Indira Varma

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Summary

Indira Varma is a British actor known for Rome, Game of Thrones, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Olivier Award-winning stage work. Her roles span historical drama, fantasy and contemporary theatre, often featuring complex, forceful characters. In interviews, she has called for greater diversity across ethnicity, age, sexual orientation and body type, discussed gender inequality and racism in the entertainment industry, and described changing a character to be mixed race to avoid framing a prison drama around a black man and a white woman. She has welcomed more women directing major productions and more complex female roles. No public party affiliation or sustained political campaigning is on record.