Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 31, 1987
Place of Birth
Kathmandu, Nepal
Credits
25 titles
Amrita Acharia
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.
Known For
Filmography
Tiger Island
Self - Narrator
There's Something in the Barn
Carol Nordheim
Black Dog
Doctor
The Serpent Queen
Aabis
The Carer
Director
The Sister
Holly Fox
Van der Valk
Inge Palmberg
Missing Link
Ama Lhamu (voice)
Sameeram
Sameera
Welcome to Curiosity
Zoe
White Chamber
Ruth
The Good Karma Hospital
Dr. Ruby Walker
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
Lilly
Queen's Mile
Ania
Amar Akbar & Tony
Richa
Acquitted
Amina Sahir
Camouflage
Amira
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead
Mary
I Am Yours
Mina
Lapland
Bride
Game of Thrones
Irri
The Devil's Double
School Girl
Red Dwarf
Waitress Greta
Casualty
Neela Sarin
Sleepeater
Writer