Since graduating from the renowned The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Indira Varma has carved out an incredible career on stage and screen.
Her screen credits include the award-winning hit series Game of Thrones (HBO), Luther (BBC), Silk (BBC), Rome (HBO), Human Target (Fox), Paranoid (Netflix) and, most recently, the Emmy Award-nominated drama Patrick Melrose, a critical triumph starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
In 2019, Varma will take on the role of Piety Breakspear in the much anticipated Amazon Original series Carnival Row, directed by Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein). The Victorian fantasy crime drama also stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne. She will also appear in thriller feature Official Secrets with Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode and Matt Smith. A festival highlight at Sundance this year, the film will have a general release in June.
In her prolific theatre
Since graduating from the renowned The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Indira Varma has carved out an incredible career on stage and screen.
Her screen credits include the award-winning hit series Game of Thrones (HBO), Luther (BBC), Silk (BBC), Rome (HBO), Human Target (Fox), Paranoid (Netflix) and, most recently, the Emmy Award-nominated drama Patrick Melrose, a critical triumph starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
In 2019, Varma will take on the role of Piety Breakspear in the much anticipated Amazon Original series Carnival Row, directed by Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein). The Victorian fantasy crime drama also stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne. She will also appear in thriller feature Official Secrets with Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode and Matt Smith. A festival highlight at Sundance this year, the film will have a general release in June.
In her prolific theatre career, highlights include Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (Globe Theatre) opposite Ralph Fiennes in Man and Superman, Bianca in Othello, Ivanov (all at the National Theatre), Twelfth Night, The Vortex, Dance of Death, Privates on Parade (all at the Donmar Warehouse), The Vertical Hour, The Country, Ingredient X (all at the Royal Court), Hysteria (Theatre Royal), The Skin of Our Teeth (Young Vic) and Celebration (on Broadway). Varma recently took the role of Queen Marguerite in the National Theatre’s production of Eugène Ionesco’s Exit The King. This spring, she will star in Present Laughter and the Old Vic opposite Andrew Scott.