Indira Varma: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? Go back to where you came from’

Born in Somerset, Indira Varma, 50, studied at Rada and made her screen debut in Mira Nair’s 1996 film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love.

Her television work includes Rome, Game of Thrones, Patrick Melrose, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Obsession.

On stage she has appeared in Twelfth Night, The Seagull and Present Laughter for which she won an Olivier Award in 2020.

She recently starred with Ralph Fiennes in Macbeth in London; the production is now running in Washington DC.

This year, I was asked to be a judge for the Women’s prize for fiction and I’ve read 75 books in six months, so I’m parking shame for the time being.

Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns, delivered to your inbox every weekend.