Amrita Acharia
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Missing Link
as Ama Lhamu (voice) 2019
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead
as Mary 2014
The Devil's Double
as School Girl 2011
There's Something in the Barn
as Carol Nordheim 2023
White Chamber
as Ruth 2018
Welcome to Curiosity
as Zoe 2018
I Am Yours
as Mina 2013
Black Dog
as Doctor 2023
Amar Akbar & Tony
as Richa 2015
Camouflage
as Amira 2014
Queen's Mile
as Ania 2015
Lapland
as Bride 2011
Sameeram
as Sameera 2018