Archie Panjabi

Archie Panjabi is a British actress. Panjabi was born Archana Panjabi in West London. She graduated from Brunel University in West London, with a degree in Management Studies.. Panjabi has taken acting roles in both film and television, from early appearances in the 1999 comedy film East is East to the recent BBC television series Life on Mars. Her first Hollywood role was as a British diplomat in the Oscar-winning The Constant Gardener in 2005, ... more

Archie Panjabi is a British actress. Panjabi was born Archana Panjabi in West London. She graduated from Brunel University in West London, with a degree in Management Studies.. Panjabi has taken acting roles in both film and television, from early appearances in the 1999 comedy film East is East to the recent BBC television series Life on Mars. Her first Hollywood role was as a British diplomat in the Oscar-winning The Constant Gardener in 2005, although one of her most high-profile roles was in the 2002 comedy release Bend It Like Beckham. In 2005 she won the Shooting Star Award for her role in Yasmin at the Berlin Film Festival, and the Best Actress award in the same year at the Reims Film Festival. In 2007, Panjabi appeared with Angelina Jolie in the movie 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. Her performance earned her The Chopard Trophy for a Breakout... less