Indira Varma (born 1973 in Bath, Somerset, England) is an English actress. Before her rise to fame she was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company. She has had many television and film roles, including 1996's Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love and 2004's Bride and Prejudice, and the young Roman wife Niobe during the first season of BBC/HBO's historical drama series Rome. Her character appeared briefly in the second season of the award-winning series when it aired on Sunday, 14 January, 2007.
In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in the first and eighth episodes, "Everything Changes" and "They Keep Killing Suzie", of BBC Three's science-fiction drama series Torchwood. She appeared as Dr. Adrienne Holland in the CBS medical drama 3 lbs which premiered on November 14 2006 and was cancelled on 30 November, 2006 due to poor ratings.
Father is Indian and mother is Swiss.
Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1992-1995.
