Priyanka Chopra, Tina Desai abound on American Television

Indians are making a quite a stir on American television with leading roles in successful shows. An Indian actor is no longer the ‘one time one episode’ caricature who appears for a stereotypical portrayal of an Indian in the west. These actors are essaying roles that defy how the global television audience perceives India.
Tina Desai
The dusky actress will appear in upcoming American fiction drama series Sense8, created by the Wachowski siblings of The Matrix fame, as one of eight strangers from different parts of the world who suddenly become mentally and emotionally linked.
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(Clockwise) Anil Kapoor, Poorna Jagannathan, Nimrat Kaur and Shenaz Treasury
Anil Kapoor
In 2010, the Bollywood actor starred in the eighth season of American thriller series 24, portraying Omar Hassan, President of the fictional Islamic Republic of Kamistan and went on to adapt it for the Indian small screen.
Priyanka Chopra
The actress has wrapped up the pilot sequence of upcoming series Quantico, where she’s cast as FBI trainee Alex Weaver. She will be cast opposite Savages actor Jake McLaughlin in the show about a group of young FBI recruits at the Quantico base in Virginia.
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Poorna Jagannathan
The Delhi Belly actress has appeared on several US shows including Royal Pains, Law & Order, Rescue Me, Love Monkey and The Game. She’s playing a doctor in the third season of House of Cards and is a series regular on Criminal Justice.
Shenaz Treasury
The former veejay has completed filming 10 episodes of comedy series Brown Nation in New York. She has also appeared in over 100 episodes of American television soap opera One Life To Live and hosts travel show Culture Shock.
Nimrat Kaur
The Lunchbox actress has a recurring role in the fourth season of Homeland as Tasneem Qureshi, a Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence officer plotting against the protagonist.

Suraj Sharma, Rahul Khanna and Kunal Nayyar
Kunal Nayyar
The New Delhi-raised actor became a household name after his stint in The Big Bang Theory as Indian astrophysicist Rajesh Koothrappali, who’s an integral part of the geek squad in the nerdy comedy.
Suraj Sharma
The Life Of Pi actor has signed on to season four of Homeland. The New Dehli-raised actor will join the CIA thriller as Aayan Ibrahim, a Pakistani medical student who crosses paths with Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes).
Rahul Khanna
The former veejay has a starring role in The Americans as Yousaf, a Pakistani intelligence agent involved in the Afghanistan conflict during the 80s and a target for protagonists Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, played by Rhys and Keri Russell.
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