Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (born June 9, 1981) is a British-American sitar player and musician of Indian descent, as well as occasional writer and actor. She performs across multiple genres and styles—classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic. She has received nine Grammy Awards nominations and was the first musician of Indian origin to perform live and to serve as a presenter at the ceremony. Daughter of Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and half-sister of award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist Norah Jones, she has released 7 solo studio albums since 1998.

Filmography

• 2026Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God — Self - Sitar, Songs
• A Suitable Boy — Original Music Composer
• 2019An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile — Original Music Composer
• 2012Anoushka Shankar: Traveller — Sitar
• 2008Mission Istaanbul — Playback Singer
• 2004Dance Like a Man — Lata Parekh
• 2001Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds — Sitar
• Later... with Jools Holland
• BBC Young Musician — Judge
• 1928Shiraz: A Romance of India — Orchestrator

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2016Yehudi Menuhin: Who Was Yehudi? — Self
• Oye! It's Friday! — Herself
• 2003Concert for George — Self
• 2000The Beatles Revolution — Self
• Glastonbury — Self
• Gaia Symphony — Self
• Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary — Self