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Priyanga Burford
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Priyanga Burford – British actress, writer, and narrator of Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) heritage, born March 1973 in England. Studied English literature at Keble College, Oxford before training at LAMDA, graduating in 2000. Married to Tom Burford since 1999 with two sons, Danny and Oscar. Her most notable television roles include Amina Chaudury in Press (2018, BBC), Sara Dhadwal in Industry (2020–2027, BBC/HBO), Karen in Innocent (2017–2021, ITV), Deepa Kaur in UKIP: The First 100 Days (2015, Channel 4), Mrs. Stevens in King Charles III (2017), Sita Anwar in Steeltown Murders (2023, BBC), and guest appearances in The Thick of It, W1A, Silent Witness, Avenue 5, and This Time with Alan Partridge.…
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Priyanga Burford – British actress, writer, and narrator of Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) heritage, born March 1973 in England. Studied English literature at Keble College, Oxford before training at LAMDA, graduating in 2000. Married to Tom Burford since 1999 with two sons, Danny and Oscar. Her most notable television roles include Amina Chaudury in Press (2018, BBC), Sara Dhadwal in Industry (2020–2027, BBC/HBO), Karen in Innocent (2017–2021, ITV), Deepa Kaur in UKIP: The First 100 Days (2015, Channel 4), Mrs. Stevens in King Charles III (2017), Sita Anwar in Steeltown Murders (2023, BBC), and guest appearances in The Thick of It, W1A, Silent Witness, Avenue 5, and This Time with Alan Partridge. Her film credits include Dr. Symes in No Time to Die (2021), Dr. Emma Hurd in The Other Man (2008), a Reporter in A Long Way Down (2014), and uncredited roles in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Detective Pikachu (2019). On stage she is best known for the premiere of Consent at the National Theatre (2017), Dr. Lorna James in The Effect at the Sheffield Crucible (2015), Eyam at Shakespeare's Globe (2018), and An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York's Theatre (2024), for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She is also set to voice M in the video game
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Priyanga Burford's Filmography
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A Small and Quiet Light
as Noor
Second Skin
as Kate
Steve
as Kamila
Why Sharks Attack
as Narrator
No Poster
The Carer
as Lisa
Why Ships Crash
as Narrator
No Time to Die
as Dr. Symes
The Winter's Tale - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Hermione
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Resistance Medical Officer
King Charles III
as Mrs Stevens
National Theatre Live: Consent
as Rachel
Criminal
as Pharmacist
No Poster
UKIP: The First 100 Days
as Deepa Kaur
A Long Way Down
as Reporter
The Other Man
as Dr. Emma Hurd
Magicians
as Female Colleague
Heatwave
as Dr. Abby Granger
Heartless
as Laura
No Poster
Pretending to Be Judith
as Agency Woman
A Rather English Marriage
as Dr. Swann