Archie Panjabi - wikipedia Archie Panjabi Archie Panjabi Panjabi at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards, May 2015 Archana Panjabi 31 May 1972 Edgware, London, England Alma mater Brunel University Occupation Actress Years active 1995 -- present Spouse ( s ) Rajesh Nihalani ( m. 1998 ) Website www.archiepanjabi.com Archana `` Archie '' Panjabi ( 31 May 1972 ) is a British actress, known for her role as Kalinda Sharma on The Good Wife. Her portrayal has earned her a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010 and an NAACP Image Award in 2012, as well as two further Emmy nominations, one Golden Globe nomination, and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations shared with the cast. Her other notable roles include Yasmin Husseini in Yasmin ( 2005 ), Pinky Bhamra in Bend It Like Beckham ( 2002 ) and Asra Nomani in A Mighty Heart ( 2007 ). Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Philanthropy 4 Awards 5 Personal life 6 Filmography 6.1 Film 6.2 Television series 6.3 Television films 7 References 8 External links Early Life Panjabi was born in Edgware, London to Govind and Padma Panjabi, both Sindhi Hindu immigrants from India. Her ancestry belongs to Sindh, now in Pakistan ; her parents settled in India after the Partition of India. She graduated from Brunel University with a degree in management studies in 1996. She is also classically trained in ballet. Panjabi won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for playing Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife Career Panjabi has appeared in film and television ; from early appearances in the 1999 comedy film East is East to the BBC television series Life on Mars. Her first Hollywood role, as a British diplomat, was in the Oscar - winning The Constant Gardener, released in 2005. One of her highest profile film roles was in the 2002 comedy release Bend It Like Beckham. Panjabi then landed the role of witty and wisecracking office colleague Gemmain in the 2006 Ridley Scott directed romantic comedy A Good Year, alongside Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard. Panjabi next appeared in 2007 with Angelina Jolie in the film adaptation of A Mighty Heart, a book by Mariane Pearl, wife of the journalist Daniel Pearl, playing the role of former Wall Street Journal reporter Asra Nomani. She provided the voices for several characters in the British children 's television animation Postman Pat. She lent her voice to the video game Dead Space : Extraction. Panjabi appeared on the BBC Four World Cinema Award show in February 2008, arguing the merits of five international hits such as The Lives of Others and Pan 's Labyrinth with Jonathan Ross and Christopher Eccleston. In 2009 she portrayed an MI5 agent in the French movie Espion ( s ), and in the same year she joined the cast of the new CBS television series The Good Wife as Kalinda Sharma. In 2010, she played Saamiya Nasir in the British comedy The Infidel. On 28 May 2012, she was cast as Tanya Reed Smith, a pathologist, in BBC Two drama series The Fall. Panjabi appeared as Blaise in the BBC World Service radio series Westway. After leaving The Good Wife in 2015, she guest starred in Fox comedy series Brooklyn Nine - Nine. She joined the cast of Shetland series 3 to return in series 4 in February 2018. In 2016, it was announced that she will star in ABC anthology drama series The Jury as the show 's protagonist, Kim Dempsey. She also joined the cast of NBC drama Blindspot. Philanthropy Panjabi in The Heart Truth 's Red Dress Collection Fashion Show ( 2011 ) Panjabi was appointed the first Pratham USA Ambassador representing the largest educational movement in India. She is a celebrity participant in