Parminder Nagra
Parminder Kaur Nagra (born 5 October 1975) is a British actress of Indian Punjabi and Sikh heritage. She is known for portraying Jess Bhamra in the film Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the NBC medical drama ER (2003–2009). Her other television roles include Meera Malik in the first season of the NBC crime drama The Blacklist (2013–2014) and a recurring role in the ABC/Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016–2017) as Ellen Nadeer for season four. More recently, Nagra has starred as the titular character of the ITV series DI Ray (2022).
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| Full name at birth | Parminder Kaur Nagra
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| Claim to fame | her roles as Jesminder ‘Jess’ Bhamra in the internationally acclaimed 2002 sports comedy-drama film Bend It Like Beckham, Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the critically acclaimed NBC medical drama series ER, Dr. Lucille "Lucy" Banerjee in the Fox science fiction drama series Alcatraz, Meera Malik in the NBC crime drama series The Blacklist, Ellen Nadeer in the ABC superhero drama series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Dr. Lapham in the 2018 Netflix post-apocalyptic horror thriller film Bird Box, DI Rachita Ray in the ITV police procedural drama series DI Ray, and Dr. Maryam Afridi in the six-part ITV medical drama series Maternal
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| Date of birth | 5 October 1975
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| Place of birth | Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
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| Height | 5' 3" (160 cm)
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| Weight | 114 lbs (52 kg)
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| Talent agency | Curtis Brown Group Ltd.
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- The first time she visited India was to shoot the final scenes of the Anglo-Indian television drama Second Generation in Calcutta. The series also marked the first time that she did bold love scenes, something she had vowed to never do early on in her career.
- As Nagra did not have any prior football experience, in order to play her role convincingly in Bend It Like Beckham, she underwent a rigorous 10-week training course in the game Futebol De Salao under the tutelage of Simon Clifford. She used to train for 9 hours a day and also learned to bend or curve the ball in flight as made famous by David Beckham.
- Initially, she was cast as a chorus member in the 1994 musical Nimai which was presented at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre. But after 1 week of the rehearsals, she was upgraded to the lead role.
- A little while after completing her A-levels, she was approached by her former drama instructor Jez Simons to participate in the Leicester-based theater company Haithizi Productions, where he worked as an artistic director.
- When she was 18 years old, she was shown a picture of a suitable boy for marriage. Parminder, who is strictly against arranged marriage, told her mother that she wanted to live life on her own terms.
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