Sujaya Dasgupta
{{Short description|British actress}}
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Sujaya Dasgupta (born 2 February 1988) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone (2021–2023) and the Apple TV+ series Shantaram (2022).
Early life
Dasgupta was born 2 February 1988 in India;{{Cite journal|url=https://www.revamp-magazine.co.uk/sujaya-dasgupta|title=Sujaya Dasgupta|journal=Revamp Magazine|first=Pankhuri|last=Bhutani|date=3 January 2023|accessdate=17 March 2023}} for her father's work, she moved to England at the age of 3,{{Cite journal|url=https://fault-magazine.com/2022/10/sujaya-dasgupta-fault-magazine-photoshoot-and-interview/|title=Sujaya Dasgupta FAULT Magazine Photoshoot and Interview|journal=FAULT Magazine|date=25 October 2022|accessdate=3 April 2023}} where she grew up in Hertfordshire. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Leicester in 2009.{{Cite journal|url=https://thecinemaholic.com/sujaya-dasgupta-plays-zoya-nazyalensky-in-shadow-and-bone-heres-everything-we-know-about-her/|title=Sujaya Dasgupta Plays Zoya Nazyalensky in Shadow and Bone. Here's Everything We Know About Her|journal=The Cinemaholic|first=Dhruv|last=Trivedi|date=23 April 2021|accessdate=3 April 2023}} She then trained in acting, going on to graduate from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2015.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/royal-central-school-of-speech-and-drama-ba-acting-showcase-2015-7/|title=Royal Central School Of Speech And Drama BA Acting Showcase 2015|journal=The Stage|date=26 January 2015|access-date=4 March 2020}}
Career
Dasgupta appeared in the 2011 Barn Theatre productions of Lost and Private Fears in Public Places in Welwyn Garden City.{{Cite web|url=http://www.barntheatre.co.uk/sujaya-dasgupta/person/2214|title=Sujaya Dasgupta|website=Barn Theatre|access-date=24 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304064206/https://www.barntheatre.co.uk/sujaya-dasgupta/person/2214|archive-date=4 March 2020|url-status=dead}} She then made her London stage debut in as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Theatro Technis in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.towertheatre.co/archive/2012/mnd.htm|title=A Midsummer Night's Dream|website=Tower Theatre|access-date=4 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416013344/http://www.towertheatre.co/archive/2012/mnd.htm|archive-date=16 April 2017|url-status=dead}}
Upon graduating from drama school, Dasgupta made her television debut as Priya Sutaria in a 2015 episode of the BBC medical drama Doctors. The following year, she had a recurring role as Veena Patel in the Freeform mystery series Guilt. She then went on the UK tour of Death of a Salesman in 2017,{{Cite web|url=https://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/ensemble/sujaya-dasgupta.html|title=Sujaya Dasgupta|website=Birmingham Box|access-date=24 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304064205/https://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/ensemble/sujaya-dasgupta.html|archive-date=4 March 2020|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/death-of-a-salesman/|title=Death of a Salesman|website=Royal & Derngate|access-date=24 April 2023}} and had further television roles as Esme in the BBC One drama Press and Jamila Vani in four episodes of the soap opera Casualty in 2018.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1435263/shadow-and-bone-cast-who-is-Sujaya-Dasgupta-netflix-series|title=Shadow and Bone cast: Who is Sujaya Dasgupta?|journal=Daily Express|first=Christian|last=Abbott|date=14 May 2021|accessdate=3 April 2023}}
In 2019, Dasgupta went on the UK tour of the stage adaptation of A Thousand Splendid Suns.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004xpc|title=Chatting to actors Sujaya Dasgupta and Amina Zia|journal=BBC Radio Asian Network|date=14 May 2019|access-date=4 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ayoungertheatre.com/review-a-thousand-splendid-suns-northern-stage/|title=Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns, Northern Stage|first=Lauren|last=Vevers |website=A Younger Theatre|date=6 June 2019|access-date=24 April 2023 }} That same year, she was cast as Zoya Nazyalensky in the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone based on the Grishaverse novels by Leigh Bardugo, which premiered in 2021.{{Cite journal|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-netflix-shadow-and-bone-1203356620/|title=TV News Roundup: Netflix Reveals Cast of New Series 'Shadow and Bone'|journal=Variety|first=Latesha|last=Harris|date=2 October 2019|access-date=2 October 2019}} She also made guest appearances in Michaela Coel's miniseries I May Destroy You (2020) and the third series of the sitcom Ghosts (2021).
In 2022, Dasgupta had a main role as Kavita in the Apple TV+ adaptation of Shantaram.{{Cite web|url=https://popculture.com/streaming/news/shantaram-sujaya-dasgupta-talks-dream-role-humble-costar-charlie-hunnam-episode-5-nightmare-versus-fantasy-exclusive/|title='Shantaram' Actress Sujaya Dasgupta Talks 'Dream Role', 'Humble' Co-Star Charlie Hunnam, and 'Nightmare Versus Fantasy' in Episode 5 (Exclusive)|website=PopCulture.com|first=Stephen|last=Andrew|date=28 October 2022|accessdate=3 April 2023}} She also starred in the play Silence, which ran at London's Donmar Warehouse and Tara Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://taratheatre.com/whats-on/silence/cast/sujaya-dasgupta/|title=Sujaya Dasgupta|website=Tara Theatre|accessdate=3 April 2023}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/eastern-eye-uk/20220930/281569474605839|title=Dasgupta awaits release of 'epic' Shantaram|journal=Eastern Eye|date=30 September 2022|accessdate=3 April 2023}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable unsortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2014
| Red Wolf | The Woman In Red / Narrator | Short film |
| 2015
| Doctors | Priya Sutaria | Episode: "Mother to Be" |
| 2016
| Guilt | Veena Patel | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| 2017
| Mrs. Menon | 1 episode |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Press | Esme | 4 episodes |
| Casualty
| Jamila Vani | 4 episodes |
| 2020
| Mandeep | Episode: “The Alliance” |
| 2021–2023
| Zoya Nazyalensky | Recurring role |
| 2021
| Ghosts | Zara | Episode: "The Bone Plot" |
| 2022
| Kavita | Main role |
Stage
| class="wikitable unsortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Private Fears in Public Places | Nicola | rowspan="2" | Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City |
| Lost
| Elspet Grahame / Hetty / Dorothy Milne |
| 2012
| Hippolyta | Theatro Technis, London |
| 2017
| Jenny / Miss Forsythe | UK tour |
| 2019
| Laila | UK tour |
| 2022
| Silence | Various | Donmar Warehouse, London |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm6847569}}
- [https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/sujaya-dasgupta Sujaya Dasgupta] at Curtis Brown
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Category:Actresses from Hertfordshire
Category:Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Category:Alumni of the University of Leicester
Category:21st-century British actresses