the Rotary International 's `` This Close '' public service campaign to end polio. In support of women 's rights, she has partnered with Amnesty International to head their Stop Violence Against Women campaign to change the `` no recourse to public funds '' rule that traps women in a cycle of violence. On 9 February 2011, Panjabi walked in The Heart Truth 's Red Dress Collection Fashion Show to increase awareness of the danger of heart disease, the number one killer of women. The Harvard Foundation and Office for the Arts at Harvard University invited Panjabi to participate in their Artist in Residence Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to share her creative process as an actress. Awards Main article : List of awards and nominations received by Archie Panjabi Panjabi was awarded Chopard Trophy in Cannes Film Festival in 2007. She was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The Good Wife, winning in 2010. She won an NAACP Image Award in 2011 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the same role. She was also nominated for three SAG Awards with her co-stars of The Good Wife for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Personal Life Panjabi married Rajesh Nihalani, a bespoke tailor, in 1998. Archie had to leave him at home in England for her first nine months of their marriage. She moved to New York to work on the show The Good Wife. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 Bideshi Joyoti Short film 1999 East is East Meenah Khan 2001 Delilah Adult Pim Short film 2002 Black Nor White Sangeeta Short film 2002 Bend It Like Beckham Pinky Bhamra 2002 Arranged Marriage Shashi Short film 2003 Code 46 Check In 2003 Cross My Heart Sumi Yasmin Yasmin 2005 Chromophobia Sarita 2005 The Constant Gardener Ghita Pearson 2006 A Good Year Gemma 2007 Flying Lessons Sharmila Italian title : Lezioni di volo 2007 I Could Never Be Your Woman Casting Girl 2007 A Mighty Heart Asra Nomani 2008 Traitor Chandra Dawkin 2008 My World Teacher Short film 2009 Espion ( s ) Anna 2009 Be Good Animal Adoption Officer Short film The Infidel Saamiya Nasir The Happiness Salesman Karen Short film 2013 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Unknown Panjabi appears in sequels Him and Her 2014 I Origins Priya Varma 2015 San Andreas Serena Television series Year Title Role Notes Siren Spirits Joyoti Episode : `` Bideshi '' The Thin Blue Line Nazia Habib Episode : `` Alternative Culture '' Dad N / A Episode : `` Dadmestic '' 2000 Brand Spanking New Show Various 12 episodes 2001 A Mind to Kill Lamisa Khan Episode : `` Colour Blind '' 2001 Murder in Mind WPC Jill Evans Episode : `` Vigilante '' 2001 The Bill Shanaz Arad 2 episodes 2002 Single Voices N / A Episode : `` Little Englander '' 2002 Holby City Ali Safron Episode : `` From This Moment On '' 2002 My Family Dental Assistant Episode : `` Of Mice and Ben '' 2002 White Teeth Alsana 4 episodes 2003 The Canterbury Tales Clare Episode : `` The Man of Law 's Tale '' 2003 -- 04 Grease Monkeys Rita Dhillon 20 episodes Sea of Souls Megan Sharma 6 episodes 2004 -- 06 Postman Pat Meera Baines 17 episodes 2006 -- 07 Life on Mars Maya Roy 2 episodes 2007 Silent Witness Amita Joshi 2 episodes 2009 Personal Affairs Jane Lesser 5 episodes 2009 -- 15 The Good Wife Kalinda Sharma 134 episodes 2013 -- 14 The Fall Professor Reed Smith 9 episodes 2014 The Widower Simone Banerjee 2 episodes 2015 Brooklyn Nine - Nine Lieutenant Singh Episode : `` The Funeral '' 2016 Shetland Detective Sergeant Asha Isran series 3 2016 The Jury Kim Dempsey Unsold TV pilot 2016 Power Monkeys Preeya 6 episodes 2016 -- present Blindspot Nas Kamal 19 episodes 2017 Bull Arti Cander Episode : `` The Devil, The Detail '' 2017 BoJack