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40 years |
Birth date |
January 1, 1984 |
Zodiac sign |
Capricorn |
Place of Birth |
England |
Occupation |
Actress |
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Amara Karan (born 1984) is a British actress who made her film début as the love interest in Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. The film premièred at the 2007 Venice Film Festival. Karan's second film role was as schoolgirl Peaches in the 2007 film St Trinian's.
She made her stage début in 2008 as Jessica in an RSC production of The Merchant of Venice and as Bianca in an RSC production of The Taming of the Shrew. With the latter, she made her West End debut at the Novello Theatre. In 2016, she co-starred on the HBO crime drama mini-series, The Night Of.
Karan was born in Wimbledon, London in 1984 to Sri-Lankan Tamil parents who had immigrated to Britain from Zambia two years before she was born. She was brought up in Wimbledon and attended Wimbledon High School.
Karan went on to study at St Catherine's College, Oxford and while there began acting in amateur plays including Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World at the Burton Taylor Theatre for which she received rave reviews and was also singled out for her performance in When We Are Married at the Old Fire Station theatre. During her time at Oxford, Karan wrote, directed, produced, and acted in a short film, By Myself, which came in second place in the 2002 Shoestring Shorts Competition.
Height | 5 ft 3 in / 161 cm |
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Hair Color | Black |
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Eye Color | Dark brown |
Nationality | English |
Race / ethnicity | Multiracial |