Poorna Jagannathan
Poorna Jagannathan is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in HBO's Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated show, The Night Of, as well as playing the lead in the Bollywood cult comedy film Delhi Belly. She also initiated and produced the play Nirbhaya, written and directed by Yael Farber, which dealt with breaking the silence about sexual violence. Her play won the 2013 'Amnesty International Award' and was called by The Telegraph as the "One of the most powerful pieces of theater you'll ever see". Jagannathan was featured among the top 10 in Femina magazine's "India's 50 most beautiful women" in 2012 and in 2014, she was named among the top 50 most powerful women in India. She was most recently a series regular on Gypsy, a Netflix original series, and part of the ensemble cast for HBO's new anthology series, Room 104, by the Duplass brothers. Her new film, Share, directed by Pippa Bianco and produced by A24, is slated for a 2019 release on HBO. In May 2018, Deadline announced that Jagannathan was joining the cast of the HBO series Big Little Lies, as a new recurring character.
Acted in
Deli Boys
2025
as Lucky
Goodrich
2024
as Dr. Verma
Wolfs
2024
as June
Turtles All the Way Down
2024
as Dr. Kira Singh
The Out-Laws
2023
as Rehan Zakaryan
I'll Show You Mine
2022
as Priya
House Comes with a Bird
2022
as Langley
Alia's Birth
2021
The Wilds
2020
as Rana Jadmani
Never Have I Ever
2020
as Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar
Defending Jacob
2020
as Elizabeth Vogel
Messiah
2020
as Sanjana Mirza
The Dead Center
2019
as Sarah Grey
The Act
2019
as Lakshmi Chandra
Share
2019
as Kerri
Sorry For Your Loss
2018
as Matt's Psychiatrist
An Actor Prepares
2018
as Dr. Fisher
Mile 22
2018
as Dorothy Brady
Daisy Winters
2017
as Annabel Kumar
Room 104
2017
as Divya (voice)
Gypsy
2017
as Larin Inamdar
The Circle
2017
as Dr. Jessica Villalobos
Carrie Pilby
2017
as Fliss
Taken
2017
as Judith Chapman
Growing Up Smith
2017
as Nalini Bhatnagar
The Night Of
2016
as Safar Khan
Better Call Saul
2015
as Dr. Maureen Bruckner
The Blacklist
2013
as Nirah Ahmad
Thanks for Sharing
2013
as Lili Kazhani
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
2013
as Riyana
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011
as Mira
Delhi Belly
2011
as Menaka Vashisht
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Mrs. Jalbani
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Dr. Nitya Agarwal
Awake
2007
as Dr. Neyer's Nurse
Modern Day Arranged Marriage
2005
as Suna
The Weather Man
2005
as NY Pedestrian
Dealbreaker
2005
as Fran's girlfriend
Starved
2005
as PJ
She Hate Me
2004
as Song's Girlfriend
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Dr. Sikh
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Maya Samra
Law & Order
1990
as Rehana Khemlani
Lanterns
as Zoe