (28 May 2012). "The Good Wife Star Archie Panjabi Cast in BBC Two's 'The Fall'". TVWise. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  11. ^ Nancy Tartaglione (9 April 2015). "Archie Panjabi, Ciaran Hinds Trek To 'Shetland' For BBC Drama's Third Season". Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  12. ^ Lesley Goldberg (29 January 2016). "Archie Panjabi to Star in ABC Anthology Drama 'The Jury'". Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  13. ^ Chavez, Danette (22 June 2016). "Archie Panjabi joins the cast of Blindspot for season two". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Archie Panjabi Appointed as Pratham Ambassador" Archived 14 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine Pratham (25 August 2011). Retrieved on 2012-10-31.
  15. ^ "Rotary shares Polio Eradication message". Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ AIUK : Violence against women: Movie star leads battle to overturn 'unjust' UK law Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Amnesty.org.uk (28 February 2008). Retrieved on 2012-10-31.
  17. ^ The Heart Truth Event Photos, HHS, NIH, NHLBI. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Retrieved on 2012-10-31.
  18. ^ Archie named ‘Artist in Residence’ at Harvard. Ikonzmag.co.uk. Retrieved on 2012-10-31.
  19. ^ TV star Panjabi spends two days at Harvard Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Indianewengland.com. Retrieved on 2014-07-04.
  20. ^ Sears, Neil (31 August 2010). "British actress Archie Panjabi triumphs". Daily Mail. London. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ a b Francis, Pam (8 March 2015). "Good Wife's Archie Panjabi: 'Risk is the vital ingredient that flavours success'". express.co.uk. Daily Express. Retrieved 27 April 2016. Married at 26 to bespoke tailor Rajesh Nihalani. Archie left him at home in England for her first nine months to work on the role [in TV show The Good Wife]
  22. ^ Ferguson, LaToya (5 October 2015). "Brooklyn Nine-Nine subverts expectations to keep the laughs going". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  23. ^ "(BRK-302) "The Funeral"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
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