Archana "Archie" Panjabi (born May 31, 1972) is a British film and television actress, best known for her roles in the movies "East Is East", "Bend It Like Beckham", and "A Mighty Heart", as well as for her portrayal of Kalinda Sharma in the CBS television series "The Good Wife". She graduated from Brunel University, England, with a degree in Management Studies (BSc).

Filmography

• 2026Catch the Wind — Dr. Jean
• 2026The Quiet Hour — Riya
• 2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War — The Rani
• 2025Flight 182 — Executive Producer
• Doctor Who — The Rani
• Under the Bridge — Suman Virk
• 2024Where We Came From — Satinder Aujla
• Hijack — Zahra Gahfoor
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — Depa Billaba (voice)
• I Know This Much Is True — Dr. Patel
• RUN — Fiona Hatwal
• Snowpiercer — Asha
• Departure — Kendra O'Malley
• Next of Kin — Dr. Mona Harcourt, Executive Producer
• Bull — Arti Cander
• Power Monkeys — Preeya
• Blindspot — Nas Kamal
• 2015San Andreas — Serena Johnson
• BoJack Horseman — Tilda Madison (voice)
• 2014I Origins — Priya Varma
• The Widower — Simone Banerjee
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Lieutenant Singh
• Shetland — Asha Israni
• The Fall — Tanya Reed Smith
• 2010The Infidel — Saamiya Nasir
• 2009Be Good — Animal adoption officer
• Personal Affairs — Jane Lesser
• 2009Spy(ies) — Anna
• The Good Wife — Kalinda Sharma
• 2009The Happiness Salesman — Karen
• Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service — Nisha Bains / Meera Bains
• 2008Traitor — Chandra Dawkin
• 2007A Mighty Heart — Asra Q. Nomani
• 2007I Could Never Be Your Woman — Casting Girl
• 2007Lezioni di volo — Sharmila
• 2006A Good Year — Gemma
• 2006Chromophobia — Sarita
• Life on Mars — Maya Roy
• 2005A Very Social Secretary — Ashley
• 2005The Constant Gardener — Ghita Pearson
• 2004Postman Pat's Magic Christmas — Postman Pat
• Sea of Souls — Megan Sharma
• 2004Yasmin — Yasmin Husseini
• Canterbury Tales — Clare
• 2003Code 46 — Check In
• 2003Final Demand — Farida
• Grease Monkeys — Rita Dhillon
• 2003This Little Life — Niala
• 2002Bend It Like Beckham — Pinky Bhamra
• 2002The Secret — Nadia's Probation Officer
• 2002White Teeth — Alsana
• White Teeth — Alsana
• 2001Ivor the Invisible — Leila (voice)
• Murder in Mind — WPC Jill Evans
• Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
• In the Beginning — Basya, Pharaoh's Daughter
• 2000Tough Love — Chandra
• 1999East Is East — Meenah Khan
• Silent Witness
• 1995Bideshi — Joyoti
• The Thin Blue Line — Nazia Habib
• A Mind to Kill
• 1994Two Oranges and a Mango — Prostitute
• The Bill
• Postman Pat — Meera Baines (voice)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Emmy Awards — Self