Poorna Jagannathan

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Biography

Poorna Jagannathan is an American actress and producer. She is a series regular on the HBO series _"The Night Of" in India.

  • Primary profession
  • Actress
  • Country
  • Tunisia
  • Nationality
  • Tunisian
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 22 December 1972
  • Place of birth
  • Tunis
  • Education
  • University of Maryland· College Park

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Trivia

She was born in the Mediterranean but grew up in Ireland, Argentina, Pakistan and Brazil.

Included In Elle Magazines 100 hottest things from 2011.

She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Debut Actress for Delhi Belly at the Screen Awards, 2012.

She won Best Supporting Actress for Delhi Belly at the Stardust Awards, 2012.

She was voted among Indias top 10 most beautiful women by Femina Magazine.

She won the LOreal Femina Award for Breakthrough Performance in 2012.

Jagannathan was included in Verves "2012s Best dressed Women" issue.

Italian Marie Claire named Jagannathan as one of the 12 women from the East impacting Western cinema in 2012.

Cosmopolitan Magazine ranked Ms. Jagannathan as one of the Most Fashionable Woman in their October, 2013 and 2012 issues.

Vogue included her in their Best Dressed list for 2013 and 2012.

She won several honors and awards for her play "Nirbhaya" which was based on the gang-rape of a 23 year old medical student on a bus in Delhi in December 2012, including the 2013 Amnesty International Award, the Fringe First Award and the Herald Angel Award.

Jagannathan was featured among the top 10 in "Indias 50 most beautiful women" in Femina, Indias largest lifestyle magazine.

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