Poorna Jagannathan

Poorna Jagannathan

Poorna Jagannathan is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in HBO's Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated show, The Night Of, as well as playing the lead in the Bollywood cult comedy film Delhi Belly. She also initiated and produced the play Nirbhaya, written and directed by Yael Farber, which dealt with breaking the silence about sexual violence. Her play won the 2013 'Amnesty International Award' and was called by The Telegraph as the "One of the most powerful pieces of theater you'll ever see". Jagannathan was featured among the top 10 in Femina magazine's "India's 50 most beautiful women" in 2012 and in 2014, she was named among the top 50 most powerful women in India. She was most recently a series regular on Gypsy, a Netflix original series, and part of the ensemble cast for HBO's new anthology series, Room 104, by the Duplass brothers. Her new film, Share, directed by Pippa Bianco and produced by A24, is slated for a 2019 release on HBO. In May 2018, Deadline announced that Jagannathan was joining the cast of the HBO series Big Little Lies, as a new recurring character.

  • Popularity : 8.766
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1972-12-22
  • Place of Birth : Tunis, Tunisia
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Poorna Jagannathan Movies

  • 2024
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    Wolfs

    Wolfs

    6.575 2024 HD

    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...

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  • 2023
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    The Out-Laws

    The Out-Laws

    6 2023 HD

    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...

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  • 2024
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    Goodrich

    Goodrich

    5.7 2024 HD

    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...

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  • 2011
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    Delhi Belly

    Delhi Belly

    7.08 2011 HD

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

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  • 2017
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    Carrie Pilby

    Carrie Pilby

    6.868 2017 HD

    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...

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  • 2011
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    Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

    Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

    5.9 2011 HD

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

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  • 2022
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    House Comes with a Bird

    House Comes with a Bird

    6.2 2022 HD

    It’s quintessentially late afternoon Californian sun. The eponymous house gently hosts a number of clipped social encounters. Each of these...

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  • 2013
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    Thanks for Sharing

    Thanks for Sharing

    5.9 2013 HD

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

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  • 2022
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    I'll Show You Mine

    I'll Show You Mine

    4.2 2022 HD

    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...

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  • 2024
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    Turtles All the Way Down

    Turtles All the Way Down

    7.6 2024 HD

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

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  • 2005
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    Dealbreaker

    Dealbreaker

    7 2005 HD

    A short centered on the dating adventures of Fran, a 30-year-old New Yorker.

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  • 2007
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    Awake

    Awake

    6.532 2007 HD

    While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed...

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  • 2005
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    Modern Day Arranged Marriage

    Modern Day Arranged Marriage

    1 2005 HD

    Rajesh and Suna agree to meet to discuss their marriage suitability. Is there marriage on the menu, or just coffee?

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  • 2017
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    Growing Up Smith

    Growing Up Smith

    7.3 2017 HD

    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...

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  • 2017
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    The Circle

    The Circle

    5.518 2017 HD

    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...

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  • 2018
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    An Actor Prepares

    An Actor Prepares

    5.7 2018 HD

    After suffering a heart attack, a world-famous and hard-drinking actor is forced to drive across country with his estranged son—who testified...

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  • 2017
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    Daisy Winters

    Daisy Winters

    7 2017 HD

    An eleven year-old girl's unconventional yet deeply loving relationship with her mother is harshly broken. Along her journey, including her quest to...

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  • 2019
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    Share

    Share

    5.4 2019 HD

    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...

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  • 2018
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    Mile 22

    Mile 22

    6.219 2018 HD

    An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to...

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  • 2005
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    The Weather Man

    The Weather Man

    6.1 2005 HD

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

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  • 2019
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    The Dead Center

    The Dead Center

    5.6 2019 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

    Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

    7.2 2013 HD

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

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  • 2004
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    She Hate Me

    She Hate Me

    5.156 2004 HD

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

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  • 2021
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    Alia's Birth

    Alia's Birth

    1 2021 HD

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

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  • 2017
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    Room 104

    Room 104

    5.76 2017 HD

    An anthology series set in a single hotel room, where every guest who comes to stay reveals a unique set of circumstances and quirks.

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  • 2020
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    The Wilds

    The Wilds

    7.76 2020 HD

    A group of teen girls from different backgrounds must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. The castaways both...

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  • 1970
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    Deli Boys

    Deli Boys

    1 1970 HD

    A pair of pampered Pakistani-American brothers lose everything when their convenience-store magnate father suddenly die. They are forced to reckon...

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  • 2020
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    Defending Jacob

    Defending Jacob

    8.32 2020 HD

    A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.

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  • 2017
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    Taken

    Taken

    6.5 2017 HD

    The origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world. As he fights to...

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  • 2016
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    The Night Of

    The Night Of

    8 2016 HD

    After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

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  • 2005
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    Made in Hollywood

    Made in Hollywood

    4 2005 HD

    Made in Hollywood is a talk show hosted by Kylie Erica Mar and Julie L. Harkness airing in syndication since September 30, 2005. The series is...

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  • 2017
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    Gypsy

    Gypsy

    6.5 2017 HD

    The journey of Jean Holloway – a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives.

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  • 2015
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    Better Call Saul

    Better Call Saul

    8.7 2015 HD

    Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer...

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  • 2013
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    The Blacklist

    The Blacklist

    7.633 2013 HD

    Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and...

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  • 2018
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    Sorry For Your Loss

    Sorry For Your Loss

    7.4 2018 HD

    The sudden death of her husband upends and transforms every relationship in Leigh Shaw’s life. It also forces her to realize there was a lot...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 2010
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    Rizzoli & Isles

    Rizzoli & Isles

    7.9 2010 HD

    Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective....

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  • 2001
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    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    7.6 2001 HD

    The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense...

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  • 2020
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    Never Have I Ever

    Never Have I Ever

    8.115 2020 HD

    After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on...

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  • 2005
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    Starved

    Starved

    4.3 2005 HD

    Starved is an FX Network television situation comedy that aired for one season of seven episodes in 2005. The series was about four friends who each...

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.9 1999 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 2019
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    The Act

    The Act

    7.6 2019 HD

    A seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with the first season following Gypsy Blanchard, a girl...

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  • 2020
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    Messiah

    Messiah

    7.3 2020 HD

    A wary CIA officer investigates a charismatic man who sparks a spiritual movement and stirs political unrest. Who exactly is he? And what does he...

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  • 1970
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    Lanterns

    Lanterns

    1 1970 HD

    New recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops, are drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a...

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