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Poorna Jagannathan

1972 - Today

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Poorna Jagannathan ( POR-nə JAH-gə-NAH-thən; born December 22, 1972) is an American producer and actress of Indian descent. She is known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in the HBO drama miniseries The Night Of, as well as for her role as Nalini Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy series Never Have I Ever (created by Mindy Kaling). Jagannathan also co-conceived, produced, and acted in the play Nirbhaya, which was considered "one of the most powerful and urgent pieces of human rights theatre ever made," and is regarded as a critical moment in India's history of women's empowerment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Poorna Jagannathan has received more than 3,866,289 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Poorna Jagannathan is the 10,458th most popular actor (down from 10,035th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Tunisia (down from 139th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Tunisian Actor.

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  • 3.9M

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  • 36.02

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Poorna Jagannathan ranks 10,458 out of 13,578. Before her are Rebecca Pidgeon, Viktoriya Isakova, Peri Gilpin, Yū Kobayashi, Angel Coulby, and Malcolm Goodwin. After her are Tia Texada, Go Youn-jung, Victor Moore, Emily Perkins, Heather Donahue, and Rhoda Griffis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Poorna Jagannathan ranks 707. Before her are Viktoriya Tolstoganova, Paolo Orlandoni, Martin Straka, Mauricio Solís, Paul Okon, and Laurent Lamothe. After her are Grazia Zafferani, Robyn Lively, Steffi Nerius, Klára Dobrev, Ruxandra Dragomir, and Owen Nolan.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Poorna Jagannathan ranks 155 out of 210. Before her are Yassine Chikhaoui (1986), Selima Sfar (1977), Karim Haggui (1984), Salah Mejri (1986), Hamdi Harbaoui (1985), and Kaies Ghodhbane (1976). After her are Issam Jemâa (1984), Kaouther Ben Hania (1977), Lina Ben Mhenni (1983), Habiba Ghribi (1984), Yassine Meriah (1993), and Ali Zitouni (1981).

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Among ACTORS In Tunisia

Among actors born in Tunisia, Poorna Jagannathan ranks 6. Before her are Claudia Cardinale (1938), Sandra Milo (1933), Abdellatif Kechiche (1960), Abdelmajid Lakhal (1939), and Hend Sabry (1979).

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Television and Movie Roles

Never Have I Ever
Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar
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 her.
8.115 / 10
The Circle
Dr. Jessica Villalobos
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 situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.
Apr 27o 20175.517 / 10
Mile 22
Dorothy Brady
An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles away through the hostile streets of an Asian city.
Aug 16o 20186.2 / 10