Parminder Nagra
Parminder Kaur Nagra (born October 5, 1975 in Leicester , Leicestershire ) is a British actress of Indian descent.
life and career
Parminder Nagra's parents came to England in the 1960s . She is fluent in Punjabi .
Nagra became known in 2002 for her lead role as Jesminder "Jess" Kaur Bhamra in Kick it like Beckham , in which she played an Indian footballer alongside Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers . In 2003, she joined the main cast of the US - television series ER - Emergency Room at where it until the series end of 2009, the doctor Neela Rasgotra embodied. In 2012, she played tech Lucy Banerjee in the short-lived mystery series Alcatraz . From September 2013 to May 2014 she starred alongside James Spader and Megan Boone as Meera Malik in a leading role on the NBC series The Blacklist .
In January 2009, Nagra married her partner, photographer James Stenson, with whom she had been together for seven years. Nagra and Stenson became parents of a son in May 2009. She filed for divorce in February 2012.
Filmography (selection)
- 1996: King Girl
- 1999: Donovan Quick
- 2001: Judge John Deed: Exacting Justice
- 2002: Kick it like Beckham (Bend It Like Beckham)
- 2003: Twelfth Night, or What You Will
- 2003: Mission: Space
- 2003: second generation
- 2003–2009: Emergency Room ( ER , TV series, 129 episodes)
- 2004: Ella - Darn & Magical (Ella Enchanted)
- 2008: In Your Dreams
- 2008: Compulsion (TV movie)
- 2010: Tere Ishq Nachaya
- 2011: Henry the Terrible (Horrid Henry: The Movie)
- 2012: Alcatraz (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2012: Psych (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2012: Twenty8k
- 2013: Reckless (TV movie)
- 2013–2014: The Blacklist (TV series, 21 episodes)
- 2015: Navy CIS: LA ( NCIS: Los Angeles , TV series, episode 6x16 Expiration Date )
- 2015: Evil Men (TV movie)
- 2016–2017: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2017: Fortitude (TV series)
- 2018-2020: Dead Girls Don't Lie ( 13 Reasons Why , TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2018: Bird Box - Close Your Eyes (Bird Box)
- 2019: Three Steps to You (Five Feet Apart)
Awards
- 2002: FIFA Presidential Award for the role in Kick it like Beckham .
Web links
- Parminder Nagra in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article on e! Online.com , accessed on March 17, 2009.
- ^ Sarah Fitzmaurice: ER star Parminder Nagra files for divorce from husband of three years James Stenson ( English ) Daily Mail . February 9, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ↑ FIFA Awards (PDF; 132 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nagra, Parminder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nagra, Parminder Kaur (full name); Nagra (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress of Indian descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th October 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leicester , Leicestershire, England, UK |