Karen Shenaz David (born 15 April 1979) is an Indian-born English/Canadian actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for starring as Spanish teacher Francesca 'Cesca' Montoya in Waterloo Road (2010–2011), Princess Isabella in Galavant (2015–2016), and Grace Mukherjee in Fear the Walking Dead (2019–2023). Other television credits include Cold Feet, Once Upon a Time, Legacies, Barry, and The Irrational. She has appeared in films such as Batman Begins (2005), The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008), Red Lights (2012), and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014).

Filmography

• CIA — Zara Demir
• 2024Isabel's Garden — Maya
• Tracker — Dr Evie Martell
• 2023Land of Gold — Asha
• The Irrational — Rose Dinshaw
• Pantheon — Justine's Mom / Receptionist (voice)
• 2022When Christmas Was Young — Melody Douglass
• Law & Order: Organized Crime — Diya Laghari
• 2020In Hollywoodland — Queenie
• Barry — Sharon Lucado
• Legacies — Emma Tig
• The Rookie — Det. Rita Calderon
• Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television — Priya
• 2017The Tiger Hunter — Ruby
• Timeless — Young Officer Denise Christopher (Dhriti Sirivastava)
• 2015Amar Akbar & Tony — Meera
• Fear the Walking Dead — Grace Mukherjee
• Galavant — Isabella
• 2014Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit — FBI Lead Agent
• 2012Red Lights — Female Reporter #2
• Touch — Kayla Graham
• Once Upon a Time — Jasmine
• Strike Back — Barmaid
• 2010The Color of Magic 2in1 — Liessa
• Castle — Sara El-Masri
• 2009Couples Retreat — Spa Attendant
• 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 — Liessa
• The Colour of Magic — Liessa
• 2008The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior — Layla (as Karen David)
• 2007Eureka — Reporter
• 2007Flight of Fury — Barnes's Operational Soldier Flanders
• 2007Provoked — Asha
• 2006Take 3 Girls — Lyla
• Waterloo Road — Francesca Montoya
• 2005Batman Begins — Courthouse Reporter #1
• Criminal Minds — Mary Meadows
• Top Buzzer
• 2002Bollywood Queen — Neeta
• 2002The Paper Round — Police Woman
• Belonging

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2018Once Upon a Time: And They Lived Happily Ever After — Self