1. Amrita Acharia is best known for her roles as Irri in the HBO series Game of Thrones and as Dr Ruby Walker in the ITV series The Good Karma Hospital.
12 Facts About Amrita Acharia
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Amrita Acharia's father is Nepalese and met her Ukrainian mother while studying in Lviv.
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At the age of 19, having finished high school in Norway, Acharia moved to England seeking a career in acting.
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Amrita Acharia played the role of Irri, a Dothraki servant of Daenerys Targaryen in the first two seasons of Game of Thrones.
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Amrita Acharia made an appearance as a school girl in the biographical film The Devil's Double.
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Amrita Acharia played the lead in the Norwegian feature film I Am Yours, a role which landed her a nomination for Best Actress at the Norwegian Amanda Awards.
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In 2016 Amrita Acharia appeared in the role as State Prosecutor in the Norwegian TV-series Frikjent.
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Amrita Acharia played an NHS junior doctor who, faced with frustration at work and issues in her personal life, responds to an advert to work at a public hospital in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
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Amrita Acharia was longlisted for the 2019 National Television Awards in the Best Drama Performance category for the role.
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Amrita Acharia is the lead in the British psychological thriller Welcome to Curiosity which is supposedly the world's first film to be entirely crowdfunded.
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Amrita Acharia completed the London Marathon in 2016, with a time of 03:46:07.
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Amrita Acharia is an ambassador for the charity ChoraChori, which works to support displaced and trafficked Nepalese children from India.