Amrita Acharia
Amrita Acharia (also spelled Acharya) is a Norwegian actress of Ukrainian and Nepalese background. Acharia was born in Nepal to a Nepalese father and Ukrainian mother. She grew up in Kathmandu, Ukraine, England and Tromsø. She speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English, in addition to learning Norwegian when she moved to Norway at age thirteen. After finishing high school in Norway, she moved to England at age nineteen to pursue her acting career. Acharia played the role of the Dothraki handmaiden Irri in the first two seasons of Game of Thrones. Her character was written out of the series during the second season, despite surviving far longer in the books upon which the series is based. In 2011, Acharia starred in the one off BBC Christmas show, Lapland.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · There's Something in the Barn as Carol Nordheim
- 2023 · Black Dog as Doctor
- 2022 · The Serpent Queen as Aabis
- 2020 · The Sister as Holly Fox
- 2020 · Van der Valk as Inge Palmberg
- 2019 · Missing Link as Ama Lhamu (voice)
- 2018 · Sameeram as Sameera
- 2018 · Welcome to Curiosity as Zoe
- 2018 · White Chamber as Ruth
- 2017 · The Good Karma Hospital as Dr. Ruby Walker
- 2016 · Kiss the Devil in the Dark as Lilly
- 2015 · Queen's Mile as Ania
- 2015 · Amar Akbar & Tony as Richa
- 2015 · Acquitted as Amina Sahir
- 2014 · Camouflage as Amira
- 2014 · Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead as Mary
- 2013 · I Am Yours as Mina
- 2011 · Lapland as Bride
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Irri
- 2011 · The Devil's Double as School Girl
- 1988 · Red Dwarf as Waitress Greta
- 1986 · Casualty as Neela Sarin