Poorna Jagannathan

Acting

Poorna Jagannathan

Born 1972-12-22 · Tunis, Tunisia

Poorna Jagannathan (/ˈpɔːrnə ˌdʒɑːɡəˈnɑːθən/ POR-nə JAH-gə-NAH-thən; born December 22, 1972) is an American producer and actress of Indian descent. She is known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in the HBO drama miniseries The Night Of and for her role as Nalini Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy series Never Have I Ever.  Jagannathan also co-conceived, produced, and acted in the play Nirbhaya, considered "one of the most powerful and urgent pieces of human rights theatre ever made," and is regarded as a critical moment in India's history of women's empowerment. Jagannathan was named among the "Top 100 Most Impactful Asians" in America in 2021 and 2022 by Goldhouse. People magazine featured her in their 2024 "The Beautiful Issue", while Verve magazine named her among the top 50 most powerful women in India in 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article Poorna Jagannathan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Wolfs poster
6.5

Hired to cover up a high-profile crime, a fixer soon finds his night spiralling out of control when he's forced to work with an unexpected counterpart.

Wolfs

2024

Mile 22 poster
6.3

An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles away through the hostile streets of an Asian city.

Mile 22

2018

The Circle poster
5.5

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.

The Circle

2017

The Out-Laws poster
6.0

A straight-laced bank manager is about to marry the love of his life. When his bank is held up by infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.

The Out-Laws

2023

Awake poster
6.6

While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.

Awake

2007

Turtles All the Way Down poster
7.3

Aza confronts her potential for love, happiness, friendship, and hope while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts.

Turtles All the Way Down

2024

The Dead Center poster
5.8

When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.

The Dead Center

2019

The Weather Man poster
6.1

A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.

The Weather Man

2005

She Hate Me poster
5.1

Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

She Hate Me

2004

She Hate Me poster
5.1

Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

She Hate Me

2004

Daisy Winters poster
6.6

An eleven year-old girl's unconventional yet deeply loving relationship with her mother is harshly broken. Along her journey, including her quest to discover her father, she learns how to embrace every moment with determination and unrelenting self-confidence.

Daisy Winters

2017

Goodrich poster
6.5

Andy Goodrich's life is upended when his wife enters a rehab program, leaving him on his own with their young kids. Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace, as he ultimately evolves into the father Grace never had.

Goodrich

2024

Thanks for Sharing poster
6.0

A romantic comedy that brings together three disparate characters who are learning to face a challenging and often confusing world as they struggle together against a common demon—sex addiction.

Thanks for Sharing

2013

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani poster
7.3

On a trekking trip, an introverted Naina falls for a charming ex-classmate, whose thirst for adventure drives them apart. Years later, their paths cross again.

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

2013

Carrie Pilby poster
6.8

Awkward, isolated and disapproving of most of the people around her, a precocious 19-year-old genius is challenged to put her convictions to the test by venturing out on to the NYC dating scene.

Carrie Pilby

2017

Share poster
5.2

After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout.

Share

2019

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding poster
5.8

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

2011

Growing Up Smith poster
7.1

In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before.

Growing Up Smith

2017

Delhi Belly poster
7.1

Three unsuspecting, average guys find themselves on the hit list of one of India's most-powerful crime syndicates.

Delhi Belly

2011

House Comes with a Bird poster
6.2

It’s quintessentially late afternoon Californian sun. The eponymous house gently hosts a number of clipped social encounters. Each of these denotes dynamics of power in race, gender and class. While it’s the macaw that seems ostensibly and literally caged, Bravo’s drama of manners suggests that every single one of us may not be quite as uncaged as we assume.

House Comes with a Bird

2022

Karma Calling poster
NR

This zany take on the American Dream follows the Raj clan, who are just like any other family in Hoboken, N.J.: drowning in debt, driving one another crazy and ... mixed up with the mob by way of a call center in India.

Karma Calling

2009

An Actor Prepares poster
5.8

After suffering a heart attack, a world-famous and hard-drinking actor is forced to drive across country with his estranged son—who testified against him in his parents' divorce—on one last madcap adventure.

An Actor Prepares

2018

I'll Show You Mine poster
4.2

An author, who made a career by examining her own trauma sits down to interview her nephew for a new book about his history as a gender-nonconforming model and pansexual poster boy. Each of them reveal much more than expected and confront some of their most deeply hidden secrets.

I'll Show You Mine

2022

Alia's Birth poster
NR

A rocky relationship between a lesbian couple forces them to spend the night apart.

Alia's Birth

2021