Indira Varma's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Torchwood (UK) Suzie Coste… Rome Niobe Human Target Ilsa Pucci Luther (UK) Zoe Luther World Without End Mattie Wise Torchwood Declassified (UK) Indira Varma 3 Lbs. Dr. Adriann… Attachments (UK) Sasha Broken News (UK) Melanie Bel… Psychos (UK) Dr. Martine… The Whistleblowers (UK) Alisha Cole Other People's Children (UK) Amy

Main Movie Roles 2006 - Basic Instinct 2 2004 - Bride & Prejudice 1997 - Kama Sutra - A Tale of Love

BIOGRAPHY:

Varma is the only child of an Indian father and a Swiss mother who was part Genoese Italian. She was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London in 1995.

Varma has had a number of television and film roles, including Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love in 1997 and Bride and Prejudice in 2004, 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 14 November 2006 and was cancelled on 30 November 2006 due to poor ratings. Varma guest starred in the fourth season premier of hit US detective drama Bones as Scotland Yard Inspector Cate Pritchard. She also played the role of Zoe Luther in the six part BBC drama Luther.
Varma played the role of Ilsa Pucci in the second season of the Fox television series Human Target until the show was cancelled on 10 May 2011.


TRIVIA:

• Father is Indian and mother is Swiss.
• Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1992-1995.