Horseman Tulsa Madison Episode : `` Commence Fracking '' 2018 Next of Kin ( 2018 TV series ) Mona Harcourt 6 episodes Television films Year Title Role Notes 1995 Under the Moon Heena 2000 In The Beginning Basya 2001 Ivor the Invisible Leila 2002 The Secret Nadia 's PO 2002 Tough Love Chandra 2003 This Little Life Niala 2003 Final Demand Farida 2005 A Very Social Secretary Ashley References Jump up ^ Blake, Heidi ( 31 August 2010 ). `` Emmy - Awards 2010 How Archie Panjabi was told not to pursue her dreams ''. The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010. Jump up ^ Kaufman, Joann ( 2010 - 09 - 01 ). `` A Cultural Conversation with Archie Panjabi ''. The Wall Street Journal. New York : Dow Jones. ISSN 0099 - 9660. Retrieved 7 September 2014. Jump up ^ Paul, Nisha ( October 2007 ). `` Mighty Sensational ''. verveonline.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014. Jump up ^ Ilahi, Khalid ( 2007 ). `` Archie Panjabi, Exclusive chat for A Mighty Heart ''. eventcombo.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014. Jump up ^ `` The Good Wife Cast : Archie Panjabi ''. CBS. 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012. Jump up ^ `` Honorary degree for acclaimed actress Archie Panjabi ''. Brunel University London. 20 July 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` It 's Evening in America ''. Vanity Fair. May 2012. Page 152. Jump up ^ `` Archie Panjabi ''. The Guardian. Jump up ^ Munn, Patrick ( 28 May 2012 ). `` The Good Wife Star Archie Panjabi Cast in BBC Two 's ' The Fall ' ''. TVWise. Retrieved 28 May 2012. Jump up ^ Nancy Tartaglione ( 9 April 2015 ). `` Archie Panjabi, Ciaran Hinds Trek To ' Shetland ' For BBC Drama 's Third Season ''. Retrieved 1 February 2016. Jump up ^ Lesley Goldberg ( 29 January 2016 ). `` Archie Panjabi to Star in ABC Anthology Drama ' The Jury ' ''. Retrieved 1 February 2016. Jump up ^ Chavez, Danette ( 22 June 2016 ). `` Archie Panjabi joins the cast of Blindspot for season two ''. The A.V. Club. Retrieved 18 July 2016. Jump up ^ `` Archie Panjabi Appointed as Pratham Ambassador '' Archived 14 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Pratham ( 25 August 2011 ). Retrieved on 2012 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Rotary shares Polio Eradication message ''. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2012. Jump up ^ AIUK : Violence against women : Movie star leads battle to overturn ' unjust ' UK law Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine... Amnesty.org.uk ( 28 February 2008 ). Retrieved on 2012 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ The Heart Truth Event Photos, HHS, NIH, NHLBI. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Retrieved on 2012 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ Archie named ' Artist in Residence ' at Harvard. Ikonzmag.co.uk. Retrieved on 2012 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ TV star Panjabi spends two days at Harvard Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine... Indianewengland.com. Retrieved on 2014 - 07 - 04. Jump up ^ Sears, Neil ( 31 August 2010 ). `` British actress Archie Panjabi triumphs ''. Daily Mail. London. