Archie Panjabi

Archana Panjabi is a British actress. She has had various roles in both UK and US television including as Maya Roy in Life on Mars (2006–07), Nas Kamal in Blindspot, Kendra Malley in Departure (2019–present), and Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife (2009–15). Her work in the latter earned her a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010 and an NAACP Image Award in 2012, as well as two further Emmy nominations, one Golden Globe nomination, and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations shared with the cast. Panjabi is the first Asian actor to win a Primetime Emmy for acting. Other notable roles include Meenah Khan in East Is East (1999), Pinky Bhamra in Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Yasmin Husseini in Yasmin (2004), and Asra Nomani in A Mighty Heart (2007).

31 May 1972

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Born on the same birth day (31 May): Akira Ifukube • Alfredo Antonini • Alida Valli • Anatolij Bondarčuk • Augie Meyers • Claudio Matteini • Daniele Bonera • Ed Lincoln • Gabriele Hinzmann • Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556–1600) • Jim Craig (ice hockey) • Kenny Lofton • Louis Ignarro • Norman Vincent Peale • Peter Winterbottom • Robert Osterloh • Shirley Verrett • Terry Waite • Vicki Sue Robinson

Born in the same month (May 1972): Darren Hayes • Darryl Sydor • Ike Moriz • Julie Benz • Karan Johar • Kirstjen Nielsen • Michael Boogerd • Rubens Barrichello