Indira Varma Biography

Fast Facts

• Father was Indian, mother Swiss and part Italian
• Once considered becoming a mime
• As she told WhatsOnStage
• com, she displayed acting chops as a child: She had a bunk bed with curtains, and used to "tell stories and convince people I was someone else
• " Trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
• On stage, has appeared in works by Shakespeare, Harold Pinter, David Hare, Anton Chekhov, Noel Coward and Thornton Wilder
• Her musical tastes sometimes tend more toward pop and rock, though, including Wilco and Michael Jackson
• Her 1996 film debut was as the star of Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, which was banned in India and Pakistan
• In 2005 and 2007, played a young wife, Niobe, in the HBO series Rome
• In 2010, took on the role of billionaire Ilsa Pucci in the Fox action series Human Target