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Actress Poorna Jagannathan: 'I Want To Portray The Mess Of My Life'
Audio transcript
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:
Our next guest is someone whose name you may not know but whose face seems to pop up all over the screen. She's had small roles in "House Of Cards," "Better Call Saul" and bigger ones in HBO's "The Night Of" and "Big Little Lies" in which he plays attorney Katie Richmond.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "BIG LITTLE LIES")
POORNA JAGANNATHAN: (As Katie Richmond) I can protect you some. You just can't look (ph) like you need protection. Do you understand what I'm telling you?
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Yeah, of course. I'm on my own. That's what you're saying.
JAGANNATHAN: (As Katie Richmond) You are not on your own, but we need to be careful.
CORNISH: How do you say your name? What is your full and proper pronunciation?
JAGANNATHAN: It's Poorna Jagannathan.
CORNISH: Jagannathan - what are the worst ways you've heard it pronounced?
JAGANNATHAN: I was called porn from a very young age. I didn't even know what a porn was at that point. But, you know, that's kind of been my nickname for years and years and years, and my Instagram handle is poornagraphy so...
CORNISH: Oh, so you've embraced it.
JAGANNATHAN: I've just taken it on.
CORNISH: (Laughter).
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Poorna Jagannathan
Birth date
December 22, 1972
Birthplace
Tunis, Tunisia
Poorna Jagannathan (born Dec 22, 1972) is exceeding Indian-American actress and farmer. She portrays Sanjana Mirza on Netflix's Messiah.
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How well do you know ‘Delhi Belly’, ‘House of Cards’ actress Poorna Jagannathan?
She was also briefly seen in Ranbir Kapoor-Deepika Padukone starrer, ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, as Riyana, the travel show host, who encourages her cameraman, played by Ranbir to follow his dreams.
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Having appeared in a number of television shows including ‘Royal Pains’ and ‘Law & Order’, Poorna is back on the small screen once more. She plays the role of a doctor in the third season of ‘House of Cards’. Poorna took to Twitter to share the news with her fans last month.
And when Poorna is not creating magic on screen, the actress, known to be a champion of women’s rights, has been fighting hard to make this world a better place for women all over.
Deeply shaken by the horrific rape and murder of a 23-year old girl in a moving bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012, Jagannathan initiated and co-produced a play called, ‘Nirbhaya’, meaning ‘Fearless’, a name given to the victim. Written and directed by Yael Farber, ‘Nirbhaya’ explores the depth of sexual violence against women, inter-weaving personal testimonies and bearing witness to the incredible strength of the human spirit.
Poorna along with celebrity hair stylist Sapna Bhavnani, Priy