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010. ^ Jump up to : Francis, Pam ( 8 March 2015 ). `` Good Wife 's Archie Panjabi : ' Risk is the vital ingredient that flavours success ' ''. express.co.uk. Daily Express. Retrieved 27 April 2016. Married at 26 to bespoke tailor Rajesh Nihalani. Archie left him at home in England for her first nine months to work on the role ( in TV show The Good Wife ) Jump up ^ Ferguson, LaToya ( 5 October 2015 ). `` Brooklyn Nine - Nine subverts expectations to keep the laughs going ''. The A.V. Club. Retrieved 5 October 2015. Jump up ^ `` ( BRK - 302 ) `` The Funeral '' ``. The Futon Critic. Retrieved 14 September 2015. External links Find more aboutArchie Panjabiat Wikipedia 's sister projects Media from Wikimedia Commons Data from Wikidata Archie Panjabi ( Official website ) Archie Panjabi at AllMovie Archie Panjabi at Emmys.com Archie Panjabi on IMDb Archie Panjabi at the TCM Movie Database Awards for Archie Panjabi Trophée Chopard 2000s Eduardo Noriega / Audrey Tautou ( 2001 ) Hayden Christensen / Paz Vega / Ludivine Sagnier ( 2002 ) Gael García Bernal / Diane Kruger ( 2003 ) Rodrigo Santoro / Marion Cotillard ( 2004 ) Jonathan Rhys Meyers / Kelly Reilly ( 2005 ) Kevin Zegers / Jasmine Trinca ( 2006 ) Nick Cannon / Archie Panjabi ( 2007 ) Omar Metwally / Tang Wei ( 2008 ) David Kross / Léa Seydoux ( 2009 ) 2010s Edward Hogg / Liya Kebede ( 2010 ) Niels Schneider / Àstrid Bergès - Frisbey ( 2011 ) Ezra Miller / Shailene Woodley ( 2012 ) Jeremy Irvine / Blanca Suárez ( 2013 ) Logan Lerman / Adèle Exarchopoulos ( 2014 ) Jack O'Connell / Lola Kirke ( 2015 ) John Boyega / Bel Powley ( 2016 ) George MacKay / Anya Taylor - Joy ( 2017 ) Joe Alwyn / Elizabeth Debicki ( 2018 ) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Barbara Hale ( 1959 ) Pamela Brown ( 1962 ) Glenda Farrell ( 1963 ) Ruth White ( 1964 ) Lee Grant ( 1966 ) Agnes Moorehead ( 1967 ) Barbara Anderson ( 1968 ) Susan Saint James ( 1969 ) Gail Fisher ( 1970 ) Margaret Leighton ( 1971 ) Jenny Agutter ( 1972 ) Ellen Corby ( 1973 ) Joanna Miles ( 1974 ) Ellen Corby ( 1975 ) Ellen Corby ( 1976 ) Kristy McNichol ( 1977 ) Nancy Marchand ( 1978 ) Kristy McNichol ( 1979 ) Nancy Marchand ( 1980 ) Nancy Marchand ( 1981 ) Nancy Marchand ( 1982 ) Doris Roberts ( 1983 ) Alfre Woodard ( 1984 ) Betty Thomas ( 1985 ) Bonnie Bartlett ( 1986 ) Bonnie Bartlett ( 1987 ) Patricia Wettig ( 1988 ) Melanie Mayron ( 1989 ) Marg Helgenberger ( 1990 ) Madge Sinclair ( 1991 ) Valerie Mahaffey ( 1992 ) Mary Alice ( 1993 ) Leigh Taylor - Young ( 1994 ) Julianna Margulies ( 1995 ) Tyne Daly ( 1996 ) Kim Delaney ( 1997 ) Camryn Manheim ( 1998 ) Holland Taylor ( 1999 ) Allison Janney ( 2000 ) Allison Janney ( 2001 ) Stockard Channing ( 2002 ) Tyne Daly ( 2003 ) Drea de Matteo ( 2004 ) Blythe Danner ( 2005 ) Blythe Danner ( 2006 ) Katherine Heigl ( 2007 ) Dianne Wiest ( 2008 ) Cherry Jones ( 2009 ) Archie Panjabi ( 2010 ) Margo Martindale ( 2011 ) Maggie Smith ( 2012 ) Anna Gunn ( 2013 ) Anna Gunn ( 2014 ) Uzo Aduba ( 2015 ) Maggie Smith ( 2016 ) Ann Dowd ( 2017 ) BNF : cb155947025 ( data ) GND : 1030190828 ISNI : 0000 0000 0523 3429 LCCN : no2004034773 SUDOC : 12279933X VIAF : 37237205 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archie_Panjabi&oldid=842997254 '' Categories : 1972 births 20th - century English actresses 21st - century English actresses Actresses from London Alumni of Brunel University British actresses of Indian descent British expatriate actresses in the United States English expatriates in the United States English film actresses English Hindus English people of Indian descent English people of Sindhi descent English television actresses English voice actresses Living people Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners People from Edgware Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links EngvarB from January 2016 Use dmy dates from October 2013 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Català Čeština Deutsch Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi ไทย Українська 中文 12 more Edit links This page was last edited on 26 May 2018, at 04 : 14. 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Question: actress that plays kalinda on the good wife
Answer: Archana "Archie" Panjabi