Sujaya Dasgupta
Born2 February 1988
India
Alma mater
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Sujaya Dasgupta (born 2 February 1988) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone (2021–) and the Apple TV+ series Shantaram (2022).

Early life

Dasgupta was born in India;[1] for her father's work, she moved to England at the age of 3,[2] where she grew up in Hertfordshire. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Leicester in 2009.[3] She then trained in acting, going on to graduate from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2015.[4]

Career

Dasgupta appeared in the 2011 Barn Theatre productions of Lost and Private Fears in Public Places in Welwyn Garden City.[5] She then made her London stage debut in as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Theatro Technis in 2012.[6]

Upon graduating from drama school, Dasgupta made her television debut as Priya Sutaria in a 2015 episode of the BBC medical drama Doctors. The following year, she had a recurring role as Veena Patel in the Freeform mystery series Guilt. She then went on the UK tour of Death of a Salesman in 2017,[7][8] and had further television roles as Esme in the BBC One drama Press and Jamila Vani in four episodes of the soap opera Casualty in 2018.[9]

In 2019, Dasgupta went on the UK tour of the stage adaptation of A Thousand Splendid Suns.[10][11] That same year, she was cast as Zoya Nazyalensky in the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone based on the Grishaverse novels by Leigh Bardugo, which premiered in 2021.[12] She also made guest appearances in Michaela Coel's miniseries I May Destroy You (2020) and the third series of the sitcom Ghosts (2021).

In 2022, Dasgupta had a main role as Kavita in the Apple TV+ adaptation of Shantaram.[13] She also starred in the play Silence, which ran at London's Donmar Warehouse and Tara Theatre.[14][15]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Red Wolf The Woman In Red / Narrator Short film
2015 Doctors Priya Sutaria Episode: "Mother to Be"
2016 Guilt Veena Patel Recurring role; 7 episodes
2017 The Good Karma Hospital Mrs. Menon 1 episode
2018 Press Esme 4 episodes
Casualty Jamila Vani 4 episodes
2020 I May Destroy You Mandeep Episode: “The Alliance”
2021–present Shadow and Bone Zoya Nazyalensky Recurring role
2021 Ghosts Zara Episode: "The Bone Plot"
2022 Shantaram Kavita Main role

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Private Fears in Public Places Nicola Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City[5]
Lost Elspet Grahame / Hetty / Dorothy Milne
2012 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hippolyta Theatro Technis, London[6]
2017 Death of a Salesman Jenny / Miss Forsythe UK tour
2019 A Thousand Splendid Suns Laila UK tour
2022 Silence Various Donmar Warehouse, London

References

  1. ↑ Bhutani, Pankhuri (3 January 2023). "Sujaya Dasgupta". Revamp Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Sujaya Dasgupta FAULT Magazine Photoshoot and Interview". FAULT Magazine. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Trivedi, Dhruv (23 April 2021). "Sujaya Dasgupta Plays Zoya Nazyalensky in Shadow and Bone. Here's Everything We Know About Her". The Cinemaholic. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Royal Central School Of Speech And Drama BA Acting Showcase 2015". The Stage. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Sujaya Dasgupta". Barn Theatre. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. 1 2 "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Tower Theatre. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Sujaya Dasgupta". Birmingham Box. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Death of a Salesman". Royal & Derngate. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  9. ↑ Abbott, Christian (14 May 2021). "Shadow and Bone cast: Who is Sujaya Dasgupta?". Daily Express. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Chatting to actors Sujaya Dasgupta and Amina Zia". BBC Radio Asian Network. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  11. ↑ Vevers, Lauren (6 June 2019). "Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns, Northern Stage". A Younger Theatre. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  12. ↑ Harris, Latesha (2 October 2019). "TV News Roundup: Netflix Reveals Cast of New Series 'Shadow and Bone'". Variety. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  13. ↑ Andrew, Stephen (28 October 2022). "'Shantaram' Actress Sujaya Dasgupta Talks 'Dream Role', 'Humble' Co-Star Charlie Hunnam, and 'Nightmare Versus Fantasy' in Episode 5 (Exclusive)". PopCulture.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  14. ↑ "Sujaya Dasgupta". Tara Theatre. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "Dasgupta awaits release of 'epic' Shantaram". Eastern Eye. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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