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Amrita Acharia

Jul 31, 1987 (37 years old) in Kathmandu, Nepal

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.

Known For

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Game of Thrones
Irri
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Casualty
Neela Sarin
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Red Dwarf
Waitress Greta
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Missing Link
Ama Lhamu (voice)
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Van der Valk
Inge Palmberg
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The Serpent Queen
Aabis
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The Good Karma Hospital
Dr. Ruby Walker
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Acquitted
Amina Sahir
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There's Something in the Barn
Carol Nordheim
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The Devil's Double
School Girl

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