5 Indian Actors Rocking English TV Show Scene in Hollywood

Posted by Sandeep Kumar on June 28th, 2019

Over the past few years, Hollywood TV shows have become every Indian’s entertainment staple. The entire thing becomes all the more special when you’re looking at a screen space filled with Hollywood actors and an Indian actor shows up on the screen.

Since majority of these shows air on TV in India, you just need to make sure you’re subscribed to those TV channel packages.

Let’s take a look at the 5 Indian origin actors who took the Hollywood entertainment scene by storm and made Indians proud by bagging significant roles over there:

Priyanka Chopra, Quantico

Coming from a small town in India, who knew our very own Pee Cee would end up bagging a lead role in popular English entertainment show, Quantico. She twice won the People’s Choice Award too for her portrayal of Alex which was loved by audiences in India and globally. Married to popular American singer Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra became a sensation after stint in Hollywood.

Indira Varma, Game of Thrones

Indira Varma is the only Indian actor to be a part of a huge and extremely popular TV show franchise, Game of Thrones. Besides GoT, this Indian actress also starred in World Without End, Psycho, Bones, and Human Target.

Kunal Nayyar, The Big Bang Theory

Kunal Nayyar, an Indian origin actor, grew up in New Delhi and left his Finance degree in middle in USA to try his hand at acting. Starring in The Big Bang Theory, the actor has dominated the English TV entertainment scene for years and his portrayal of a loving astrophysicist, Raj made every Indian proud.

Naveen Andrews, Lost

Naveen Andrews, a British-American-Indian actor, became a popular face in India after Gurinder Chadha’s Bride and Prejudice (Balle Balle Amritsar to LA). It was only after his power-packed role of Sayid Jarrah in the action TV show Lost that he got noticed. He sure has a long way to go with his dark, brooding looks and intense acting skills.

Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife

Archie Panjabi, or Pinky Bhamra for many for her role of au unnerving sister in Bend it Like Beckham, has made a tall mark for herself in the world of British and American TV entertainment scene globally. Her role of Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife is a strong portrayal of a strong wife who takes life heads on after her husband is convicted and arrested in a sex scandal.