Amrita Acharia
Acting
Biography
Amrita Acharia (also spelled Acharya) is a Norwegian actress of Ukrainian and Nepalese background. Acharia was born in Nepal to a Nepalese father and Ukrainian mother. She grew up in Kathmandu, Ukraine, England and Tromsø. She speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English, in addition to learning Norwegian when she moved to Norway at age thirteen. After finishing high school in Norway, she moved to England at age nineteen to pursue her acting career. Acharia played the role of the Dothraki handmaiden Irri in the first two seasons of Game of Thrones. Her character was written out of the series during the second season, despite surviving far longer in the books upon which the series is based. In 2011, Acharia starred in the one off BBC Christmas show, Lapland.
Filmography 25
Movies (16)
There's Something in the Barn2023Carol Nordheim
Black Dog2023Doctor- The Carer2022Directing
Missing Link2019Ama Lhamu (voice)
Sameeram2018Sameera
Welcome to Curiosity2018Zoe
White Chamber2018Ruth
Kiss the Devil in the Dark2016Lilly- Queen's Mile2015Ania
Amar Akbar & Tony2015Richa
Camouflage2014Amira
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead2014Mary
I Am Yours2013Mina
Lapland2011Bride
The Devil's Double2011School Girl
SleepeaterDirecting
Shows (9)
Tiger Island2026Self - Narrator
The Serpent Queen2022Aabis
The Sister2020Holly Fox
Van der Valk2020Inge Palmberg
The Good Karma Hospital2017Dr. Ruby Walker
Acquitted2015Amina Sahir
Game of Thrones2011Irri
Red Dwarf1988Waitress Greta
Casualty1986Neela Sarin